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It's In the News.. a look at the top headlines and stories in the diabetes community. This week's top stories: World Diabetes Day roundup, existing drugs examined for T1D prevention, Blue Circle Health expands its novel T1D care model, Mounjaro studied further, Canada approves a new pumps system, and tragedy in the diabetes community.  Find out more about Moms' Night Out  Please visit our Sponsors & Partners - they help make the show possible! 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XX Of course, World Diabetes Day was yesterday. November 14 marks the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting. who discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922. Lots of the tech companies are taking action.. I'm going to link up a great article highlighting what many of them are doing…. from Medtronics Blue Balloon challenge to Dexcom's Nick Jonas video and a lot more. https://www.drugdeliverybusiness.com/world-diabetes-day-2024/ XX A new triple combo therapy could restore insulin production in people with type 1 using existing medications. Levicure's triple-combo oral therapy is already considered very safe, because it involves two drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a well-known supplement. The therapy is a combination of: DPP4-inhibitors, a common type 2 diabetes medication Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a drug for severe acid reflux A proprietary version of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a supplement often used to treat anxiety Levicure says the combined effect can block beta cell destruction, suppress autoimmunity, and restore beta cell function. So far, Levicure's triple therapy has gone through only one retrospective chart review; it has not been put to the test in a randomized controlled trial https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/can-this-triple-combo-oral-therapy-restore-insulin-production-733261/   XX Blue Circle Health is expanding it's unique approach to type 1 care. Already active in Florida, Maine & Vermont, it will now be in Delaware and Ohio. Blue Circle Health is free and develops a personalized care plan for each participant, tailored to their unique needs, and offers comprehensive multidisciplinary support over a six-month period. It's paid for by the Helmsley Charitable Trust. The program is available to people 18 years of age and older that speak Spanish or English, regardless of insurance coverage or citizen status. We've got an upcoming podcast episode all about Blue Circle coming up soon. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blue-circle-health-expands-to-delaware-and-ohio-to-address-health-system-barriers-to-type-1-diabetes-care-and-education-302304170.html XX An international team of experts has created the world's first evidence-based guide for eating lower and low carb. The group says until now, people with type 1 diabetes and their healthcare providers have lacked comprehensive resources to help implement this approach safely and effectively. The guide provides essential information for dietitians and nutritionists and empowers them to work collaboratively with individuals and families who are interested in reducing carbohydrates. It's free and we've got the download link in the show notes. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/international-team-launches-first-guide-for-carbohydrate-reduction-in-type-1-diabetes-883729104.html XX A new pump system is available in Canada. mylife YpsoPump insulin pump and CamAPS FX hybrid closed-loop algorithm by Health Canada. mylife Loop consists of the mylife YpsoPump, a lightweight intuitive insulin pump, integrated with the CamAPS FX hybrid closed-loop, a mobile phone-based algorithm, and the Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System. Working together, these components provide an innovative, automated insulin delivery (AID) system designed to simplify insulin therapy and improve glycemic control for Canadians living with diabetes.   "The approval of the mylife YpsoPump and CamAPS FX marks an important milestone as we bring these advanced technologies to the Canadian market," said Sébastien Delarive, Chief Business Officer of Ypsomed Diabetes Care. "Although Ypsomed is relatively new in Canada, our established leadership in diabetes care throughout Europe provides a solid foundation for delivering innovative solutions to Canadians living with type 1 diabetes."   "We are excited to see both mylife YpsoPump and CamAPS FX approved," said Karina Schneider, General Manager at Ypsomed Canada. "This step brings us closer to offering an integrated solution that will help simplify diabetes management for Canadian patients, empowering them to take more control of their health." https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ypsomed-camdiab-receive-health-canada-205500840.html XX The FDA updates the labels for all GLP-1 receptor agonists with a warning about pulmonary aspiration during general anesthesia or deep sedation. The affected drugs are semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy); liraglutide (Saxenda, Victoza); and the dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)/GLP-1 tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound). the Medication Guide section of the label also has new additions. Patients are counseled to tell their healthcare provider if they are scheduled to have surgery or other procedures that use anesthesia or deep sleepiness (deep sedation). They are alerted that the GLP-1 RAs they are taking may cause serious side effects, including food or liquid getting into the lungs during surgery or other procedures that use anesthesia or deep sedation. Patients are advised to tell all their healthcare providers that they are taking a GLP-1 RA before they are scheduled to have surgery or other procedures. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-updates-glp-1-label-pulmonary-aspiration-warning-2024a1000k84?form=fpf XX Following an impressive data drop this summer highlighting the potential for Eli Lilly's tirzepatide to stave off progression to Type 2 diabetes in prediabetic patients, the Indianapolis-based drugmaker is laying out full results from its longest completed study of the dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist to date. In the three-year SURMOUNT-1 trial, tirzepatide curbed the risk of disease progression to Type 2 diabetes by 94% versus placebo in adult prediabetes patients who were obese or overweight, Lilly said in a release Wednesday. The number represents a pooled result from three tirzepatide doses (5 mg, 10 mg and 15 mg) studied in the trial.   Putting those results into perspective, one new case of diabetes could be prevented for every nine patients treated with tirzepatide, which is marketed in the U.S. as Mounjaro for Type 2 diabetes and as Zepbound for obesity, Lilly said. https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/lilly-unwraps-detailed-data-showing-tirzepatide-kept-nearly-99-pre-diabetic-patients XX Edgparke commeical? XX https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-25/apple-secretly-tests-blood-sugar-app-in-sign-of-health-ambitions XX XX And finally, many of you have likely already heard but we had some incredibly tragic news in the diabetes community, especially for the Breakthrough T1D ride community. I'm going to read from the Breakthrough T1D website: The leadership, staff, and volunteers of Breakthrough T1D mourn the tragic, sudden loss of five T1D Champions on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.  Jeff and Michelle Bauer, Josh and Tammy Stahl and Barry Sievers were all killed in a singe car crash. The group included two married couples and one single individual—all very close friends and veteran Breakthrough T1D Ride participants. Of this incredibly impactful group, I knew Michelle Bauer personally, I met her as Michelle Alswager – you may know her as Jesse's mom. Her son, Jesse died from complications of type 1 in 2010. And that year, mile 23 on the JDRF ride was created as a mile of silence in memory of Jesse.  Now all riders are asked to ride in silence for that mile not only in memory of Jesse, but all those lost to type 1 diabetes. Michelle wrote her book, Jesse Was Here and created a program that's part of Beyond Type 1 to this day, all to help other families going through grief. She called me a few years ago when she was thinking of writing her book and I'm so grateful for our conversations and that our conversations may have helped her get it out there into a world where it's so needed. But we need Michelle here to talk about grief. More about talking to Michelle about the book).   Please, write the book, ride the bike, do the ironman, follow your heart and your dreams.  All of these incredible people gone too soon. https://www.breakthrought1d.org/news-and-updates/breakthrough-t1d-mourns-tragic-sudden-loss-of-five-ride-champions/   Thanks for joining me..

In this episode, we learn about the notable people in Sir Frederick Banting's life. Who was Sadie Gairns?  Who was the first person in industry to meet with Dr. Banting?  Who were his co-discovers?  Who was Clark Noble?   The answer to these questions and more in this episode! Interesting links: Discovery of Insulin website (link) Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation (link)  

Muchos no le dan la importancia que se debiera, pero lo cierto es que esta enfermedad causó 4 millones de muertes en 2017. Hablamos de la diabetes, una enfermedad crónica que aparece cuando el páncreas no produce insulina suficiente o cuando el organismo no utiliza eficazmente la insulina que produce. Desde 1980 el número de personas con diabetes en el mundo casi se ha cuadruplicado. Se estima que 425 millones de adultos padecían diabetes en 2017, frente a los 108 millones de 1980. Este preocupante crecimiento también es extrapolable a América Latina, donde los datos hablan por sí solos: la diabetes es la cuarta causa de muerte en el área. Todos los tipos de diabetes pueden provocar complicaciones en diversas partes del organismo e incrementar el riesgo de muerte prematura. Además, provoca el aumento de factores de riesgo conexos, como el sobrepeso o la obesidad. Gran parte de los casos y sus complicaciones podrían prevenirse manteniendo una dieta saludable, una actividad física regular y un peso corporal normal, y evitando el consumo de tabaco. La importancia de la atención médica contra la diabetes El tema del Día Mundial de la Diabetes 2021 es "Acceso a la atención de la diabetes". Cien años después del descubrimiento de la insulina, millones de personas con diabetes en todo el mundo no pueden acceder a la atención que necesitan. Los diabéticos requieren supervisión y apoyo continuos para controlar su afección y evitar complicaciones. El centenario del descubrimiento de la insulina presenta una oportunidad única para lograr un cambio significativo para los más de 460 millones de personas que viven con diabetes y los millones más que están en riesgo. Unida, la comunidad mundial vinculada al problema de la diabetes tiene los números, la influencia y la determinación para lograr un cambio significativo. Solo necesitamos asumir el desafío. Tipos de diabetes La diabetes es una enfermedad crónica que aparece cuando el páncreas no produce insulina suficiente o cuando el organismo no utiliza eficazmente la insulina que produce. El efecto de la diabetes no controlada es la hiperglucemia (aumento del azúcar en la sangre). La diabetes de tipo 1 (anteriormente denominada diabetes insulinodependiente o juvenil) se caracteriza por la ausencia de síntesis de insulina. La diabetes de tipo 2 (llamada anteriormente diabetes no insulinodependiente o del adulto) tiene su origen en la incapacidad del cuerpo para utilizar eficazmente la insulina, lo que a menudo es consecuencia del exceso de peso o la inactividad física. La diabetes gestacional corresponde a una hiperglicemia que se detecta por primera vez durante el embarazo. Antecendentes El Día Mundial de la Diabetes (DMD) fue creado en 1991 por la Organización Mundial de la Salud y la Federación Internacional de la Diabetes en respuesta al aumento de la preocupación por la creciente amenaza para la salud que representa esta enfermedad. El Día Mundial de la Diabetes se convirtió en un día oficial de las Naciones Unidas en 2006 con la aprobación de la Resolución 61/225 de las Naciones Unidas. Se celebra cada año el 14 de noviembre, aniversario del nacimiento de Sir Frederick Banting, quien descubrió la insulina junto con Charles Best en 1922. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hechosecuador/message

Hundreds of civilian and military personnel gathered in downtown Toronto to mark Remembrance Day; a man succumbed to gunshot wounds following a shooting inside an Ajax, Ont. home; and, 100 years later, how the discovery of insulin by Canadian doctor Sir Frederick Banting changed the lives of millions.

In 2021 we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. This life-saving discovery made by Banting, Best, Collip and McLeod at the University of Toronto had its roots even earlier. Our guest is Grant Maltman who is the Curator at the Banting House National Historic Site of Canada in London, Ontario. Banting House is the former residence of Sir Frederick Banting and is now home to an incredible collection of artifacts related to his life. Learn more about Banting House and book a visit on their website.

