#909 Diabetes Myths: Series Launch

May 15, 2023Scott Benner

A brand new series examining the myths surrounding diabetes.

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Scott Benner 0:00
Hello friends, and welcome to episode 909 of the Juicebox Podcast.

Today I'm introducing a new series with Jenny. This one's called diabetes myths. Oh, that's right. Those things you hear from people like cinnamon and you know that. Anyway, Jenny and I are going to break down a bunch of myths, misnomers and other falsehoods that listeners of the podcast shared, some of them might actually not be that crazy. We'll find out. While you're listening. Please remember that nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise, always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan, or becoming bold with insulin. Do you have type one diabetes? Are you the caregiver of someone with type one or a US resident? Well, if those things are yeses, you're perfect. Head to T one D exchange.org. Forward slash juice box and complete the survey when you do this. You are helping type one research to move forward and you're doing it right from your phone or your laptop or your tablet, whatever you got there at the house. You don't have to go anywhere. So what I'm saying and you can still help it takes like 10 minutes, T one D exchange.org forward slash juicebox. Head over help out. This episode of The Juicebox Podcast is sponsored by touched by type one. You looking for people who are doing great things for type ones are you because if you are touched by type one, those are your people you're looking for touched by type one.org Find them on Facebook and Instagram support what they're doing by picking around on their web page. You might even find some information about when I'll be speaking next at their big event. The podcast is also sponsored today by us med us med is where Arden gets her diabetes supplies her on the pods and her Dexcom and you can get more US med has the libre three, the Dexcom G six and G seven. They have Omni pod dash Omni pod five. They've got tandem stuff they got what you're looking for us med.com forward slash juice box. Why would you go to that link to get your free benefits check. And to get started today with us med. You don't want to go online you can call 888-721-1514. But what's wrong with the Internet? Us med.com forward slash juice box. There are links in the show notes of the podcast player or audio app you're using right now. endlinks at juicebox podcast.com. To us med touched by type one and all the sponsors. Hey, Jenny, what's up?

Jennifer Smith, CDE 2:51
He's got that much. It's raining. Is it raining? It's raining. It's a nice rain. It's one of those rains where like, I wish I just had a free day to sit down in a cozy corner of my couch with a really good book and a cup of tea. And like just sit and read that kind of rain, you know, go

Scott Benner 3:13
and make an hour for you. Oh, no. I imagine it would be difficult to get up and start over then after that. Yes, yeah. Well, it rained unpleasantly here last week. So Oh, cozy rain. Sounds much nicer.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 3:27
Cozy rain. Yeah, we had a really pleasant it was beautiful weekend.

Scott Benner 3:30
Nice. Oh here as well. I did all the exciting things that you imagine your favorite podcaster would do over the weekend. I pressure washed a lot of sidewalks and a patio.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 3:42
Yes. My husband loves doing that. Like it's, it's almost like a therapeutic sort of like he gets done. And he's like, look at the driveway. And like it looks great.

Scott Benner 3:54
Here's what it made me. It made me think this is how you ever watched some of those documentaries where they'll show you like if we all just cease to exist. This is how a city would get covered over right? Like yeah, like there's a thin layer of whatever grinds lime grind nastiness on there. And I kept thinking like, if if nobody cleaned this off for 20 years, 1000 years like this would all just disappear under this.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 4:21
Right? It would just be grass and then if it's made of wood or any type of particle board or anything it would just decompose would essentially decompose, right?

Scott Benner 4:29
And even after I don't know how long because I didn't do the math on it. But let's say a half a million years there's there's a foot of dirt on top of the concrete and stuff would just start growing in it and it would be going Correct. I was like, Wow, I'm saving the planet. That's what I thought when I was pressured. I keep I'm keeping society alive. That's what I'm doing is awesome. All it did really was make the middle of my back a little tight from the bending, but I'm okay. It's called exercise, you know? So I know that and when I got done and I thought I'm not tight. I just used the muscle I haven't used in a while, and I completely ignored it and it's loosening up. So

Jennifer Smith, CDE 5:06
that's awesome. Yay. I have to tell you something, please. So I had to drink the Kool Aid, so to speak. After listening to a couple of the podcast episodes, I listened to one on a run on Sunday or Saturday morning, and I kept getting your advertising for the greens. And I was like, God, darn it. I'm just going to try this stuff. Because I kept hearing them and hearing them and you're like, I feel great. And I like this stuff better. Maybe, like have wings or something.

