Celebration!

50,000 Downloads!

Thank you for listening to the Juicebox Podcast and for supporting our sponsor OmniPod. I can't believe that the podcast has already reached so many people. I would like to thank each of you for subscribing, listening and for spreading the word. A special shoutout to those of you who have shared your experiences. Your candid and brave descriptions of your life with diabetes have strengthened the diabetes community and added to its advocacy and awareness. I have been honored to speak with each of you and look forward to much more in the future! 

For those of you who haven't checked out the podcast.... c'mon 50,000 people can't all be wrong. Subscribe in iTunes, listen online, read a review. All you need is a browser or a podcast app (iPhone users, the app is already on your phone - just search 'Juicebox Podcast' and start listening today.

Available everywhere podcasts are found.... coming soon to the Google Play store.

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Tell Starbucks How You Feel

Recently a Starbucks employee marked a cup with the words "Diabetes Here I Come". Details of the story both text and the video report are from Action News Jax. 

If you are inclined to share, please leave a comment below that explains how those words make you and your family feel. I will make sure that your message arrives at the Starbucks corporate office. This is not an attempt to place blame but an opportunity to share stories to raise awareness. 

from Action News Jax

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — 

Some need a pick me-up in the early mornings. Many people head to Starbucks for their dose of caffein. by: Kaitlyn Chana, Action News Jax Updated: Apr 11, 2016 - 4:54 PM

However, one customer received an unexpected comment on their coffee cup label: “DIABETES HERE I COME.”

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That's the message printed on a grande cup of white mocha served to a customer at the Palencia Starbucks.

A photo of the message on the cup was shared with Action News Jax on Facebook.

“That first word just automatically brought the picture of both sisters in my head, and I was taken aback,” said the Starbucks customer.

This customer told Action News Jax he works near the coffee shop and a fellow employee picked up coffees for their staff.  His cup had the unusual message. He told Action News Jax the diabetes statement hits close to home because his two sisters suffer from type 1 diabetes.

“Just the struggles they went through and all the doctor appointments they had,” said the customer. Action News Jax took the questions to store manager, Kent Miller and showed him pictures of the cup. When asked if this was something Starbucks condones, he said, “No, we definitely don’t condone, but let me find more about this, and I will talk to my boss.”

Miller said the only thing that should be written on the label is the drink type and the name of the customer.

Action News Jax sent an email and called Starbucks corporate headquarters for a comment, and they said, “We strive to provide an inclusive and positive experience for our customers, and we're disappointed to learn of this incident. We are working directly with the customer to apologize for his experience, and with our partners (employees) to ensure this does not happen again.”

A 16-ounce white chocolate mocha has 470 calories when it’s made with 2-percent milk. The customer wrote a note on the same cup and left a message for the baristas in hopes these employees won’t judge other people. The note reads, "2 of my sisters are diabetic, so ... not funny."

“Seeing and knowing the struggle my sisters went through by third, fourth grade, it definitely struck a nerve, and I didn’t just want to let it go,” said the customer.

The customer said he doesn’t need an apology. Instead, he just wants reassurance that this won’t happen to a future customer. 

Please leave your thoughts in the comment section. They can be signed or anonymous, which ever makes you most comfortable.

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Parents and Caregivers Survey - $20 Amazon Gift Card

Edited 4-7-2016 12:53 pm: Due to overwhelming response (mostly Arden's Day readers) the survey is now closed.  

Survey says...

Interested in participating in market research that could help improve the pump options available for pediatric users?

Are you the caregiver to a child (12 or younger) living with diabetes?

Take the survey!

Caregivers who completely finished the full survey (not the initial few questions to see if you qualify) will receive a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

Survey does not need to be completed in one sitting.

DiabetesCareGiverSurvey.com

This survey is not affiliated with Arden's Day or the Juicebox Podcast... just thought that you may want to make $20 while helping to move D-tech forward. Best, Scott

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Tracy Morgan loves to show his Diabetes Technology

Words aren't needed. From the Late Show March 30, 2016.

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Empathetic parenting: Pros and Cons

Empathetic parenting has benefits but comes at a price...

empathy - noun em·pa·thy \ˈem-pə-thē\

1:  the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it

2: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also :  the capacity for this

Below are some excerpts from a Quartz article about the benefits and risks of empathy as it relates to parenting and caregiving. I thought we all would benefit from reading the findings. I pulled some interesting passages but encourage you to click over to Quartz and take in the entire article.

Best,

Scott

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from Quartz article by Corinne Purtill

“Caregivers of people with chronic illness develop chronic inflammation and elevated stress hormones over time”

— Quartz

Kids with empathetic parents have well-documented advantages: less depression, less aggression, more empathy themselves. Parents also report better self-esteem when they make the effort to understand their children’s feelings.

But inside, it’s tearing them up.

“It’s not selfish for parents to make time for those things—it’s actually critical for their own mental and physical health.”

— Erika M. Manczak

Empathy requires us to push our own feelings aside to focus on someone else’s, an effort linked to increased stress and higher inflammation. Empathetic parents may also be more willing to sacrifice their own health for their children’s sake, forgoing things like sleep, exercise, and other activities that could mitigate the stress of caregiving.

“In adolescents, parental empathy was significantly associated with both better emotion regulation and with less systemic inflammation.

For parents, being empathic was associated with greater self-esteem and purpose in life, but also with higher systemic inflammation.”

— American Psychological Association