This year marks a century since the poppy became a symbol of remembrance in Canada. We became the first country to adopt it - after the cause was taken up by a French woman inspired by John McCrae

I can't tell you how much I love this week's chat - for so many reasons!Reba Redmond is a writer, public speaker and diabetes advocate living in Ontario, Canada. I hereby declare her a Diabetes VIP too, as she's a distant cousin of Sir Frederick Banting who co-discovered insulin in 1921 and is the reason anyone with type 1 diabetes is alive today. But Reba is also a rare and brilliant human - one who can articulate the complex and unique challenges of a life lived with type 1 diabetes (and many other difficulties) without any sense of grandeur or call for pity. From a derailing diagnosis as a teenager, living with multiple mental illnesses and an episode of DKA that nearly ended her life, to overcoming needle phobia, the need for perfect blood glucose levels and dealing with the gut-wrenching guilt of being a parent with type 1 diabetes, Reba takes us on an incredibly heartfelt, eloquent yet pragmatic and humble journey of what it means to be human in this episode. “We spend so much of our lives with diabetes focussed on numbers that we get lost as people,” she says. Her honest, authentic writing on both her blog A Soul Is A Resilient Thing and her Instagram account @rebaredmond is a breath of fresh air in a curated virtual landscape of filters and so-called ‘straight liners'. I hope you enjoy Reba's generous truth and wisdom as much as I did.