Scott Benner 5:44
That's gonna happen. But I appreciate you supporting the podcast. By getting he went, I'm assuming from athletic greens.com forward slash juice boss.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 5:53
Yes. I used your link yesterday when they you know, they asked, they're like, Well, how did you hear about us? And I said podcast, and then they asked which podcast? Type it in? I made sure to give you

Scott Benner 6:04
prompts as everyone should, because that's how you get the podcasts for free. Yeah.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 6:09
Anyway, I just I had to tell you that. So I don't know when it will come. But I have greens that I've liked for a really long time. And I've used them. So we'll see comparison wise,

Scott Benner 6:20
I tried one that you set me up with and I couldn't get it past my tongue. I was just oh, it's not happening. I kept talking to it. I was like, go in and it wasn't

Jennifer Smith, CDE 6:30
one go in. Oh, this one does. So clearly.

Scott Benner 6:34
Thank you. Okay, so let's take a minute, we're going to set up a new series of episodes. I wish I knew who to give credit to this for I'm sorry that I don't. But someone in the Facebook group said you should do a series about the myth around diabetes.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 6:55
Yes, I remember you mentioned it a while ago, actually. So I

Scott Benner 6:59
put up a post. And the Post said What are your favorite and or most despised diabetes? Legends? misnomers lies half truths or stories. I want to hear everything. And if you're up for it, also share why the story stuck with you. And now Jenny and I are looking at a How long is it 54 page document?

Jennifer Smith, CDE 7:18
Yes, it's it's long. It's the longest document ever received from you about topic ideas and whatnot, which again, I when we start chatting, I have no idea what we're going to talk about. We always have like a background idea of topics. But you're always like, Hey, Jenny, we're going to talk about this today, like great.

Scott Benner 7:40
So the way I see this coming together, is shorter episodes more like defining diabetes, probably where we go through the topic. So I thought in this inaugural episode, we could tell people about the topics. And then you know, the following week, they'll get them so they're broken down like this. miracle cures for your diabetes. These include

Jennifer Smith, CDE 8:07
all of the normal things and cinnamon is in there multiple times.

Scott Benner 8:11
But also prickly pear pills and cow urine. I can't wait to get to that.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 8:19
I have not heard the cow urine one. I've looking through this. I've I've seen many of these but the cow urine.

Scott Benner 8:27
That one I thought was No. diabetes can be reversed. Reasons Why You got diabetes. Let's see my there are so many there for that. It's contagious as part of it. diabetes will disappear, stabilize or get better. Another topic will be diabetes care is easy. It's no big deal. The people really hear that from people. Keep asking my son if it's stable. Now people keep asking my son if it's stable. Now, what did you feed him? And that's lovely. That we have diet restrictions so that people with type one can't eat certain things. That complications are inevitable. That altered mind is a lie. That highs and lows don't really impact people. There is a cure. Oh, this one's This one's huge. There's a cure already. It exists. It's being hidden by the man. That there is that there

Jennifer Smith, CDE 9:30
is I don't even want to go down that rabbit hole. Well, we're going to

Scott Benner 9:33
one of the episodes Don't worry. That there is that there are strict rules to follow like do's and don'ts and people listed a lot of things that people say to them about that. Oh, that their pump will fix everything. Oh, yes. confusion between type one and type two. Only children can get type one adults can't be diagnosed with type one that kind of stuff. Oh, the bad type is a topic Oh yes, at least it's not the bad kind of type one can't possibly be Oh type ones can't be overweight. Type twos are definitely overweight. That's going to be that'll be a topic that type two can become type one or vice versa. And let's see, insulin is bad for type twos. These are all topics that then have tons of stuff under them. Insulin for low's a pump is a oh, here go. You remember, the pump is going to fix everything. How about this one? A pump is bad for diabetic people shared the

