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Speaker: Welcome back to another episode of the Type 1 Club. I am your host, Jacqui Kidman. I am a Type 1 mum to a boy named Harvey who was diagnosed in June 2022 at the age of seven. We are coming back for part two of our previous episode. So if you haven't listened to episode 48, I encourage you to go back and listen to Mel's story.
Speaker: And now we're going to jump straight in with Mel's husband, Mick. And I just, because this is all recorded together, i just dive straight into asking him to share about when they first met and what it was like for Mel sharing the news that she was a type one diabetic. i Hope you enjoy this episode. Take us back to you two meeting each other and Mel telling you that she's a type one diabetic.
Speaker: We're going back 14, 15 years ago now, but it look was a very strong connection when Mel and I got together. And I remember, because initially I was living in Melbourne and traveling down to to Gippsland ah to work and and Mel was in Gippsland.
Speaker: It sort of met through through business. Mm-hmm. He was my client. I snatched it. And we sort of we had a really strong connection early. And I remember ah didn't know she was type 1 diabetic at all. and and it was over the phone that she told me look of. And she was very nervous telling But like from my point of view, I was so connected to her. And type 1, which I didn't know a lot about, that come with her. So it it wasn't an issue. And even now, like I know sometimes it might get her down, but I'll look at it and go, it doesn't stop you from doing anything. She's not blind. She's not deaf. It's just, you know, it's, it's something that's there that you can take action with and you can do anything.
Speaker: So Mel, you were nervous to tell him, is that because, did you feel like that could be essentially a deal breakout? I think anyone with type one would never want to be with someone that. Isn't that terrible? But you know how hard it is and you just would never, I've seen how hard it's been on my parents, I've seen how hard it's been on my sisters.
Speaker: I just would never wish this life on anyone voluntarily, I guess. So to, yeah, I was really nervous. didn't. I wouldn't have blamed him back then for going, oh, this is too much. or And i I'd met him when I wasn't in control, I was not testing, guessing.
Speaker: I wasn't well. I look back, I was, yeah, I wasn't well. Okay. it's probably And so when you were, how far into the relationship was Did you tell him? Oh, very quick. Yeah. Okay.
Speaker: Yeah. Well, no, we'd been, we dated a few times. Yeah, but we'd known each other for a little while. Like I was your client. Yeah. It wasn't until we said, okay, there's something here.
Speaker: And then I think you told me pretty early. Yeah. But would you have, like, like, would you normally not tell? Many people? know like it's not something, no, even today I don't tell anybody. like But a lot of people now know just through Instagram, I guess. yes yeah But, yeah, and all of my Facebook friends or friends in life obviously now know because I'm very passionate about Facebook.
Speaker: getting the word out there about it. so So many people in my circle at work, so many people would never have known I had type 1. And again, I think a lot of type 1s would agree, Harvey probably the same. You don't just go, oh, hi, I'm Harvey, I've got type 1 diabetes. It's just something, know, if it comes up, comes up. You're identified by the patch now. that People say, oh, are you trying to quit smoking? and Yeah. Patch on the back of your arm. Do you get that much anymore? I think now that they're so yeah visual that like yeah everybody sees that like now they know that. But, yeah, it does look like those nicotine patches. Yeah, looks like a nicotine patch, yeah. The design on that. So, Mick, as a support for Mel, like what things do you find yourself having to step up? Look, really it's waking up at any time of the night or Yeah.
Speaker: Going to get sugar, snakes, if, you know, that has got to that point, or or a Coke or Cordial, whatever it might have been back in the in the early days there now. I mean, when you touched on technology, that's that's made a ah huge difference. The Omnipod, you know, talking to the Dexcom is just that the amount of times that action's needed now is very, very rare. But when, I guess, we first started living together or whatever it would be, yeah, I'd get the tap on the shoulder. Exactly.
Speaker: Can you go get me this? Yeah. Yes. it's yeah It's actually gone well outside of diabetes now. it's Can you go get me a coffee? Some morning coffee. Type one was just the start of it and now she's extending it further and further. That's great. Do you notice anything with her moods, if you didn't know, pre-CGM?