2021 marks 100 years since the discovery of insulin and we could think of no better place to hear the story of how it happened than from the folks at Banting House. That's literally the house where Sir Frederick Banting woke up with the idea that led to this life saving discovery. Curator Grant Maltman shares stories and takes us on a bit of an audio tour of the House. He explains how Dr. Banting got started, made the discovery (with help of course) and what the museum is doing to mark the occasion. It's a very interactive museum with everything from a letter writing campaign to Dr. Banting that's still going on, to a display of diabetes tattoos from around the world. More about Banting House Stacey also shares her idea to mark 100 years of insulin - with your help! This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Check out Stacey's book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone      Click here for Android Episode Transcription below:    Stacey Simms 0:00 Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dario Health: Manage your blood glucose levels, increase your possibilities; by Gvoke Hypopen: the first premixed auto injector for very low blood sugar; and by Dexcom: take control of your diabetes and live life to the fullest with Dexcom. Announcer 0:21 This is Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. Stacey Simms 0:27 This week, we're talking to the curator of Banting House, which is known as the birthplace of insulin. It's literally the house where Sir Frederick Banting woke up with the idea that led to this life-saving discovery. Grant Maltman 0:40 We're celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. 100 years later, we have better insulin, what we still don't have is anything better than insulin. And that's what makes this place so important. It's why people come here, you know, we hear the words, like pilgrimage, we have people refer to us as a "Diabetes Mecca." Stacey Simms 0:59 Grant Maltman shares stories and takes us on a bit of an audio tour of the house. We're also cooking up an idea to mark this century of insulin anniversary, but I'm going to need your help. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Welcome to another week of the show, always so glad to have you here we aim to educate and inspire about diabetes with a focus on people who use insulin, and Banting House is one of those places I would really like to visit. Hey, everybody, I'm Stacey Simms. I am your host, my son was diagnosed more than 14 years ago with Type One and my husband lives with Type Two. And you know, obviously, insulin is incredibly important to us and everybody listening to the show, as you'll hear people travelled to the museum, not only to learn more about history, but also in the hopes that they will be inspired, with a bit of an aha moment, like Dr. Banting was. The curator, Grant Maltman will take us through more of the exhibits and the history. I'm not going to do that here. But I do want to let you know, there is a brief YouTube video that I've put out that goes along with this episode, you're gonna hear almost at the end of the interview, Grant turns the camera on and takes us through part of the exhibit. So you can listen to that. And we really get the idea, but I thought you might also want to see it. And so that's on YouTube as well. I will link that up in the episode. And it's always a good way to mention that we have links and information for every episode at Diabetes-connections.com, in addition to the show notes in whatever podcast app you may be listening to, but some of those apps don't really show the notes very well. And they don't hyperlink and all that good stuff. So you can always go to Diabetes-connections.com. And please stick around after the interview. I want to run an idea by you for kind of our own way on the show here, for you to take part of marking 100 years since Dr. Banting's discovery. So stick around for that. But first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dario Health. And over the years I find we manage diabetes better when we're thinking less about all the stuff of diabetes tasks. And that's why I love partnering with people who take the load off on things like ordering supplies, so I can really focus on Benny. The Dario diabetes success plan is all about you, all the strips and lancets you need delivered to your door, one-on- -one coaching so you can meet your milestones, weekly insights into your trends, with suggestions on how to succeed. Get the diabetes management plan that works with you and for you. Dario's published studies demonstrate high impact clinical results, find out more. Go to mydario.com/diabetes-connections. Grant, thanks so much for joining me. I'm really interested to hear more about your story and share about the Banting House. Thanks for being here today. Grant Maltman 3:54 Oh, my pleasure. This is going to be fun. Stacey Simms 3:56 Yeah. All right. Well, let's just start with the, you know, very generalities. Can you tell you what Banting House is all about? Grant Maltman 4:02 Well, Banting House since 1923, has been known as the birthplace of insulin. It's Frederick Banting's former home where he came up with the idea that led to the discovery of insulin. It was purchased by Diabetes Canada in 1981, declared a National Historic Site of Canada in 1997, and are now full museum open to the public. Stacey Simms 4:24 When you say the birthplace of insulin, tell me the story. What does that mean? Grant Maltman 4:28 Well, this is always history. So everyone knows or you know, we'd like to help everyone know, that the discovery of insulin occurred at the University of Toronto during the summer of 1921. Like every great story, that's neither the beginning nor the end. And so the origin story for insulin in this context anyways, is this house. So Frederick Banting is a struggling general practitioner in London, Ontario. After the First World War, he couldn't get a job in Toronto as a house surgeon. So he came here to set up a practice and this wasn't an "open it and they will come" scenario. He does everything wrong, he moves to a city where he doesn't know anyone. He doesn't take over a retire doctor's office. His office hours are terrible, 1-3 in the afternoon, seven to eight in the evening, his location isn't a great spot to set up as a private practice, it's not a high traffic area. You could put your name on the front window, but there's big silver Maple up front, and no one's going to see it. So he's literally 0 for 4, or even the phonebook. He failed there too, the phone book was printed in April, and he doesn't move here until June. So he opens his practice on the first of July 1920. His first patient arrives 28 days later. And according to his memoir, it's not even a real medical problem in 1920. In Ontario, we're still under the Prohibition Act. And according to Banting's memoir, anyways, he writes an illegal alcohol prescription, illegal alcohol sale. So our great Canadian hero starts off his career as a modern day bootlegger. While the practice slowly starts to grow, it's not enough to pay his bills. And so he takes a job at Western University at the Medical School where he's literally a day or two ahead of the students, he takes this opportunity because of the income. Each lab that he does is $2 an hour, which is great, considering his entire July income was $6. So three labs in the early fall of 1920. He's gonna equal his entire July income, things are progressing well. And towards the end of October, he's asked to prepare a lecture on the subject of the pancreas and diabetes. And one of the the myths around the discouraged insulin is that Dr. Banting was on this lifelong quest to find a cure for this disease because a 14 year old boy or girl, friend or cousin, depending on his telling his story, the key is, this, it's a young child, had diabetes, that Banting knew. This child died, "Okay, well, I'm going to grow up, I'm going to go to medical school and find a treatment for diabetes," not the case at all. He's scared to death because he has to give a lecture on a subject he knows very little about, he had never treated the patient with diabetes, he knew that the only treatment was, was the Allen diet was the standard diet, the starvation diet. Once you're on that diet, your life expectancy is about six months to two years. So we can't do much of a lecture on four or five senses. So on the 30th of October, he reads everything he can and prepares his lecture. And then that evening, when he goes to bed, he takes to bed his surgical journal. He always likes to read himself to sleep. And he opens up this journal by Moses Baron. And it's a survey article on diabetes and diabetes research and what a great opportunity to read this, perhaps there's something in this that I can incorporate into my lecture. And so he reads the article, turns out the light and goes to sleep at 2am. After a night of restless sleep, he rises for bed and puts to paper 25 words that will change course of diabetes research and diabetes history. It was a restless night of restless sleep. "After the lecture and the article been chasing each other in my mind for some time, the idea occurred to me. I got up, I wrote down, I couldn't stop thinking about it. Those 25 words leaked that first crude farm insulin 10 months later, after only about 12 weeks of experiments." Stacey Simms 8:16 So I had never heard that he was interested in this as a little, you know, as a young kid, but I had heard about him, you know, waking up in the middle of the night. So he wakes up and what he writes isn't, you know, "We're gonna change the course of history and I have this idea of how to, you know, discover insulin and administer it to people." He basically writes out what you said. Grant Maltman 8:34 What he writes is, it's a 25 word hypothesis. (Inaudible) who came through here says it's a modern day post-it note. He writes "diabetes ligate pancreatic ducts of dog keep dogs alive to a senile degenerate leaving islets. Try to isolate internal secretion of these and relief glycosuria." So those 25 words got him lab space, a research assistant, and a Nobel Prize. (Muffled) years to the day of writing it down. And one of the great ironies, co-discoverer of insulin can't even spell diabetes correctly, he's a terrible speller. But as a physician, he's got great penmanship. So everything we can read, which is great for the public record. Stacey Simms 9:17 Wow. What does he do after that? Does he go and give the lecture as planned? I, you know, as you said, it wasn't overnight that things changed. This was the beginning. But what happens when he gives the lecture? Does he include that hypothesis? Grant Maltman 9:29 We don't know that. We do know that he was pretty excited and spoke to a couple of colleagues here in town. He literally, Banting can sometimes be like a bull in a china shop. It's like, hey, I've got this, let's go. But unfortunately, Western's medical school, the number two school, was still under construction. And we see we just didn't have the facilities or expertise here. When he's speaking to his colleagues at Western and one of his former classmates who's living here in town, they encourage him to go back to his alma mater. He's going to be in Toronto in mid November anyways, so why not go speak with Professor John McLeod, head of the physiology department, a leading expert in the field of carbohydrate metabolism, and go and run your idea by him and and that's how things got started. When we're talking about Banting House, this is the house where he woke up and wrote that down. What do people see when they come through? You know, I haven't had the opportunity yet to travel there. It's definitely on my list. It's a really interesting museum. We often catch people by surprise because you see Banting Museum, the first thing you think of is insulin, understandably. I'm doing this podcast from the bedroom where it occurred right now and it's our probably most important room in the gallery, but the museum is a biographical museum, letting people know who he was and what he was about when he lived here. He actually only used three rooms in the house because the people who bought the home from their new home wasn't ready yet he single does need the whole place. So he says, Why don't you stay this way, you know, they can pay the water bills, electricity bills, so under ended up feeding them and bringing patients as well. So under our designation, we have to restore the three rooms that he did occupy. So as I said, I'm in the bedroom where we registered store right back to the original wallpaper. His office is set up as well as a small apothecary so you get to understand what it was like to be 1920s private practice for a position the rest of the house we tell his life story. So we feature his art he was a pretty good painter, very good friends with Canada's most famous painters and export the Group of Seven art was a painting was a hobby start here in London one patient 20 days gives you a lot of free time. And so he started up like everything else after a bad start buys watercolor brushes, which are tiny, thick oil paints and tries drawing pictures from magazines. Sort of they're not very good. In fact, the we have one that was donated to us a few years back is the only surviving painting from 1920. And it's done on cardboard from the laundromat because he couldn't afford artboard. But then we have one of his latest from 1937 was a wonderful image of the Quebec landscape which really shows his growth as an artist. He we have a an exhibit gallery that covers his career in the First World War. He's a war decorated war heroes Military Cross winner from September of 1918. During the last 100 days, he's wounded in the arm and refuses to evacuate to the rear. As for his actions that day, he's awarded the Military Cross which is the second highest honor in the British Empire. And so three years before they discover insulin bands is actually a decorated war hero. But as Canadians we don't know this, because insulin casts a pre long shadow. We cover his career in the Second World War, where he was a leading scientist throughout allied war effort, which actually has a Carolina connection. Regression chambers and the Frank's flying suit the G suit for fighter pilots advance he was one of the leading coordinators for that the Frank's flying suit actually comes out of the University of Toronto, we of course cover the discovery of insulin from start to finish with a couple of really interesting exhibitions there. And we're also keepers here of the flavorful Stacey Simms 13:23 we'll get back to granted just a moment so he can explain all about that. But first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by jeuveau hypo pin and our endo always told us that if you use insulin, you need to have emergency glucagon on hand as well. Low blood sugars are one thing we're usually able to treat those with fast acting glucose tabs or just some juice but a very low blood sugar can be very frightening. Which is why I'm so glad there's a different option for emergency glucagon it is G vo hypo pin tchibo hypo pen is pre mixed and ready to go with no visible needle. You pull off the red cap and push the yellow end onto bare skin and hold it for five seconds. That's it. Find out more go to Diabetes connections.com and click on the E book logo g book shouldn't be used in patients with pheochromocytoma or insulinoma visit g vo glucagon.com slash risk now back to grant explaining one of the most popular and significant exhibits at Banting house. Grant Maltman 14:20 Now the flame of hope was lit on July 7 1989 by the Queen Mother so Queen of England our current Queen Elizabeth the Second is mom and this claim stays lit until cure for diabetes is found in the doctor or team doctors no matter where in the world they are when that cure is found there to be brought to London to extinguish the claim and also open up a time capsule that the international diabetes Federation is left here in our property. So it's a pretty all encompassing story not only on fancies life but in the Discover insulin but also the legacy of hope for a cure. Stacey Simms 14:53 Yeah, I'm curious when was that time capsule created? Grant Maltman 14:57 The time capsule was created in 1990 One as part of bad things, 100th birthday celebrations, it was created by the youth delegates for the International diabetes Federation. So they met the Congress that year was in Washington, DC. And all these delegates were asked to bring something to create this time capsule. And then as we understand it, the next we had this time capsule created, where was it to be housed? And as we were told, the initial thought was, it would go back to Europe where the IDF headquarters were, but the youth delegates objected to that and said, No, there's a flame burning for us in Canada. And when that flame is extinguished, that means we're free from this disease. So whoever frees us should be the ones to open it. And so that's how we ended up with it. And we're very honored to be the caretakers of that. Stacey Simms 15:51 Another thing that I've seen just looking, you know, virtually at the museum, another thing I wanted to ask you about was the dear Dr. Banting. I don't want to call it an exhibit, but maybe it is. And that's something that people can do virtually still. Right? Grant Maltman 16:04 That's correct. So this is an exhibit we created, gosh, just under 10 years ago now. And it turned into something we never expected at all. It said it started off. It's in Dr. bandings bedroom. And this is a very important room for people. We have people from around the world, what 85 countries a year, everything from visiting scientists to people affected by diabetes and sort of general tourists and the rooms a very emotional room. Everybody wants to to sneak a touch with Dr. Banting his bed and then you know, we tell them it's okay. And we get their pictures taken with it. And we were thinking about it's about three quarters away through the tour and and we're just trying to capture some stats where people were from what did they think of the tour? What do they think the museum, but to our surprise, the initial letters, work, you know, tour guide talk too long, or I really liked the wallpaper in you, which is what I thought we would get got a sneaky guest book. But instead it turned into Dr. Banting. