Victor Garber has Type 1 Diabetes and a new show on the CW

Legends of Tomorrow, Titanic, The Flash, Alais, Legally Blond, Godspell; the man's IMDB page is a mile long!

Victor Garber stopped by the Juicebox Podcast to talk about his life with type 1 diabetes, his new show on The CW (a spinoff of The Flash called 'Legends of Tomorrow') and a diabetes charity that he supports called 'Beyond Type 1'.

You can listen now with the inline player above, on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcast app - search for Juicebox Podcast. Please don't forget to subscribe!

Set your DVRs ~ Don't miss Victor on the series premier of 'Legends of Tomorrow', January 21st on The CW.

Its not often that someone is this willing to speak so open and honestly about their life with diabetes. I'm genuinely grateful for Victor's willingness to be transparent about his journey with type 1. It doesn't matter if you are a person living with the disease or someone just hoping to hear about his work on Legends... Victor Garber's kindness and desire for people to learn from his life overflow in this episode - I think you'll love hearing what he had to say, I certainly loved speaking with him!

"Whatever happens, I'll just make it work... because that's what i do." - Victor Garber

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Show Notes

Learn more about the OmniPod tubeless insulin pump. When you try a free demo pump you are supporting the Juicebox Podcast. Thank you!

Victor is on Instagram

Take a moment to learn more about BeyondType1.org, check out their website.

Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes today!

Listen to the Juicebox Podcast online

Watch the trailer featuring Victor as one half of Firestorm!

American Girl Diabetes Care Kit GIVEAWAY!

American Girl Diabetes Care Kit for Dolls

Some info from American Girl about their new Diabetes Care Kit for Dolls... and then, a giveaway!

American Girl is proud to offer the new Diabetes Care Kit ($24) as part of its Truly Me® doll line—providing even more possibilities for a girl to create a doll that’s as unique as she is.

American Girl has a long history of creating dolls and accessories that speak to diversity and inclusion and the new Diabetes Care Kit and Arm Crutches are yet another way we are continuing to expand in this important area. (check out the diversity page, some cool stuff!)

The Diabetic Care Kit retails for $24 and includes the following items:

Blood sugar monitor, Lancing device, Insulin pump, Insulin pen, Medical bracelet, Glucose tablets, Log book, I.D. Card, Stickers, Carrying Case

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American Girl would like you to know that they worked with a panel of doctors, nurses, dieticians, and other specialists from the renowned American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, WI. The group of experts helped them ensure that all the items in the kit are accurate and appropriate for girls in their target audience. In addition, the American Girl product designer for the kit happens to have diabetes and was able to bring his own personal experience with diabetes to the development process.

The giveaway is simple. American Girl has provided one kit for me to give to one of you (thank you AG!). The giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. and (wait for it) Canada! The Rafflecopter app will choose two winners at random; the first name will receive the care kit and the second name will get a consolation prize, a signed copy of my book 'Life Is Short, Laundry is Eternal'.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Use the widget to enter. There are six ways to gather entries, some are 'worth' more than others and one can even be completed once a day for the life of the give away. Maximize your entires to give yourself the best chance of being chosen. Runs 1/7/16 12:00 am to 1/21/16 midnight est, good luck!!! Read my disclaimer for more details.

Kelly's Bionic Pancreas Trial

Episode 42 of my podcast is an hour long conversation with an RN and CDE who recently completed a six week bionic pancreas study at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

I'm going to drag you blog readers into the podcast world one way or another, might as well come peacefully... :)

You can listen right hear in the blog post with this player or through iTunes. An hour may seem like a lot of time but you can listen while you do the laundry, do the dishes, grocery shop or while your are in the car. 

More photos from Kelly's bionic pancreas trial are available here.

Next weeks episode is an hour with actor Victor Garber. Victor has been living with type 1 diabetes since he was 13 years old and he is about the most delightful person I've ever met. Subscribe today.

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Merry Christmas

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas...

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from my family to yours...

With love,
Scott, Kelly, Cole, Arden, Indy and Basal

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Glucagon Nasal Spray Effective for Hypoglycemia Rescue

from MedPage.com

Spray device easier for untrained people to use, experts say...

• Intranasal glucagon is effective and noninferior to injectable intramuscular glucagon for the correction of insulin-induced hypoglycemia in adults with type 1 diabetes, according to a randomized, cross-over study.
• Note that hypoglycemia was induced by administering insulin in a controlled setting, but this approximates the real-world setting of severe hypoglycemia occurring due to excessive therapeutic insulin with inadequate or absent endogenous glucagon response.
• An intranasal glucagon spray was as good as injectable glucagon for treating induced hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a randomized crossover noninferiority study.
• The effect of the nasal spray lagged a few minutes behind that of injections, but it met the study's pre-defined success criteria 74 out of 75 times, compared to 75 out of 75 with injectable glucagon, reported a team of investigators led by Michael Rickels, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• Currently, only injectable glucagon is available for treating hypoglycemic episodes, and it comes in a powder that must be reconstituted in a diluent before injection.
• The intranasal glucagon, developed by Locemia Solutions, is in phase III clinical testing. Eli Lilly recently announced that it acquired worldwide rights to Locemia's intranasal glucagon and plans to bring it to market.

Read the entire article on MedPage.com

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