Jennifer Smith, CDE 10:38
good. Wow, that's interesting. I've never heard that one. Although for the other one, that the pump, like take care of everything. Honestly, if I had money for every person who's made that comment, as they've noticed, you know, a pat on the back of my arm or my sensor or something. Oh, you've got that great technology and let's make it so much better now just takes care of it. Right. And I'm like, Yeah, we do have a couple hours. I could give you some education about that statement. You know, I mean, it's you could hang out with me for just a little bit of time.

Scott Benner 11:17
By the way, no one's technology works at any part of their life. They're always complaining about their computers my phone doesn't work this app doesn't work the thing in my car won't play and but that thing that must be perfect that must be its perfect

Jennifer Smith, CDE 11:29
technology that it never fails. Never yeah special kind

Scott Benner 11:33
Dexcom stories well, I don't know this one. Thank you to Isabel by the way for putting the list together for me. Um Oh, there's just a lot of things that like Mithy type things around CGM that we are doing drugs or we are drunk. Why? Well now so I see this as a heading and I think that's weird. That doesn't make any sense. But under this heading, there's 12 things I'm not I don't know I'm just scrolling. Let me give you one of them. I had the cops called on me as a kid. My dad was already in the restaurant. He almost went to jail over this never saw him that mad before. I thought he was going to take out this little old lady they call the cop I guess the lady saw her inject something called the there's way more alright we'll get to that health care professionals know all or no the best whoo there's my gosh. My fingers gonna get tired scrolling through this one. This will not be a short episode. I don't think oh my god, we might have to talk for hours about what's on this

Jennifer Smith, CDE 12:50
list. Which which app is which cut topic is this?

Scott Benner 12:54
Hold on. I have to scroll back to it. So I read it to you correctly. Scrolling scrolling that healthcare professionals know or know best?

Jennifer Smith, CDE 13:04
Oh, well, that's the I mean, it's that's it. It's a generalized statement

Scott Benner 13:18
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Jennifer Smith, CDE 16:11
I think across the board for many, many conditions, honestly. But in we're we're talking about diabetes, obviously. And I think that that will be a large topic of discussion.

Scott Benner 16:25
I can't just leave it there. I can't even scroll listen to the very first thing out of the gate says I found that most of the myths I've heard about diabetes have come from my health care professionals. By the way, this is going to be a lot of fun for me, I'm making air quotes because I don't know if you've noticed or not. I can't pronounce myths. Myths, it gets stuck in my so my wife and I are sitting around the other day. I'm like I have a problem. And she goes well. I said I am going to start a topic on the podcast with a word. I don't say correctly. She's like, wait, what? And I said, myths. And she goes, What are you saying? And I'm like, I don't know. It's getting stuck in my mouth myth. Am I saying it wrong

Jennifer Smith, CDE 17:03
myth? I don't think so. Myths. Do I sound like I'm saying it right myth. So

Scott Benner 17:07
Jenny, I can't tell. It feels weird. Like my mouth pauses when I say it myths. Myth. Like,

Jennifer Smith, CDE 17:14
you know, you say water funny too.

Scott Benner 17:16
I definitely say that I'm comfortable with that there's a missile. I know

Jennifer Smith, CDE 17:22
it doesn't sound weird to me.