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to lead a fulfilling life to my family or dear Dr. Banting. This is the site of the grace moment for all children type one, my daughter diagnosed last week at age two deserves to live thank you for your gift. They're written in many languages, as I said, medical students and researchers talk about being inspired. We had, you know, as I say some of the world's leading physicians and diabetes specialists around the world talk about how being here makes them a better physician researcher and advocate for their patients and really speaks to the theme and to the importance of place. And the letters are no different than the letters banty received when he was alive and is in the 20s and 30s. And we have a wonderful collection of those and, and we do feature them now on on an online exhibit called dear Dr. Banting on our website. But I think what's really interesting is this sense of community that these letters create, often will have people you know, I don't want to write a letter, but they'll go to read the ones that we have stacked. And of course we get to close this all fall and all sudden everyone panics Oh, I've read the exhibit. And as they pick them up, you can't help but read them more closely and realize, Oh, this is what I want to say. And then they'll leave their own letter. You know, dear Dr. Banting, this is my 16th diversity, I just want to let you know I'm alive and well. And in some sense, it's almost as if these people think or believe the doctor Banting is going to see these letters, even though he's been gone for over eight years. And the best example was was a family visiting from the UK and I can't remember their last name. Well, let's just say it Smith, but it was, you know, dear along the lines of dear Dr. Banting, just want to let you know, our daughter who's celebrating their 15th diversity is doing well. Thank you for your gift to her. And the world signed the Smiths of England, of course, because they didn't want him to be confused with the Smiths of Nova Scotia. So as a public historian, this is one of the things I'm most proud of, that we've done here because it really gives us this sense of community the sense of hope, and allows people to know that they're not alone and sometimes people with diabetes, there is that sense of of you know, you're in this alone and when you see other individuals and other families saying thinking and feeling the same things that you are it does make manage your diabetes a little bit better that day. Stacey Simms 19:41 Great. How did you come to work there? Tell us a little bit about you. Grant Maltman 19:44 It's a funny story, actually. Um, so in lone Taro, we actually have Sir Frederick Banting secondary school, and I went to that and when the museum was first opening in the early 1980s, I was on the school student council and was was history, you know, a history buff features budding historian even then and so I convinced the student body that we should be supporting this museum in its inception. And then it's about 10 years later, I actually became the first paid employee of the place. So I sort of sowed the seeds at that point. And it was, for me personally, like every young person started out on a career, this is going to be you know, your three to five years and then move on to the national site, but the collection and the people that you get to meet and the stories and the opportunities that I've had here, you know, I've met governors General, and foreign ambassadors and dignitaries who want to come and see this story and understand the story. It's been a very rewarding place. My cat had diabetes was on two injections a day. So yeah, it was a black cat. And, and it was really, it was really interesting. We actually have an exhibit in the museum called the faces of diabetes. So it's, it's some famous Canadians and Americans with type one. And we threw in threw in a cat too, because, you know, people beat treat their cats, dogs, horses with insulin. So it, it can be a very powerful and emotional place. So throwing the cat in mix for to lighten the mood a bit for people, but it's it's a wonderful place to be wonderful collection, and it's just filled with stories. Stacey Simms 21:22 What are you all doing this year, and you know, leading up to the anniversary, the 100 years of insulin? Grant Maltman 21:27 Well, like everyone else in the world, we've been hit with COVID. So we, our 100th anniversary started last year, so in October, on October 31, with 100 anniversary of the idea, like everybody else, we'd move things online, so just virtual, social media posts, and what have you. We were able to have an event in November on world diabetes day, which also happens to be Dr. bandings birthday. And so on that day, and we do this every year, we will read these a selection of these dear doctor bad things letters, and we unveiled these commemorative bricks that people are purchasing from around the world that helps to support the museum this year, we are working. As things are starting to reopen. We are working on an exhibit time the life and story of one of Dr. Banting patients who's one of his first patients so we have his first insulin while from 1922 is his patient that I'm sure many of your listeners know United States Ted rider who's phanteks last surviving patient went from six weeks to live in 1922 and died in 1993. So we're going to do an exhibition on his story. We've just Canada Post just unveiled a commemorative stamp and first a cover to commemorate the 100th anniversary. So we've been actively involved with that. We have a heritage minutes coming out historic Canada produces these sort of little one minute vignettes on Canadian history. And on Monday, we will be unveiling that the discovery of insulin. So we're pretty excited about that. And then we're going to be continuing on through the next two years with different 100 anniversary celebration. So we have in the works, an exhibit called diabetes Inc Imk. Featuring diabetes related tattoos, which is a really interesting project to work on. Initially, people you know, the first tattoos that I saw when people visitors came through would be the medical alert bracelets, which were always incredible. And then the inspirational. You know, the symbols, I'm greater than my highs and lows. But now we're seeing these tattoos from across North America and Europe, where you have Banting and Best busts on people's calves to play of hope on shoulder to insulin molecules. Parents are who would never thought in a million years they'd have a tattoo are getting the Dexcom on their arm because their son or daughter has one social though in support for them to kiddos. So that's going to be nursing one, we close out our 100th actually in Maine in 2023 to commemorate bandings being our first Nobel Prize winner and it'll be 100 anniversary of that so we have a slow a lot of things in progresses as things start to open up but like everyone else tried to put as much online as we can so people can can come and experience the birthplace of insulin virtually. Stacey Simms 24:29 Yeah, as my listeners are hearing this if they have a tattoo they want to show or a dear doctor Banting letter. Is it all accessible online? Can they send you photos and things like that? Are you looking for more? Grant Maltman 24:40 Yeah, they sure can. So the easiest way to send a photograph would be banting@diabetes.ca and that comes to me and just tattoo exhibit and just a little you know two sentence blurb about yourself. But our hope is to is to do in person, exhibit an online and we've done some body I've broken it down thematically, so we're always looking for more, my ultimate goal is to actually have a tattoo artists and residents that summer for folks who want to do it. And of course, we'll have the temporary tattoos for the parents who are old tattoo, which is completely understandable. And as the dear Dr. Banting letters, if you visit our website and click on the dear Dr. Banting, exhibit, there is an opportunity to send us a letter there as well. And what we've been doing is printing them off. And so we have them here in the museum because people couldn't visit during the anniversary. And then we'll be put on display. And then we are working on getting them up online as well. So people can see the Stacey Simms 25:43 grant, it's interesting talking to you, because you know, you are an historian, you take care of a museum. But this is not just any Museum, right? We're not going there to see fossils and interesting art, just by talking about the letters. This is a museum about something that saved lives, change lives continues to save lives, when you come to work every day, are you thinking about that? Grant Maltman 26:06 I do. And more I thought about it more this year than than before. I think it's to tell a national story, it's important work, there's two ways to look at it. And this is one of things that we that that we say in our tour to our visitors and the importance of place, we're celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. 100 years later, we have better insulin, what we still don't have is anything better than insulin. And that's what makes this place so important. It's why people come here, you know, we hear the words, like pilgrimage, we have people refer to us as a diabetes Mecca. And it's not just from from individuals or parents or children diabetes, but these are everybody knows someone with IBS now. And so the this site and this moment is as relevant today as it was 100 years ago. For me, I think this is a great story to tell that Banting is and the discovery insulin is well known, but bandings not known well, and the story isn't known Well, we have that opportunity to to share this this continuing story. It's not the most professional, but it's a really neat place to be when you have some of the world's leading scientists come here. And thank you for having this place open. It's pretty humbling. But it also also speaks to its relevance. And I think it's a it's a real honor to do that. And I think what is also interesting, put this story in perspective, and this is this COVID world we're living in right now, the parallels 100 years ago, the race to find this vaccine for COVID this race to find what they thought would be cured by at least this treatment, this discovery of insulin, the parallels are all there and and to go from idea to Nobel Prize and three years again sort of draws that that similarity with how quickly we came up with a vaccine today, there's a really neat quote, and Michael blesses book Banting and biography which is 30 years old, but still sort of the gold standard out there. He writes Banting, and best were leading and won a race. They didn't know they were in because that many people you know, there were people around the world. Looking for this treatment, this theory that Banting brought to the table wasn't entirely new as a different approach. But lots of people were working on this. And these four men Banting best call for McCloud were the right for men in the right place at the right time to take this from the beaker to the bedside, literally in in record speed. Stacey Simms 28:40 Hey, everybody, Stacy jumping in here. This is obviously where we were putting the cameras on. And as I mentioned, there is a video of this on YouTube, if you want to go over later and take a look, you will definitely get the full idea if you keep listening. And I hope you keep listening, because I have an idea of how we can contribute to the efforts of painting houses 100 year anniversary celebration, so definitely stay tuned. But here is grant taking us on the tour grant before I let you go. Let's put our video on real quick. But as you listen, a lot of times when I do zoom interviews, we turn off the video because it's better for the audio, it's easier on the bandwidth. And also because I didn't put lipstick on today. But I didn't realize grant was going to be in the bedroom in bandings room and I thought we cannot let this go. So I'm going to see if I can just make your room a little bit bigger. Let's see. There we go. I don't know if it'll record like that. But we'll give it a try. We can you give us a quick little tour of where you are. Would you mind we might lose the audio a little bit but I think it'll be worth it Grant Maltman 29:38 for Okay, so well. over my shoulder is the 100th anniversary stamp. I am on a laptop. So I'll sort of disconnect this as this sort of we've turned it into a bit of a makeshift studio. So as I tried to show so there's there's the stamp that the first day cover, and let me just stand up. Let everyone sort of get a picture of The room it's behind me like a laptop selfie. So that's Dr. bandings bed there. And so we've had scientists from around the world, come to sheepishly lean against it, because you're not supposed to touch anything in a museum. And so I'll say, let's not the mattress hits the frame, and they'll grab the foot of the bed. And while he's difficult to see, the finish has been rubbed off, because they're all rubbing, I want to take a picture of it. I actually had one scientist lay down on the bed, and you know, which you might have crossed the line doing that, you know, we'll let you sit on it. But when he sits up, he says, Now I've been here, maybe now I can finish this work. I've been doing diabetes research for more than 30 years. Of course, I'm tempted to say, Well, you know, if you think a power nap is going to help sure I'll turn off the light and close the door for you. But that really speaks to how important this place is and what it means to people come a quick stories. So I had a woman from England come through senior citizen cultural tourists, that are visitors will will drop hints as to how they're affected by diabetes, you know, he either flat out say it or autumn on the pump or what have you. And she gets in the room. And she says get emotional, it's emotional thing this morning to allow in public, you know, pretty stiff upper lip and so but I so I asked her why it's affecting her. And she says I've waited 20 years to come to Canada to see this house because someone had sent her the biography. And she says the controversy over the issue of credits and the discovery Insulet means nothing to life, because Dr. Baden woke up in this room with his idea of the day he did meet since it was discovered the date was, which means that arrived in England the day did, which meant my father who was at that hospital, the received for those early batches, was able to get his first shot, pregnant pause, which meant 15 years later, I was born, I got to meet the missing generation because you think of those in early 20s in some limited supply. And it's it's it literally was pick and choose, you know, you've been on this diet for a few weeks, I don't really feel well, I'm not sure this child's waking up tomorrow. So we'll give them that shot. So for me, I mean, I've been telling that story for, you know, almost 30 years, I still get goosebumps doing it. But probably the most emotional was a young mom, maybe 31st child 10 months old is diagnosed with type one so youngest in southwestern Ontario, just being a new mom is a woman enough. And they get hit with this. And this is pre internet. So this is and this is the era where you know you diagnosed at breakfast you're home at supper, is you're in the hospital for about a week. As a parent, you're taking the classes, stacks and stacks of reading. Every intern, here's my first paper, you know, youngest in southwestern Ontario. And so she just needs to get out. So she comes to diabetes, Canada, what's the glucometer what you know, what have you in a getting parent is just, you want everything she ever wants to tour the museum to which which we offer and you know, it's some it's gonna be retained. And some it's just trying to make sense of the world. And she comes to the bed bedroom, and she sits on the bed and just lets go, and that's okay. If you're crying, you get You're not the first person, you're not going to be the last you take all the time you need my oxygen sample. So about 10 minutes later, it's still here crying. So you do join. So you just bring a box of Kleenex, and come come into the room and about a foot half, two feet inside the room and she just looks up at me stands up. Deep breath instantly dries up. No, thank you, I will never shed another tear on this. My child is going to live because what happened this room all those years ago, push point while here, man, here's the keys you can lock up when you're ready to go. As I say 100 years later, we have better Insulet what we don't have anything better than insulin. And that's why this room is so important to so many people. And why for me, it makes this job so satisfying, because I get to meet these people for whom this story means the most to and as important and in effect Stacey Simms 33:48 on. It is so much more than a museum. It's in a typical museum. It's unbelievable. Well, Grant Baldwin, thank you so much for spending so much time with me and for taking us into the room. I hope to see it someday in person. My pleasure. Until you can get here. Banning us nhs.ca please drop us a note we'd love to hear from you got it. You're listening to Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. More information about Banting house and everything he talked about. How about that Ted two, exhibit. I mean so much here. That is all at Diabetes connections.com. And I know some of you have already visited Banting house, I'd love to hear about those experiences. I'll put a little post up in Diabetes Connections, the group and maybe we can talk about who's visited and who's been there and who sent their tattoo pictures and that sort of thing. All right, in just a moment. I want to talk to you about our own version of dear Dr. Banting. But first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dexcom. And let's talk for a second about control IQ, the Dexcom g six Tandem pump software program when it comes to Benny's numbers you No, I hardly expect perfection. I just want them happy and healthy. And I have to say control IQ has exceeded my expectations, Vinny is able to do less checking and bolusing. And spending more time in range is a onesies since we switched have been his lowest ever This is a teenager, the time when I was really prepared for him to be struggling and asleep is better to with basil adjustments possible every five minutes, the system is working hard to keep him in range. And that means we hear far fewer Dexcom alerts, which means everyone is sleeping better. I am so grateful for this, of course individual results may vary. To learn more, go to Diabetes connections.com and click on the Dexcom logo. Alright, here's where I need your help. While grant was talking about the dear Dr. Banting. exhibit, I got an idea. And I want to know what you think I will put this in the Facebook group as well. How about we do our own Diabetes Connections version of dear Dr. Banting, would you be up for sending me audio versions of this in your own voice. In other words, you'd write a short letter, maybe you know, less than 30 seconds or a minute of audio where you say, dear Dr. Banting, thank you, or this is why I'm so grateful. Or here's what I'd like you to know, or whatever you would write in a letter to put in the exhibit. I think it would be really interesting to have an audio version of this and I talked to grant about it off the year, he's really up for anything. I'm not sure that he would put it in the museum. I mean, he didn't make any promises. But I do think that he was really interested in hearing more about it. And if we start now, I'd love to play this for the month of November. So let's mulled it over. Help me out with it. Let me know what you think. But I'm gonna get started on this. There are many ways for me to capture your audio that are easy. I'm actually going to be traveling to conferences, which is so much fun to think about. Maybe I can get some audio there. But we've done this before where people record on their phones and send in To me, it's very easy stuff. So if you're upfront, let's do it. Before I let you go this weekend on Saturday, I'm a camp in a Jetta. Well, it's virtual, but I am going to be talking about their survive and thrive event for adults with type one all about having your voice heard getting the message out advocating for yourself. I love doing presentations like this. So that is the Saturday there's still time to register. I'll put a link in the show notes. And right now the next event on my calendar is friends for life in July. There is more to come. I'm hearing from some organizations that are starting to kind of tiptoe back into in person events. If that's you, and you'd like me to come and speak, please let me know I have some new presentations. I'm going to be adding onto the website and talking about some things that I'm doing in addition to the world's worst diabetes Mom, I have some fun presentations. So let me know. And of course, if you're planning farther into 2021 or 22 now oh my goodness, I'm working a little bit more in the podcasting field. And I may have an announcement about that before this episode airs. So watch me on social, but I've got some podcast events coming up to one in Nashville and one in Arizona support is amazing to think about traveling again. It's gonna feel weird the first couple times. But man, I am ready. I don't know about you, but I'm definitely ready. thank you as always to my editor john McInnis from audio editing solutions. Thank you so much for listening in the news every Wednesday now at 430 live on Facebook, make sure to join me for that and then we turn it around for any podcast episodes later in the week. I'm starting to release those now on Friday. So watch for those here as well. I'm Stacey Simms. I'll see you back here in just a couple of days until then, be kind to yourself. Benny 38:43 Diabetes Connections is a production of Stacey Simms Media. All rights reserved. All wrongs avenged  