Speaker: Is there some things that you kind of go, oh I could see now that she was low or that she was a bit high? Look, it's probably more, you could you could tell when she'd had a bad hypo. You could tell in the aftermath. that what sort of What does she? She's very lethargic. But once again, we don't really see that these days. Much anymore. yeah Yeah. What about when she's running really high?
Speaker: but She'll tell you. She'll yell at Is that what you mean? oh you just No, I don't think. i i haven't seen it ever relate into hear her being in a bad mood as such. Okay. It's just more, it's physically draining when it gets to those extremes. Yeah, it's quite amazing even for us because Harvey's only been on the Omnipod for months.
Speaker: Maybe it's coming up to 18 months. Look, you've still got to do you do the work. It's not a cure. I think some people think that you've got that pump on and then you don't have to think about it anymore. It's not a complete pancreas replacement. There's still a lot of work that you still have to do. But, yeah, we just find the nights, it just it's very rare that we get up and have to treat a hypo anymore. Though I did have to do that this morning. You don't have those interruptions as much.
Speaker: i find I also think there's the peace of mind knowing you're going to get alarmed if something goes does go down. Yeah. So that, you know, if it if it was a hypo, it could be a bad hypo. Whereas now you're catching it so early yes that it's not. So you don't have those where you're like shaking, you don't have as many of them. or is that is that your symptom straight away? one Yeah, I don't think I've had a bad hypo. Yeah.
Speaker: Not for long, long, long... Long, like, yeah, I've had some bad ones, like mix. Yeah, it's been bad. It's almost borderline on the needle. Have to get the needle. No. Never. Never. yeah Yeah, but I do carry it. I don't muck around with that. Like if we're flying, I'll always make sure I've got glucagon. We're on the boat, like if we're out. But the old me would never have carried the glucagon. I now look back and go, that was actually really selfish. That's selfish because...
Speaker: If I did go that low and the only way to come back is a glucagon. I know that you've said you hyper-focused when you were pregnant and then, but then you just went back to not caring anymore. Was there like a turning point? Was there a pivotal moment?
Speaker: Where you were just like, okay, I really need to start being more responsible with the care. I think subconsciously i knew I wasn't well. Like we're in COVID. It was depressing. I had a business. Mick lost a patch of his hair. Like we thought the business was going to go as everyone did, right? Yeah. hes just It was not like those first, I think three, four weeks of COVID were, I was a feeling frumpy. Like I just felt like a mum and I was sick of feeling like a mum. know what I mean by that? Like I just...
Speaker: I was cranky with the kids. I was. Like I'm not cranky as much now. Like cranky because the room or the dishwasher doesn't get done. But I was cranky with the kids because I was, my sugars were just on a roller coaster. Like it's so exhausting. And then they don't get it. and You know, I probably don't, I never really, i would never use the diabetes as an excuse for my crankiness. And yeah so that's probably why Mick says that. But deep down...
Speaker: yeah So with the Libre, is that where you would get five-minute readings like what it is now with the Dexicon? Because I remember there was a Libre where you had to scan it and it would give. Oh, my apologies. is I did have to scan it. It was that one. But then would it come up with the data yes from yes like what you were every five minutes almost seeing it sort of would catch up? Correct. Okay. yeah okay yeah So having ah actually like a visual background tracking Yes, it was incredible. Of seeing yeah that's what you were like, like yeah my sugars are up, down, no wonder why you feel like crap. Yeah, yes. And so i remember I got, yeah, during COVID-19,
Speaker: I think, I mean, we yeah, we drunk some alcohol during COVID as everyone did, but we ah got on a bit of a health kick when that came on and sort of lost the weight. And I remember just seeing, when my sugars went up, oh, no, that's right. i pretty much ate the same thing. for a good week. I just put myself on this little, yeah, I was really strict. And, yeah, when I'd done everything the same, but my sugars would go up, but I'm trying to get the three kids at home with, um yeah they're all in primary school. Oh, and you were doing that. And when I saw the sugars go up through and I'd done everything the same, it was almost spiritual. I can't explain. It was just like, oh, my goodness, it's not me. Mm-hmm.