Scott Benner 17:25
Think about it. Yes. A ton of miscellaneous topics. Oh my goodness, this goes on forever and ever. Alright, so we're gonna be able to put together a nice series about the myths I'm gonna say misnomers about diabetes.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 17:39
I like one of them. Underneath this health care professionals know all or know best. Because I've had this question. I can't say it's exactly from this person says my doctor asked my daughter if she had checked her blood glucose that day. I have. I have had that question before from totally, like, on unknowing health professionals. Absolutely. Unknowing, like going in for an exam or something. You know, where maybe I had to tell them whether I had taken medicine that day. Well, you've checked your blood sugar, right? And I'm like, Oh, my God. Really? Again, do you want the three hour discussion? Because I'm I'm happy to spend time but

Scott Benner 18:26
that's that's insane. Jenny, we're gonna pause for a second and just chill together while the trash truck goes past my house.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 18:34
Fantastic. I can't. I can't hear your trash. I

Scott Benner 18:36
can't think about anything but it is dipping in my ear.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 18:41
Is Monday always trash day for you? Because it's trash day. For us. It is

Scott Benner 18:44
yes. Once a week, the trash picked up once or twice a week.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 18:48
Our trash gets picked up once a week. And then recycling is every other week.

Scott Benner 18:51
That's what we get to. I don't like that, by the way. I hate that. I feel like I'm the waystation for the recycling company. Like I'm piling it up. By the way. Now if the kids are gone, it doesn't matter. I am having that old person thing I like take out half a can of garbage. And I'm like, oh my children left is all I think when I take out the garbage. I drag it down. I go Yeah, cuz I'm old and my kids aren't here. So there.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 19:15
There's a point at which I will get to that then because right now I go grocery shopping. And two days later, I feel like I look and I'm like, where? Where's the food? Like, I spent this much money and had like 40 bags were like, where did the food go? That's all

Scott Benner 19:33
good. No, no, I don't have that feeling anymore. And by the way, as soon as my son started paying for his food, he started eating much more responsibly.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 19:40
I'm sure he did.

Scott Benner 19:42
I get a call from him. Every two weeks. I just paid my bills. I think he's very proud of himself, which is cool. Like he paid his rent and all that stuff. And then he spent a minute or two complaining and that's the end of it. Okay, so Alright, so this is what we're going to do. We're going to go over these topics. We're going to break them into however It ends up working out if we have a conversation about, I don't know, doctors or the bad type or whatever, and it goes longer. I'll break it into two episodes. But I'd like to try to keep them a little shorter. But God knows, I don't know if I'll be able to or not. There's so much stuff here. So we need a place to start. You got to put these in order.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 20:21
Sure. See, and bring it back up. That's it faded off of my screen.

Scott Benner 20:30
I don't think I want to start with this. Yeah, I don't think I want to start with the silliest ones, which are, to me miracle cures, I think I want to hang on to that for a little while, because,

Jennifer Smith, CDE 20:41
and maybe clear up some of the more real well that like true myth type of questions. And then we can be silly in between maybe?

Scott Benner 20:49
Well, I'm just what I'm concerned about is that, what if we get into this list of miracle cures? And we actually find something that's valuable for somebody? It's not going to cure you. But it's not without? Maybe we'll find something that's not without merit? Didn't I mean, correct? Because

Jennifer Smith, CDE 21:04
there are as I'm, as I'm scrolling through them, just quick, eyeballs on. There are a number, a number of these things that are certainly not they're not cure alls. But they are things that could be beneficial in terms of overall glucose control. Yes, right.

Scott Benner 21:22
Yeah. Like tell, for example, I have no idea of drinking apple cider vinegar is good for you or not? Maybe it is, it's not going to make your type one diabetes go away? I don't think it can make your type two diabetes go away. But what if it's, what if there's, I see, my expectation is this is that all of these things start from somewhere. And then just like everything else in the world, they get, like, mostly understood, then exploded and then passed on and kind of understood. And then before you know it, people say things like, I think diabetes can be cured with cinnamon. I've heard that, like, people don't say that, because they know, right, like, and yes, some people are.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 22:04
It's because they've read something somewhere. That was a lot of these, I think, maybe not a lot, but maybe 30% of them, they may start as some type of a ratio, a research study, essentially, because somebody saw some effect of something in a mouse in the lab, because the most drink somebody's apple cider vinegar drink, and well look at what happened because they were monitoring it for something else. And they were well, let's test this. Let's see, you know, I mean, there is certainly some good value to things like apple cider vinegar. These are not cures however, at all, whether you're type one or type two, they're definitely not cures.