In this special episode, we were honoured to interview Canadian actor R.H. Thomson about his portrayal of Sir Frederick Banting in the 1988 mini-series Glory Enough For All.

Bob & Jim Banting, great-nephews of Frederick Banting, share little-known stories about the man who discovered insulin 100 years ago.Read the show notes and find all the links discussed in the episodeGo straight to our podcast page to find all the episode show notes & relevant T1D links and resourcesReady to take the next step? Sign up for a free 60-minute life coaching consultJoin my free Facebook groupFor episode 100, we want to feature the voices of the community. Head to www.inspiredforward.com/submit to send us a 1-2 minute voice recording to include in the Unicorn Episode!Support the show (https://www.inspiredforward.com/kofi)

It's our annual game show!  Based on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, Stacey invites panelists to try their hand at diabetes trivia, bluff the listener and limericks. This was first presented at the Friends for Life Virtual Winter conference where the audience played along via online BINGO. Watch the show on our YouTube Channel Special thanks to our panelists: Lauren Lanning, Justin Masterson and Chelcie RIce! Check out Stacey's book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone      Click here for Android Episode transcript (beta version - check back for proof read version)   Stacey Simms 0:00 Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Jeeva Chi popin the first premixed auto injector for very low blood sugar, and by dexcom take control of your diabetes and live life to the fullest with dexcom Announcer 0:16 This is Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. Stacey Simms 0:22 Welcome back to another week of the show. I am your host, Stacey Simms, we aim to educate and inspire about type 1 diabetes by sharing stories of connection, a different sort of episode this week, because this is one of our game shows. I do these periodically for live audiences, usually at conferences and that sort of thing. And this year, we have kind of like everybody repurposed things for virtual. And so this time around, it was friends for life and their virtual winter conference. A couple of quick things. If you prefer to watch this is on my YouTube channel for the show. It's just Diabetes Connections over on YouTube, I will put a direct link in the show notes. And while it is kind of fun to watch these things, you don't really miss that much just by listening. In the trivia section. I will say there are three questions that are show and tell. But I do describe what the guests are seeing. I think you'll easily get it even if you're just listening. As always contestants are selected at random from the Facebook group from Diabetes Connections, the group, so make sure to join me over there because we do this now a couple of times a year, especially with everything virtual and people on zoom. It's so much easier to record these than in the past. I still really love doing it live and I hope to do that someday again soon. But in the meantime on with the show, recorded in November, and played at friends for life the first weekend of December 2020. Welcome everybody to wait, wait, don't poke me the diabetes Game Show. If you have heard the NPR version of Wait, wait, don't tell me. This is our version. So we apologize to NPR in advance. In this session, you are going to meet some terrific people living with diabetes or who have diabetes in their families who have gone above and beyond to help the community and we're going to have a laugh or two, probably at their expense. Wait, wait, don't poke me. We'll feature trivia bluff the listener and much more. But before we get to the games, let's get to our panelists. We'll do a quick intro and then we will get started. So first let me bring in Justin Masterson. Justin Hi, I first met Justin, when we were talking on the podcast about his walk a mile cards and exercise and empathy, a teaching tool to help those with diabetes understand a little bit about what people with diabetes go through every day. Justin's daughter was diagnosed with type one when she was five. She was diagnosed on her birthday. Yeah, he is in charge of strategy at seek a market research firm. Fell old is your daughter now just Justin Masterson 2:55 she just turned 11. So her birthday was just a few days ago, Stacey Simms 2:58 when she was really diagnosed on her birthday. Justin Masterson 3:00 it well. She fell on her birthday, but we got there the next morning. So it was technically the day after but she's now been six years and and living very well. Stacey Simms 3:11 That's awesome. All right. Well, we will hear more from you for sure. I want to bring in Lauren laning and Lauren is a familiar name and face to many people and friends for life. She's been there usually at the first timers since the very first ffl in 2000. She used to run registration at the elementary program now she leads the moms and the first timers. Lauren's daughter Monica was diagnosed in 96. And she has been I can say first and amazing at these muffle meetups. We've been doing boring. The muffled meetups have been awesome. Thank you. Oh, I Lauren Lanning 3:45 love them. It's great. It's great being able to connect with the fit. Stacey Simms 3:50 Yeah, so your daughter was diagnosed in the 90s. How was she doing now? Lauren Lanning 3:54 She is doing great. She's 20 she'll be 27 in a couple weeks. And she's at p in PA school at Stanford right now. Gotta brag. Wow. Stacey Simms 4:04 Yeah, go for it. That's awesome. And rounding out our panel is Chelsea rice. I Chelsea, he was diagnosed with type one as an adult at the age of 25. He's been part of the diabetes community since I can remember. Chelsea is a stand up comedian who doesn't just talk about diabetes, of course, but he has been honored by diabetes forecast Magazine as one of their people to know and he has brought much needed education and humor to groups like healthy voices and Chelsea, your you've really found a talent this year for making soap. I've been seeing all this beautiful soap. Chelcie Rice 4:37 Yeah. I've been locked in the house for quite some time. And so, you know, you get stuck with the phone in your hand and you get started looking at YouTube is like, you know, you take a shower, like you make stuff. So it's I mean, and that was like I and it's something that I that I do, if I see something that I get interested in Figure out. How do you make it? So that's how I even started. That's how I started baking. barbecuing. All this stuff is just like I just, you know, try to figure out okay, how do I do this? And so it just, I just picked it up and is is really kind of easy. And the funny thing is when I started just posting pictures, I was like, hey, how can I buy something like you know what I put in his name? I'd be like, you don't even know me. Stacey Simms 5:29 The soap looks gorgeous knows. I actually thought it was I thought it was food when you were first. Chelcie Rice 5:33 Yeah, no. That's the funny thing about soap is like, I mean, people talk about it. Okay, I've joined some soap groups on Facebook. Justin Masterson 5:45 That is such a quarantine thing to say. Yeah, join some soap groups on Chelcie Rice 5:48 Facebook like and that's the thing is like people were saying like, Okay, well, you know, people are quarantine now they're at home and they learn how to cook more than like baking sourdough. Random like, wash your hands with sourdough. I can make them fortune over this. So Stacey Simms 6:03 all right, well, as we move on here, you are each playing for a contestant who has been selected by random from the Diabetes Connections Facebook group. So let me tell you, who you are playing with and for and we thank them very much. So Michelle Briggs is playing with Justin. All right, Michelle. Yeah, fi Comstock is partnered with Chelsea. And Caitlyn states is with Lauren. So no pressure. But these very loyal wonderful podcast listeners are counting on you. Alright, Caitlin. Unknown Speaker 6:40 money involved? Am I gonna, ya Stacey Simms 6:43 know, hey, look, it's all virtual be tough to get Oh, well, yeah, Unknown Speaker 6:45 you know. Stacey Simms 6:46 So we're gonna start with trivia. And each of you has five questions. I'm going to know we'll take one person at a time we'll go through the questions. Don't chime in with the answers. But feel free to chime in if you have a comment or something you'd like to add. Or if you have personal experience, these are all diabetes community questions. They're not all about diabetes, which will become clear and write it Don't worry, don't worry, it's not, you're not going to be judged. I also do have some show Intel because we're at home in my office. So I thought why not? pull some stuff off the shelves and ask you about it. Alright, so we're gonna start with Justin. Everybody ready? I would stare at the clock if I had one. But hopefully we'll just we'll we'll just let you know when you're at a time. All right. Our first question comes from the field of sports. NFL tight end Mike Moore. I'm already messing up. NFL tight and Mark Andrews has type one. And he plays for the Ravens. He keeps a strict diet around games reportedly eating for eggs before every game and the same kind of sandwich the day he plays. And the night before. This sandwich is a staple of school kids. What is it? Unknown Speaker 7:57 Oh, man. Justin Masterson 8:00 My school. We ate a lot of chicken fried steak and salsbury steak. I don't think either of those qualify as sandwiches. I'm going to say it's the school kid. It's going to be a pb&j. I mean what's better than a pb&j? Stacey Simms 8:16 It is a PB and J and he says a lot of peanut butter. Not a lot of jelly. He prefers the complex carbs that come in. But I would think that the chicken fried steak is a complex something. Yeah. Unknown Speaker 8:30 It's complex. Chelcie Rice 8:32 Complex. There's so many complex things that go in it. Yep, yep, yep. Stacey Simms 8:36 All right. Excellent. All right. Next question. There is an eternal flame at Banting house, the Canadian National historical site where Sir Frederick Banting woke up in the middle of the night with the idea that led to the discovery of insulin. The flame is meant to burn until there is a cure for diabetes. It was lit by the Queen Mother. In what year? And this is multiple choice. Wow. 1979 1989 or 1999? I don't think this was featured on the crown. So Justin Masterson 9:07 it took it took him like 50 years to get this flame idea going. Unknown Speaker 9:11 Oh yeah, well, at least Yeah. Justin Masterson 9:15 I feel like it would be I feel like it would be in the 70s that feels like it was enough time to get the Queen Mother on board. I'm going to say 1979 Stacey Simms 9:23 incorrect. At 88 which I think is weird. I would have thought it was like 1959 but Chelcie Rice 9:32 okay, was all the rage on MTV. So Stacey Simms 9:36 I just finally figured out all the Elisabeth's in the royal family because of the crown the Queen Mother and the Queen girl anyway. Okay. All right. This is a an entertainment question for you. So brec bassinger is the young actress who stars in the CW hit show star girl actually got great reviews. It's been renewed for a second season. She lives with type one and her previous series was nickelodeons Bella and the Bulldogs and your daughter might have watched this. Maybe not. What sport did the Bulldogs play this whole show centered around this team? Was it football, baseball or soccer? Justin Masterson 10:16 Sometimes my thinking sounds a lot like googling. Now, I'm gonna say it was a soccer team. It had to be the Bulldogs soccer game with Stacey Simms 10:31 the quarterback. She was the quarterback. Justin Masterson 10:36 Michelle, I'll send you something nice in the mail. I'm just sorry. Stacey Simms 10:40 Well, there's a lot of game to go. There's a lot of Don't worry, don't worry. All right. Um, here's one. You know, I, I gave this answer away in the introduction. I don't know how well everybody was listening. I do this sometimes. Alright, here's the question. How old is the friends for life conference? I mean, what year of the conference? Is this year's 2020? lorincz. Unknown Speaker 11:07 Don't say any. Okay. Justin Masterson 11:10 1999. How about that? Stacey Simms 11:15 Well, I'm gonna give it to you. Because it is the 21st year, but it started in 2000. Right. All right. But we'll give it to you. We'll give it to you. That was on the line that was on the line. Okay. And your last trivia question, or this is a show and tell. I hope I don't get in trouble for this. We love all our sponsors. Okay. In in 2018. I don't know how well you can see this. Yeah, in 2018. Can you see this? Okay. accucheck had a diabetes awareness campaign where they sent out these hands, promoted by country singer, Ben NRW. The idea was that you'd make the symbol, right. And you would upload a photo to your social media platform with this hashtag. And then their parent company would donate if they would donate a buck to diabetes, education and awareness. So here's the symbol. What was the hashtag? Was it give a book about diabetes, Buck off diabetes or go buck diabetes? Justin Masterson 12:16 I can't believe any of those are true. Unknown Speaker 12:19 I'm gonna read it again. Stacey Simms 12:25 All right, we look at the answer in just a moment. What do you think it is? But first, Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Jeeva Kibo pen had almost everyone who takes insulin has experienced a low blood sugar and that can be scary. A very low blood sugar is really scary. That's what tchibo Kupo pen comes in. 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Chelcie Rice 13:44 Yeah, I do remember that when I remember seeing is like are they really going with this one? That was Stacey Simms 13:51 there. Remember that at all? Ben rule. It wasn't it was not too long ago. It was 2018. He was on the Today Show or one of the morning shows. And it was it was really cute. I think they had a bull riding thing. I mean, it was really cute. Except for the part that was alright, you did great. Chelcie Rice 14:10 I gotta say, though, when you first pull that out. I thought that was a flying finger of fate from laughing in Asia, but yeah. Which finger to show first it getting easy. We don't want to give it away. Stacey Simms 14:31 All right. So Justin, thank you. Standby. We're gonna move on to Lauren. Now for the other trivia questions. And we're starting with technology. Right this year Insulet changed the name of their hybrid closed loop system from Omni pot horizon to something else. Do you know what they changed it to? Unknown Speaker 14:51 Ah, Unknown Speaker 14:54 no, I don't it's Oh, I'm so bad. No, no, Stacey Simms 14:59 it's Omni. Hi. Lauren Lanning 15:03 I can't remember no go. Stacey Simms 15:06 Sorry, Caitlin. Anybody? No Omnipod five. I don't don't ask me what coober Omnipod five man, Unknown Speaker 15:15 yet Anyone else? No, Unknown Speaker 15:17 no. Justin Masterson 15:19 I know about the Omnipod five as a thing. It just never occurred to me you would change from horizon to five. It feels like a downgrade and Stacey Simms 15:26 it's Omnipod five powered by horizon. Unknown Speaker 15:29 Oh god. Unknown Speaker 15:30 I don't know, either. Okay. Stacey Simms 15:33 Okay, so this one is a little silly, but I enjoyed putting this one together. Major League ballplayer Adam Duvall was diagnosed in his early 20s. He's had a great season with the Atlanta Braves. But in the minors, he suited up with the August green jackets, which is just a great name. What is the mascot of the minor league baseball team? Augusta green jackets. I'll give you three choices because this really has nothing to do with diabetes, but I thought it was funny. Is it an anthropomorphic green jacket? Like you know the Masters little green jacket? Is it a fierce green insect? Or is it a little green golf caddy? Lauren Lanning 16:17 I'm going with the answer. Look for thick, Stacey Simms 16:21 green jacket. green jacket that looks like a person. Yeah, no, it's a green insect. It's the like a yellow jacket. jacket. It's got a little stinger. It's very cute. It's very cute. I had nothing to ask about Adam Duvall. Sorry. All right. Here's a here's another one. You might know this one. Eric church, just one Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Awards. I was in attendance a couple of years ago when he gave $1 million to a local jdrf chapter at their Gala. What is his connection to diabetes? Is it Oh, go ahead. Oh, we are multiple is his connection. He's got a connection of type one. Is it his mother, his daughter or his wife? Lauren Lanning 17:08 His mother, it is his mother Unknown Speaker 17:10 act. Yeah. Excellent. Yes, his Unknown Speaker 17:12 mom got one. Yay. Stacey Simms 17:16 All right. Um, diabetes, mine ran an article earlier this year referencing how many potential cgms are in the works currently being studied or built or trademarked? How many CGM continuous glucose monitoring systems Did they say are potentially coming? 1929 or 39? Lauren Lanning 17:41 I'm going to go with 29 Unknown Speaker 17:45 it's 39. Wow, Unknown Speaker 17:48 isn't that crazy movie? Unknown Speaker 17:49 Yeah. 39. Unknown Speaker 17:53 Hey, Chelcie Rice 17:56 we really need that many choices. Stacey Simms 17:58 I don't think we're gonna get that many but let's all throw in. Chelcie Rice 18:02 I mean, 39 What are we gonna be buying cgms at like, you know, Kroger or something. Stacey Simms 18:07 People like poor Gary shiner. The You know, there's certified diabetes educator who tries every system he's gonna be covered. Justin Masterson 18:12 So let's just work through all those you can only wear for the time before it really. Stacey Simms 18:19 Unfortunately. Lauren Lanning 18:21 I was on an airplane with him. And I think we were going to London for CWT conference. And i ne had on like, a, he had on a few different pumps testing. Yo, what happens? It was it was interesting. He's Stacey Simms 18:37 amazing. All right, your last question. Great, Chelsea. Chelcie Rice 18:41 No, that was just imagining and trying to go through ATF Yoda. Unknown Speaker 18:45 All that. Unknown Speaker 18:48 Want to explain. Stacey Simms 18:52 Just I'm just beeping every two minutes. Don't mind me. Lauren, here is your show Intel. This is one of the Bibles of diabetes care, right? The Pink Panther book. This is the ninth edition from the year 2000. I think we're all very familiar with this. But the question is, when was the Pink Panther book first published? Was it 1970 1980 or 1990? Didn't didn't. Donna Lauren Lanning 19:25 nine teen. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. It's Monica's Dr. Monica used to go seek Paperchase. Oh, and I used to work for the children's diabetes foundation who publishes the that book. I know this. Ah, it's 1970 Stacey Simms 19:50 it is it is 1970 who knew I didn't know you knew that. That's a Lauren Lanning 19:55 thing. Do the math because Dana was died. Dana Davis was diagnosed And she's got this old and I have to do the math. Stacey Simms 20:04 Yeah. And Barbara Davis center of course is where that so Chelcie Rice 20:07 that free, right? Corning fiberglass marketing? Lauren Lanning 20:13 No I think they paid oh yeah they paid for all the Pink Panther or no did they? Did they pay for it? There were there were very strict rules around how to use the Pink Panther. Well, and everything has been Stacey Simms 20:30 okay in my, in my research, I found that the first two monograph printings were in the 60s created by a parent to their basement using an old army press and sent out for free. So kids gather round and learn how we used to use paper. Actual publication of the book was in 1970. But isn't that crazy? They did have to get they continue to renew the agreement to use the Pink Panther. I have asked many times, Lauren, maybe you can find out for us. What the heck does The Pink Panther have to do with anything? Why The Pink Panther and diabetes? Unknown Speaker 21:06 right why Bart? Burke? Unknown Speaker 21:09 green jacket? Unknown Speaker 21:12 The anamorphic. Stacey Simms 21:15 Yeah, and Okay, so you guys are actually tied at three points apiece Chelsea to take lead. Unknown Speaker 21:20 Oh, my gosh. All right. You're Stacey Simms 21:21 ready. Here we go. Chelcie Rice 21:22 Sure. Let's go for it. Stacey Simms 21:24 All right, the happy Bob app was released this year. It's been a very big hit. You can use it with your CGM readings, and it tells you encouraging messages. But they have since added a snarky Bob who tells you not so encouraging things, it kind of insults you a little bit. And they've added a female counterpart. What is the name of the female counterpart for happy Bob? Is it Karen, Mary Jane or Bobby? Justin Masterson 21:48 Please be Karen please be caring. Chelcie Rice 21:52 Oddly enough, I downloaded this app a few weeks ago. And in fact, it is Karen and I was very surprised that I was like, for real? Stacey Simms 22:03 It is it's the it's like your annoying, annoying neighbor. I've reached out to them. They're gonna podcast like who comes up with this stuff? I Justin Masterson 22:10 just love it. Karen would like to speak to your blood glucose manager, please. Stacey Simms 22:14 Exactly. Chelsea, the in person at the in person friends for life conferences. And they send these out now with the virtual ones as well. They're always colored bracelets. Lauren, back me up here. Right green for people with type one orange for family members. When did they add the bracelets? Was it 2002 2008 or 2012? Chelcie Rice 22:41 I'm just thinking back to when the whole bracelet thing first dropped because because you know what the lance armstrong thing? Unknown Speaker 22:51 Oh, yeah. And Chelcie Rice 22:55 I'm gonna just throw it out there and say 2002 Stacey Simms 22:59 Yes, it was 2002 had nothing to do with Lance Armstrong. Although those rubber bracelets were, you know, probably 90 Gosh, at this point. But the idea was the first couple of years. They you know, they were just trying to start things out. And then they were seeing the kids without their parents around eating. And it was like, well, who has type one and who doesn't have we've got to figure Lauren Lanning 23:22 and when you see a kid sleeping in the hallway with glucagon or et you let them sleep because he's fired. Chelcie Rice 23:31 They had to rule out the whole thing like just get into tranquilizer gun into tagging them like to do a wild kingdom. Stacey Simms 23:40 Didn't my house Anyway, when they were preschool? It's much easier. Alright Chelsea I know you're a big fan of this show. The baby sitters club was a big hit on Netflix. Season Two is coming soon. The characters the character Stacy on the baby sitters club lives with type one of course very popular book series. So at the end of the episode, there were Stacy comes to terms with her diabetes. She asks her parents for a designer diabetes item. What is it? Was it I'll give you choices here. A Gucci fanny pack for pump supplies. A Gucci branded pump clip, or a Gucci cover for her CGM receiver Chelcie Rice 24:25 shows so much Stacey Simms 24:28 It's really good. Kids are way too old but we watched it anyway. And it was very good. Chelcie Rice 24:34 We've been streaming Dexter for the past couple of days for Stacey Simms 24:38 different different audiences. Yeah, Justin Masterson 24:40 five is almost no overlap. Like Stacey Simms 24:43 Mike we're this though. You could see where it could come in handy. Chelcie Rice 24:47 I was gonna what was the first one you said Stacey Simms 24:49 a Gucci fanny pack for pump supplies. Chelcie Rice 24:52 That's what I was gonna go with a fanny pack. Stacey Simms 24:55 And that is correct. It is a Gucci fanny pack. She does not get it. But she Justin Masterson 25:01 does bedazzle the heck out of her pump though. And yeah, it's cool because for the rest of the series, you can see her pump like they leave it visible, which I think is really neat. Stacey Simms 25:10 I think they did a very good job with it. I'm very happy. Yep. All right, Justin Masterson 25:13 Stacy, did you cry when you saw that episode? Stacey Simms 25:17 No, I cried. No, I'll tell you when I cried was the other episode when the dad like the dads falling in love and they don't know if they want him like I know cuz I have a boy with diabetes a different Justin Masterson 25:30 kind of messed up. My daughter was cool as a cucumber and I was just fountains over here. It was a mess. I was Chelcie Rice 25:37 like, I'm not missing anything. Stacey Simms 25:43 All right, well, here's another one slightly different angle here. Chelsea. ominous beeping shut down the Forsyth County Courthouse. Not too far from me in North Carolina earlier this year, as law enforcement investigated a possible bomb threat. It turned out to be a diabetes device. What was it? Was it an omni pod discarded in the trash? a defense attorney with a Dexcom or a judge who let their t slim x two insulin pump run out of insulin. Chelcie Rice 26:17 I was gonna say, what was it that was in the trashcan? You said it was an omni pod. I'm gonna go with that. I'm probably in the trashcan. Because it seems like you know, anybody's going crazy and shutting the place down ahead of in something. Because like, if it was somebody was beeping, they just like get up and run away or something. Stacey Simms 26:33 Oh, yeah, you are correct. That was and that gave it away with the answers very good to see the deductive reasoning that interestingly, this was the second time in about three years that a North Carolina municipal building was shut down by an army i'd beeping. Chelcie Rice 26:48 Previously, God walked through the courthouse. Stacey Simms 26:55 That could happen. All right, our last tell our last show and tell me let me make sure there's nothing that's like, Okay. I'm not my microphone. This is our last show until a pop company had a line of toys like this, each of which was comfortable, sort of on the land or in the water. I think they also had a walrus, they had a penguin they had they would change the stuffed animal every year. The company is no longer in business. Was it? deltec Cosmo, the Animus or a Santee snap? Chelcie Rice 27:35 vaguely remember this, but I'm thinking is second want to animate? Stacey Simms 27:41 You are five for five matches? Yes. And Benny, the Bengal tiger. So of course I had to keep because my son's name is Benny. Chelcie Rice 27:50 What am I Why am I remembering that? For some reason? Stacey Simms 27:53 I don't know why you remember this thing? It's got to be seven years old. But I don't I mean, atomists went out of business officially in seventh 2017 or 2000. Chelcie Rice 28:01 I think when we I think when I was at, for instance, that you that was like the last time anybody who's seen animals that I remember after that they just pretty much is like, you know, walked off into the sunset. Justin Masterson 28:16 And we I remember animus is they went out of business the day after we signed up for an animist pump. Oh, so for my daughter, so she was finally ready to try a pump with tubes on it. And we were like, yeah, we signed up for an animist pump. Yep. And we and we took it home from the clinic and everything and we had just trained on it and they're like animals go out of business. We never took it out of the box. Stacey Simms 28:37 Wow, I'm so mad at them. We love them so much. And I actually it's a long story, but they're one of the reasons why I was able to come into the diabetes community the way that I did they like my blog and I want to speaking and writing for them. And they had this they had great studies on their hypo hyper minimiser. They were one of the first you know, hybrid closed loops that were coming and then Johnson and Johnson pulled the plug. All right, we are in excellent shape. We have Justin I'm actually keeping score which I usually forget to do. Justin Lauren are tied. Chelsea is in the lead. And now it is time to move on to the bluff the listener portion of our show, and we have a real live contestant with us. Tripp stoner is joining us and Tripp you're on the road. Thanks for thanks for jumping in. Unknown Speaker 29:22 No worries. I'm near you. Stacey Simms 29:27 I heard so you're from Atlanta, but you're passing through North Carolina. Um, let me ask you, if you don't mind, tell us a little bit about who you are your connection to diabetes and what's up with your friends for life usually, Unknown Speaker 29:38 um, I am a type one myself. I do a little bit of blogging here and there. I'm not as passionate as y'all are. But I've been with friends for life now for going on. I think four years. I'm kind of behind the scenes most people don't even know I'm on the staff which is a good thing. I'm just there to help whoever needs help. That's pretty much it. Stacey Simms 30:03 Awesome. All right bluff the listener section, you have to guess which of our panelists is telling the real story of something that happened in the diabetes community. Right back to the game in just a moment. But first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dexcom. And it is hard to think of something that has changed our diabetes management as much as the share and follow apps. The amazing thing to me is how it's helped us talk less about diabetes. That is the wonderful thing about share and follow as a caregiver, parent, spouse, whatever, you can help the person with diabetes manage in the way that works for your individual situation. Internet connectivity is required to access Dexcom follow separate follow app required, learn more, go to Diabetes, Connections comm and click on the Dexcom logo. Now back to the game and we are moving into bluff the listener. All right, so we're gonna take turns reading here. Our subject this year is diabetes mascots. And they are of course as we've already seen, those adorable furry friends have helped make type one a little less scary for pediatric patients. But honestly they can be a little bit weird. So Chelsea, why don't you go ahead and go first I'm going to give you the floor here let me let me do this. There we go. All right trip can hear us. Chelsea you're gonna read your story. And then after we hear from everybody triple let us know which is the real thing. So go for it. Chelsea. Cool. Chelcie Rice 31:39 Alrighty, Rufus is the adorable teddy bear that jdrf gives out to newly diagnosed families. But many don't know that the bear with diabetes is named after American Canadian singer Rufus Wainwright. As a child growing up in New York, Wainwright was hospitalized with acute appendicitis. Turns out his best friend Brian was in the same hospital receiving a type 1 diabetes diagnosis. The Wainwright recovered quickly, but Brian had to stay for two weeks. Future singer insisted on visiting every day until his friend came home. Later that year, Brian's mother worked with jdrf to create a toy to help kids learn to do shots through play. By then Wainwright's family had moved to Monterey. Also, she named the bear after him to give the boat give the boys a nice way to remember each other. Stacey Simms 32:30 Very nice. Okay, so that is our first story trip as you are listening. Keep that in mind. All right, Chelsea, I'm going to switch you out with Justin. You're up Justin, what's your mascot story? Justin Masterson 32:43 This is a nice follow up story. So after the success of Rufus from jdrf, and Medtronic, Lenny the lion, other diabetes companies decided they needed a mascot to but what animal would appeal to kids and make sense for Omni pod? In the mid 2010, the makers of that system decided to ask their customers Insulet asked kids to come up with not just their mascots name but its species. What kind of animal goes with a tubeless pod type insulin pump. They got some creative submissions such as a dolphin and a puppy named Potter. Get it? PAWD er Potter, Omni pod chose a turtle because they say the shell resembles a pod then because turtles are at home on land and in water just like their system. The trademark for turtle Potter. That's the actual trademark was issued in 2016. And Toby was a central part of omnipods teaching app launch that year. Why is he named Toby? That's only for the turtles to know. Stacey Simms 33:48 Mm hmm. Justin. Okay. And our third story for a diabetes mascot comes from Lauren take it away. Lauren Lanning 33:59 Okay, Tandem is the current sponsor of beyond type one snail mail program, which of course has a cute little snail mascot. But the makers of the T slim x two pump have been working on a separate symbol of their own instead of a fluffy friend. They've decided on a bicycle built for two. That's one meaning for the word Tandem, of course, a bicycle with seats and pedals for two riders, one behind the other. Before COVID hit, they were planning to launch this as a stationary attraction at diabetes conferences. The idea was to have fun contests like how far can you and your dad pedal in five minutes? What happens to blood sugars when you hop on the stationary bike? They were also going to have children at the conferences, decorate and even put features like eyes and smiley faces on the bikes to see if it could work as an actual mascot. All right, so Stacey Simms 34:59 trip. The question is, is the real story? Rufus Wainwright inspiring Rufus, kids picking the turtle for Toby the turtle or tandems bike extravaganza at conferences if it wasn't for COVID Unknown Speaker 35:19 um, I believe it's going to be Rufus. If I remember the story right. She eventually set up quite a few women's sewing those bears together to hand out to other children at their local Children's Hospital. Stacey Simms 35:35 Well, Chelsea, was that the real story? Chelcie Rice 35:41 Let me check your email. Unknown Speaker 35:46 No, no. Stacey Simms 35:50 The there's just enough truth in that one. Yes. There was a wonderful mom the kids name was Brian. So I apologize for sticking that in there. But Rufus Wainwright has nothing to do with Rufus the bear Justin had the real story of Toby the the turtle although I've got to say I wish and Tandem for a licensing fee you can have that idea from me for and I wish your idea was your story there was true I love that one. Justin Masterson 36:18 It does remind me of the the contest that they had to name the the boat and they named it boaty mcboatface. So I think they got a lot better with Toby the turtle they Stacey Simms 36:33 will chosen for that for fooling everybody. Chelcie Rice 36:37 They change it to Rufus our freight train Jones. Unknown Speaker 36:40 Oh, like that Chelcie Rice 36:41 real wrestling fan out there. You know? Yeah. Old School wrestling, you Stacey Simms 36:46 know. will trip. Thank you so much. That was a lot of work. I know on your part to join us. But we appreciate you dialing in and making it work. So thank you so much for playing. Unknown Speaker 36:59 Thank you. Y'all have a good day. It's great to see all of y'all. Unknown Speaker 37:03 You too safe drive and travel. Unknown Speaker 37:05 Thank you. Stacey Simms 37:08 Greet job, everybody. That was funny. All Justin Masterson 37:12 right. I love these stories. They were really well written. Stacey Simms 37:15 Good art. Thank you. That's my favorite part of doing this. The hardest part is just coming up with the object after that. It's easy. Yeah. But man, thank you. Lauren Lanning 37:24 All right. Thank you, OSU. We'll be showing you some royalties on that. How could you not Stacey Simms 37:28 do that man at the conference? That's Justin Masterson 37:31 such a great idea. Stacey Simms 37:33 I'm sure. I'm sure their marketing team has thought of it and dismissed it. Justin Masterson 37:38 Somehow buck off diabetes got through. Unknown Speaker 37:41 Yeah. Chelcie Rice 37:43 Really, really bad ones. Stacey Simms 37:53 are moments people have got a deadline people? Oh, all right. So finally, we are moving on to our limericks now I will read a Limerick to each of you. If you complete it correctly, you will get an additional point. So the topic here is people with diabetes on reality television. So the the answer and I shouldn't give you too much information here. But I think I'm a terrible Limerick writer. So I will tell you that the answer I'm looking for is the name of the show. All right, so Lauren, we're gonna start with you. I apologize in advance these are really bad. I you know, when I learned that on Wait, wait, don't tell me they have like a guy who works on this all week long. He's I don't know if you're not but he's Yeah, but that's what he does. So forgive me. There we go. All right. Remember these reality shows where people with type one appeared. More in this show could be called the CO ket. And a crowd of contestants. Well met Michael among the poor schmoes who didn't get that rose desert he said no thanks on the bachelorette. Yes on the bachelorette. I know the rose gave it away. But Michael apparently was a contestant with type 1 diabetes on a season of The Bachelor. I think it was 2013 I don't watch that one. All right, Lauren, point for you. Excellent. Chelsea, this one's for you. This show is all over the place. With contestants who rarely embrace. Matt came in first, Leo. Well, he's not worst. It's a long road for Unknown Speaker 39:37 The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race. Stacey Simms 39:39 Yes. Dr. NET strand, one that a few seasons back and Leo is currently a contestant. Hopefully by the time this airs, he will still be on the show. And not out of it yet. So and Leo has a really we talked him for the podcast he lives with type one word, exactly type one but he head was born with hyper hyper insulin ism and had to have most of his pancreas removed. And then he lived pretty normally until he was 19 when he developed diabetes, but we all spotted his Dexcom on episode one. And I tracked him down. Got him on the show. All right, Justin, this is for you. Ready? This competition for fame? features cyclones and Rams and some flames. Chris trained round the clock. Got a hug from the rock. We spotted his decks on Unknown Speaker 40:35 okay, I can do this. Stacey Simms 40:37 This is probably the hardest one sorry, Justin Masterson 40:39 the rocks on it. There are flames involved. Uh, the Titan games? Stacey Simms 40:45 The Titan games? Yeah, the right route. And yes, Chris Rutan competed. Yeah, Season One of the Titans. Justin Masterson 40:51 I remember that episode. That was like the one that my daughter called me downstairs to show Stacey Simms 40:55 me and got a big hug from the rock. Yeah, that was very nice. All right. So we have totaled up the points, which which don't matter for pride. Chelsea is the winner. But everybody gets a prize. Everybody gets a prize. It's just Justin Masterson 41:10 for Michelle, did I come in dead last? And does Michelle somehow get punished for Unknown Speaker 41:14 no actually tie Stacey Simms 41:18 it all around. So in summary, Unknown Speaker 41:23 we have Stacey Simms 41:25 Caitlyn, coming in for a tie for second with Michelle. And fee and Chelsea are the winners. So congratulate all around but it's really well done. Really, aren't we all winners though? And it comes right down to it. Justin Masterson 41:44 I'd like to think so. But some of us are technically and more accurately winners. And that's Chelsea. Stacey Simms 41:48 Well, some of us will find out for winners. If we find out if the show. In the couple of minutes that we have left. Let me just go around and say a thank you. And maybe just give you guys a little bit of a last word. Lauren, you have been amazing keeping the muffles going and everything had friends for life. How's it been for you this year? Are you enjoying it? Is it just more work for you? Lauren Lanning 42:11 I know i'd love it. I'd love the connection. I didn't think that a online would still have the same feel. But it's great connecting with my muffles every other week and hope everyone can join us. Stacey Simms 42:26 Excellent. And Justin, um, you know, I can't imagine it's easy doing this quarantine thing you know, as you were with your family and your daughter was one I know it's not easy for any of us. Anything I see a guitar in the background, what are you doing to keep busy? Justin Masterson 42:39 Yeah, I'm doing a lot of this. A lot of playing music. And I've been one of those folks who has dug into you know, a little bit of cooking and a little bit of fixing the house and I'm not making soap like Chelsea, but I'm doing my very best with what I have. And I'll put in a plug for the dads group. We love being able to run the dads group at friends for life. And if you're not already a part of it, and you're a dad, we'd love to have you I have had some of the most moving experiences of my diabetes journey at the at the men's groups and when amazing questions and amazing learning and then just a lot of camaraderie which I really appreciate. Stacey Simms 43:19 It is such a gift for all parents to be involved in things like that. It really is a gift for your child's if you're dead thinking about it. You've been reluctant because you know, are your manly man, guys don't do that. Please do that. It's wonderful. Justin, thanks for bringing that up. Unknown Speaker 43:31 But Stacey Simms 43:32 Chelsea, where can we buy your soap? I'm not kidding. Chelcie Rice 43:37 No. I mean, you can follow me on like, what Instagram type one comedian type tip number one comedian, Instagram because I'm always, you know, posting pictures on there because of just for the heck of it. I'm not really you know, trying to sell but I'm right, because I don't have like a business license or anything. And you got to have insurance when you're selling something that you're gonna rub on your body and then cause somebody like to lose, you know, you know, something, they made some organ that they may need something like that. So I'm willing to like you just pay me to ship and I'll send you some soap. It's no big, big whoop. Stacey Simms 44:13 And I have to ask you, is there anything that you've made? That's been more interesting? I've seen a couple of things that you've called disasters that I still think are beautiful. Chelcie Rice 44:21 Yeah, I mean, there was one that one of the things that happens when you you mix the lye water into the oil sometimes if you add some additives like fragrances, they react differently. And one that I put in there just like turned it didn't look like cottage cheese. And I thought it was like oh well and so but I put it into the mold anyway and I colored it with a little orange and little yellow. And when I when I when it's solidified it looked like Colby cheese. And so I mean like and the funny thing is they turned out to be really good soap is a really good hand soap. I don't know what to put in it. Oh What you know percentages, but it comes out to this really nice handsoap that doesn't leave your hands all stripped. And I was like, Okay, great. Now I don't know how to do it again. So, memories. Stacey Simms 45:14 That's a great trick, but I can only do it once. Yeah. All right. Wonderful. Well, as usual, we got off topic of diabetes. But thank you all so much for joining me on this for another edition of Wait, wait, don't poke me. And maybe we'll do it again sometime. But thank you all so much for being here. I hope you enjoyed it and had a couple of laughs Unknown Speaker 45:33 Thank you. Lauren Lanning 45:34 It was fun. Thank you. Unknown Speaker 45:41 You're listening to Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. Stacey Simms 45:47 I love doing the game show episodes, there's so much fun to put together. I would do it every week, if I had the time. And if I could come up with that much diabetes trivia. Anyway, you can listen to our previous weight weights at Diabetes connections.com there is a very robust search on the website with more than 340 episodes. Now, we really want to make it easy for you to find what you want. So you could just search weight weight or game show this past summer at friends for life. I did a Hollywood Squares because zoom just looked like that to me. So I did Hollywood Squares for the game show but you can find all of that and much more over at Diabetes connections.com Thank you to my editor john Buchanan. So for audio editing solutions, and thank you so much for listening. I'm Stacey Simms. I will see you back here next week. Until then, be kind to yourself. Benny 46:43 Diabetes Connections is a production of Stacey Simms Media. All rights reserved. All rounds avenged Transcribed by https://otter.ai