Scott Benner 22:50
I just think that it's there might be some, maybe we can mind these things that people say and find the value in them if there is any, or maybe, maybe find where this may have come from? Yes. Because because in the moment, I forget where I saw it on this list, I understand when someone tells you, Oh, your kid has type one diabetes, you just need to do Reiki over their feet, and they won't need insulin anymore. I get being pissed about that. Yeah, yeah. But it doesn't mean that there's not something else on this list. I could have value. So here's a good example, right? My kids physical education teacher sent me videos about curing type one, type one diabetes with a plant based diet. So you can I can read that sentence and see how a reasonable thought gets commingled with the wrong thing. And then with whisper down the lane, and then all of a sudden, did you know that if you just need just vegetables, you won't have type one anymore? I can see where that the craziness comes from. All right, okay. Sorry. So we got to put these Oh, border. So miracle cube. So, here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna, I'm gonna grab all of the topics and put them at the top.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 24:11
That's one of the Reiki on the founders. It is totally making me laugh. Like I mean, not let it I mean, the funny thing is the fact that this that this parent really had like, some humor type of response to this person's, you know, expression of hey, if you do this is clearly going to take care of everything he wrote. That's a funny one. Yeah.

Scott Benner 24:40
He wrote underneath of it. Oh, it's time for ice cream. Take your shoes off or

Jennifer Smith, CDE 24:45
better take your shoes off. You just had more ice cream.

Scott Benner 24:49
By the way, why wasn't the magic work through the feet? Through the shoes, I mean, if we can get through my foot can't get through my shoe.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 24:58
I don't know it's I In the energy of the airwaves that you move around your feet obviously have to be exposed to the movement of the air rather than

Scott Benner 25:08
the canvas is that at fault here,

Jennifer Smith, CDE 25:10
Canvas is at fault blocks, it blocks the energy waves from getting in. Yeah,

Scott Benner 25:15
I want to say to for people listening, if at some point, you don't think you can handle me giggling about your essential oils, you probably shouldn't listen, because I'm gonna. And that's pretty much.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 25:28
And I use essential oils, I will tell you that none of them is a cure for type one or type two or any kind of diabetes. However, they do have a therapeutic benefit to, to some degree, if you use them in the right way. My daughter

Scott Benner 25:41
has a diffuser in her room, and she will absolutely tell me sometimes she gets like, anxious or like, upset, and she puts it on she said, it really is relaxing. And I have trouble in the world with that, obviously, I paid for that thing. But if you're gonna start telling me that mixing the lemon with the this is going to make your lumbago go away, then I don't know what to tell you. I don't think I'm going to agree with you. That's not to say you shouldn't do it. And I think that about all this stuff, too. I mean, honestly, like the next find yourself, which one did you find?

Jennifer Smith, CDE 26:15
daily coffee enema? Oh, like, really? Come on. I just

Scott Benner 26:22
Well, I mean, listen, here's the question.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 26:24
This is, this is really where like, you really do you know, you teach kids like when you're growing up like this awareness of pay attention to what comes out, like Think before you speak. I think some people move into adulthood, and have never applied that at all, to what comes out of their mouth. Really.

Scott Benner 26:47
I saw that. I was just like, oh my god, that's amazing. Like, like, you know what my thought was? If I had type one diabetes, and I could get rid of it by giving myself a daily daily, daily coffee enema. Yeah, I might just be like, You know what? It's alright.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 27:07
Take the give me the injection. Give me the needle. I am not doing

Scott Benner 27:13
every day. Where Scott Well, upstairs giving himself a coffee enema to keep his diabetes away. I would Yeah, I don't know. Like, I'm like, it's funny. Like, part of me thinks it's, like, funny. And part of me thinks it's a real like, like, a real conversation like, so let me just put it to you while I'm putting this list together. Jenny, if I could make your type one diabetes go away. But you had to do a coffee enema every day when you got off? What do you think? Think you would do it? No, you don't think I would?