After France, we head to another very popular country, Canada, that happened to have made its reputation for its own unique inventions. We start with a popular sport, Basketball. James Naismith invented basketball and was the first one to make a basketball team- Canadian Heritage Minute. He did not just invent basketball but also the entire sport and wrote its rule book as the sports coach. Do you know what is a paint roller? The handy roller used to paint the walls of our houses. Yes, the paint roller was invented in Toronto in 1940 by Norman Breakey. Unfortunately, he passed away before he could take a patent for his work but later an American man Richard C. Adams took the patent for a paint roller and is now widely accredited for being the inventor of it. The next invention we will talk about is the garbage bag. We all use these bags at home for hygiene and sanitation. Ever wondered how did it come into existence and who invented it? The green polythene bag was invented by Harry Wasylyk and Larry Hansen in 1950. This invention was liked by a lot of people and soon a brand bought the invention. Parallelly, Frank Plom a Canadian inventor designed and invented the same product too. Insulin is a hormone produced by the human pancreas which allows our bodies to use glucose. When our body is unable to produce insulin, doctors recommend us to take man-made insulin. Insulin was invented by Sir Frederick Banting along with a biochemist John Macleod in Canada. They were even awarded a Noble prize in physiology for this. Who is hungry after listening so much? Wanna grab some bread and peanut butter? But do you know who invented peanut butter? American pharmacist, Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Canada patented peanut paste, now known as peanut butter in 1884. We will talk about many more inventions in coming episodes, till then keep tuned with Chimes Radio. You can also enjoy our live radio segment. www.chimesradio.com http://onelink.to/8uzr4g https://www.facebook.com/chimesradio/ https://www.instagram.com/vrchimesradio/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/chimesradioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