Jennifer Smith, CDE 27:47
I would. I would keep my type one diabetes. I really I honestly, I mean, and again, this is like I'm a week away from living with diabetes for 35 years. Yeah. So maybe I'm at the wrong point of asking that question. Because,

Scott Benner 28:03
right, I will be giving you whatever it may

Jennifer Smith, CDE 28:05
be in the beginning. And I didn't even I wouldn't have even known what an animal was when at that age of diagnosis. Right. So what I've been like, really sure, and then I find out what it is and be like, can you? Can you just give me the syringes back? Because I don't think so.

Scott Benner 28:21
Um, at least this needle wasn't going in my eyes. So well, so it's funny about like, these kind of bizarre. You know, like, either or like this or that thing. I'm going to find something for you in a second that someone posted online. Actually, I don't have to find it. I can explain it to you. So there was in the Facebook group is a younger guy. And he put up kind of this cartoon, right? It's this. Like, in one panel, on the left, there's a guy standing looking at a big red button and the same on the right. And on the left button. It says Arden never gets diabetes. And I and the idea is I push that button and Arden ever gets diabetes. But then nobody gets the podcast. And he asked, like, would Scott, what would Scott do? And I jumped in and I said, Hey, Scott, without pause or hesitation would push the button that doesn't keep my ends up with my daughter having diabetes. And I said as soon as I read this, I thought this is a younger person that wrote this or a person who doesn't have children. I said, I told him I said your parents would drop me off a bridge to protect you. Yes, and I would drop them off one to protect my kids and wars have been started over protecting loved ones. And I get the thought exercise you're trying to get involved in here but you're barking up the wrong tree. You know, I Yeah, you know, I there's not much I wouldn't do to help my kids. So absolutely, yeah, right. Any But it was interesting like this kind of this. I think we're gonna see a lot of false equivalencies in here, a lot of like this or that, or you're just going to be like, no, like, I'm not making that choice. Alright, I have them all out. It's only it's only in my document for now. I'm sorry, but I have miracle cures diabetes can be reversed reasons why you got diabetes. That might be a good starter reasons why I would agree. Yeah. Right. And then

Jennifer Smith, CDE 30:30
and then maybe diabetes can be reversed after that.

Scott Benner 30:36
I think I agree. diabetes cares. Easy. It's no big deal. Like they would? Yeah, I'm moving that one up.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 30:46
And maybe I do the one that what was the one I just said, the diabetes reasons why you got diabetes? Number one, there was there was another one in here. What was the one after the reasons

Scott Benner 30:58
for why you got diabetes and diabetes can be

Jennifer Smith, CDE 31:01
reversed. Reverse. There's another one in here similar to diabetes can be reversed. It

Scott Benner 31:05
is miracle cures, diabetes, diabetes will

Jennifer Smith, CDE 31:09
disappear, stabilize or get better? I think that one kind of goes right along with it could be reversed.

Scott Benner 31:15
All right, we'll put it next to each other so we can consider as we're doing it. Let's see, we have no doubt that we have diet restrictions. I like that one towards the top. Then we'll throw in miracle cures, because it'll be about four or five weeks into the episodes. We'll have a little fun. They're not that I think all these are going to be kind of humorous. Along the way, complications are inevitable. Altered mind is a lie that there is a cure. I so I have that one as bombastic. I'm gonna slide that one down a little farther. That there are strict rules to follow.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 31:54
I think that one kind of goes, it's kind of almost the opposite of the earlier one. Something about it's easy to manage. Yeah, they kind of are similar ideas. But

Scott Benner 32:10
yeah, I think a couple of the type one type two ones might be as well. Oh, insulin for a low I finally understand this one now. Do you understand it now? So this happens to us. There are people in our lives. Yes, when Arden's low, they're like, do you want me to get her insulin?

Jennifer Smith, CDE 32:27
Right? I'm like, well, and unfortunately, it has been. I can't state the programs or the shows. But there have been a couple of poorly stated things in TV shows or movies that have been almost the same thing. Like get the insulin. I'm like, What what are you gonna kill a more?

Scott Benner 32:52
Faster?

Jennifer Smith, CDE 32:54
speed this up with a little more insulin for the 50 blood sugar like, right?

Scott Benner 32:59
It's getting boring watching Shelby die slow in the hospital. Let's fix it up. Yeah. That alone, the amount of times I never thought I would hear about Steel Magnolias so much in my entire life. And it just comes up constantly. And I get the idea like I think contextually, right, like people's children are diagnosed. And then there's this movie where someone has type one who and they eventually end up passing away. And I think that just I guess that must be so scary when you're first diagnosed.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 33:29
Yeah, absolutely. Yes. You know, I've, I've only seen steal Amanda magnolias, like, twice. And I didn't see it until I was an adult. And knowing what I know, there are so many questions that I have. I mean, the story is very, it's very glossed over in terms of her diabetes management. And what led to the events that ended up happening there because my educated or educator brain kind of goes to I want to know the backstory. I want to know what led up to all of this.

Scott Benner 34:16
So yeah, no, I have I've so it's funny when people will say something to me, like, what do you think this means? I'm like, Well, what did you eat three hours ago? Like, what does it matter? I'm like, it's all that matters. I need to know everything that happened before so we can figure out how we got here. Yes, no, I mean, drink the juice. They got that. Right. Right. She was low. They gave her juice. Yeah. You know what the problem I just had an interview with someone whose kid is type one. And he's a producer of like, children's cartoons. Oh, wow. So he, he, we were talking about it. He used a few type one actors to do voices. But I think might have hired some type ones. Oh, I like in the show, like writers maybe if I'm if I'm remembering correctly, but when I asked why not put type one into the, into the actual like program he's like cartoons to Nishi like people will understand it. Like it's nice for the people who will see it but you're trying to reach this many people and you know, it's it's a very fine thing like to you it's your whole world maybe but to most people now you're taking them out of the story to try to explain a thing to them that they don't understand already correct. You know,

Jennifer Smith, CDE 35:33
that makes that's interesting. That's an interesting perspective on

Scott Benner 35:37
Yeah, yeah, it just was it was something else. Alright. So I have reasons why you got diabetes, diabetes can be reversed. diabetes will disappear stabilizer get better. diabetes Care is easy. It's no big deal, that we all have diet restrictions that we have diet restrictions, excuse me, I don't know why I keep reading that incorrectly. miracle cures for your diabetes, that complications are inevitable. Healthcare professionals know all or know best. A pump is bad for a diabetic altered mind is a lie. That there are there are strict rules to follow do's and don'ts that a pump will fix everything that we are doing drugs where we are drunk. confusion between type one type two, there is a cure and it's being hidden. Insulin for low the bad type type one can't possibly be overweight. Type Two definitely is overweight. That type two can become type one or vice versa. Insulin is bad for type twos. Dexcom stories, and then miscellaneous. I think I'm gonna move the Dexcom stories up to come after. I'm going to put it after people think we're doing drugs or we're drunk. Alright, that's it. That's what we're doing.

Jennifer Smith, CDE 36:49
Awesome. I'm curious about the Dexcom stories. I wonder if it's similar. Yeah, I'm curious about

Scott Benner 36:56
the Dexcom we need to get recording so we can find out

Jennifer Smith, CDE 36:58
what they say. Yeah, absolutely.

Scott Benner 37:01
I know. So we're gonna pause this and we're gonna jump into the first one.

Unknown Speaker 37:05
Awesome. Hello.

Scott Benner 37:14
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