World Diabetes Day (WDD) was created in 1991 by IDF and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes. World Diabetes Day became an official United Nations Day in 2006 with the passage of United Nation Resolution 61/225. It is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922. WDD is the world's largest diabetes awareness campaign reaching a global audience of over 1 billion people in more than 160 countries. The campaign draws attention to issues of paramount importance to the diabetes world and keeps diabetes firmly in the public and political spotlight. The World Diabetes Day campaign aims to be the: Platform to promote IDF advocacy efforts throughout the year. Global driver to promote the importance of taking coordinated and concerted actions to confront diabetes as a critical global health issue The campaign is represented by a blue circle logo that was adopted in 2007 after the passage of the UN Resolution on diabetes. The blue circle is the global symbol for diabetes awareness. It signifies the unity of the global diabetes community in response to the diabetes epidemic. Every year, the World Diabetes Day campaign focuses on a dedicated theme that runs for one or more years. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2020 is The Nurse and Diabetes. Messaging and materials will start to be made available during the second quarter of 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World Diabetes Day (WDD) was created in 1991 by IDF and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes. World Diabetes Day became an official United Nations Day in 2006 with the passage of United Nation Resolution 61/225. It is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922. WDD is the world’s largest diabetes awareness campaign reaching a global audience of over 1 billion people in more than 160 countries. The campaign draws attention to issues of paramount importance to the diabetes world and keeps diabetes firmly in the public and political spotlight. The World Diabetes Day campaign aims to be the: Platform to promote IDF advocacy efforts throughout the year. Global driver to promote the importance of taking coordinated and concerted actions to confront diabetes as a critical global health issue The campaign is represented by a blue circle logo that was adopted in 2007 after the passage of the UN Resolution on diabetes. The blue circle is the global symbol for diabetes awareness. It signifies the unity of the global diabetes community in response to the diabetes epidemic. Every year, the World Diabetes Day campaign focuses on a dedicated theme that runs for one or more years. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2020 is The Nurse and Diabetes. Messaging and materials will start to be made available during the second quarter of 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A few weeks ago we decided to find out, out of 32 individuals, who listeners thought should be on the new $5 bill. The overwhelming choice was Sir Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of Insulin.  Today, we are doing a special episode on Sir Frederick Banting, including speaking with the curator of his former home, a descendant of his, and listening to some vintage audio from the people who knew him.  Hope you enjoy the new episode! E-mail: canadianhistoryehx@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/canadaehx Music by Kevin MacLeod

In this episode, I travel to London, Ontario, to speak with Grant Maltman, the curator at the Banting House National Historic Site. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Sir Frederick Banting jotting down notes in the middle of the night for an idea that would become insulin. This place has become a pilgrimage site for so many people who have or know someone who has, diabetes. 

This episode covers Sir Frederick Banting's life during his in London, Ontario. Other Links mentioned: New Tecumseth Public Library - Banting Digital Library - link Discovery of Insulin - link Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation - link Banting House - London, Ontario - link

With the notoriety associated with the discovery of insulin slowing down, we turn to talk about a couple of people in Sir Frederick Banting's life. His first wife Marion Wilson and his only son Bill Banting.   Other Links mentioned: New Tecumseth Public Library - Banting Digital Library - link Discovery of Insulin - link Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation - link

This episode covers a few stories about Sir Frederick Banting's life during his time at College and serving in World War 1 (part 2 of 2). Other Links mentioned: New Tecumseth Public Library - Banting Digital Library - link Discovery of Insulin - link Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation - link

This episode covers a few stories about Sir Frederick Banting's life during his time at College and serving in World War 1 (part 1 of 2). Other Links mentioned: Discovery of Insulin - link Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation - link

This episode covers a few stories about Sir Frederick Banting's life growing up on a farm in Alliston, Ontario. Other Links mentioned: Discovery of Insulin - link Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation - link

Canadian icon Sir Frederick Banting is most famously known for his discovery of medical insulin. As guest host Tom Van Dewark explains, however, there is much more to Banting's life - and death - than you might have noticed. Notice History is the official podcast of Know History, a historical research company based in Ottawa. Visit our website at knowhistory.ca/podcast, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NoticeHistory.

A bonus episode this week to get the word out about Banting's Ghost. Stephen Richert is a photographer and film maker who was diagnosed with type 1 at age 16. His website and project Living Vertical is a way to document his adventures and share his family's story. Now, Stephen is working on a new project: documenting the insulin access crisis in America.  Named after Sir Frederick Banting, one of the researchers who discovered insulin in 1923 and sold his share of the patent for $1, Banting's Ghost is a way to document the people who are struggling. Stephen is looking for funding - you can learn more and donate here. The deadline for the first phase of funding is June 30th, which is why we're pushing out this bonus episode.  If you’re hearing this episode after June 30th, please check out the links anyway to stay up to date with the project and how you may still be able to help. Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone      Click here for Android  Sign up for our newsletter here As always, thanks for listening!!

In this episode, Kadijah presents the details of Sir Frederick Banting, one of Canada's true heroes.

  Mr. Grant Maltman, Curator Banting House National Historic Site of Canada  Canadian Diabetes Association London Ontario Canada     Grant Maltman is a graduate from The University of Western Ontario and has nearly 25 years experience in the cultural resource management and heritage presentation field. His journey started at Sir Frederick G. Banting Secondary School when, as a student, he presented the Canadian Diabetes Association with a cheque from the student body for the development of Banting House museum. Drawn to the diverse collection Banting House held, the history and the impact of the discovery of insulin on the world, it seemed a worthy project for the student body to support. He has proudly served as the curator of Banting House National Historic Site of Canada for the last 20 years. In addition to securing the designation of Banting House as a national historic site, he served as a historical consultant for the Royal Canadian Mint’s coin commemorating Banting as Canada’s first Nobel Prize recipient and the CBC production, The Greatest Canadian Contest. Grant enjoys sharing stories on the life and career of Sir Frederick Banting, the discovery of insulin and the Canadian Diabetes Association’s stewardship of this international treasure and symbolic site of hope in the fight against diabetes.