Speaker: So you mean, okay so you're eating exactly the same thing, right? Pretty I remember, yeah, was really Same timing of things. I just make sure i was getting the dose of my insulin right because was still manually obviously injecting. yeah And then you realised when you were under stress yeah or, yeah you know, that your period was coming or something. yeah that Then you would realise, well, hang on, I'm out of whack. Yes. Like this doesn't make any sense because last week it worked, yesterday it worked, yeah and now it yeah It's not. yeah So there's more to it than just what I'm eating. yeah Is that what you- Yes. Like for example, having a black coffee of a morning.
Speaker: My sugars would go high, but there's no carbs or anything in that. so the adrenaline of the coffee would send me high. how did, i would never have really known that without constantly pricking my finger every- five minutes to get my own breath. learnt so much about my body. I'm tolerant to coffee now so I don't jump as high as that. I remember when Harvey went on the, we had four months, not 20 years, yes of of doing the finger pricks. So I had an alarm set every four hours. That was overnight and then and then before food. I think one of my first purchases was a head torch because going in at night and having to do those finger pricks and stuff. And then when we got onto the data of the the CGM, I remember I'd be looking at it and I was like, oh my God. Mm-hmm. His levels, they were all over the place. I actually found it quite overwhelming. yeah I remember thinking I would never have known that in that four hours. It would just show me that he was like, say, at eight. And then another four hours later, it would show me that he was at at eight or six. But in between that, he could have gone up to 20 and then come back down. And I found that really difficult to get my head around. yeah And it was very, very overwhelming. I'm actually quite grateful that we did end up doing the finger prick because it
Speaker: helped me kind of ease our way into it. Yes. And then when we did the CGM, I was it was almost like I preferred not to know what was happening in between, you know, rather than every single five minutes because then I became obsessed with it. Like as a mum or caregiver of a type 1 diabetic, I feel...
Speaker: It's almost it's bittersweet, the technology for you, because I think with my mum and dad, at the end of the day, we went to bed. They just had to almost say a prayer that I'd wake up when my sugar's shaked and I'd get up and mum would always, always come out and sit with me, ah would always sit on the kitchen floor. you would wake up from a hype.
Speaker: But no, I do almost, it's a bittersweet, the technology for the caregiver, because you I could see if it was my daughter or sons, I would, I feel like I probably would become obsessed. So yeah.
Speaker: Yeah, I actually had to, because we were saying the the diagnosis of a child with with type 1, it actually is linked to an element of PTSD. Yeah, can see that. you know, it took me, I went into a bit of a spiral, I would have to say. say as well. And I put on a lot of weight. I, and I was just obsessing over why can't I get this right? Like for him. And and I felt this immense responsibility of, of just of making sure that he was as healthy as he possibly could be. But I couldn't understand why these levels weren't that straight line. Like what doesn't make any sense? I've calculated the carbs. I used to cook everything from scratch. i back at You can move in with us. No, I'm not, I'm not that mum anymore. Yeah. When Harvey was diagnosed, I almost felt like we became unhealthy yeah because i went to package everything. Read the labels? Because I could read the labels. I wasn't sleeping. i couldn't get my head around also trying to carb count. yes And, you know, if i made something from scratch, I'd just be like, I don't know.
Speaker: I don't know how to count that, which then took me a while to get back to that of trusting like the card counting. and Now I would go back and probably ask more questions, but at the time I was also a little bit ashamed of why can't I understand this? And you get lots of people that give you little tiny little bits of advice.
Speaker: Meaning well, but I would feel like that was a criticism, even though they weren't, no i you know, criticizing at all. yeah i had panic attacks because I could see his levels were high, but I couldn't get him down. And I was just like, don't understand. Or when he wasn't in my care, i would be calling the school. I'd be going up to the school. i was at the school pretty much every day trying to just get this right, but then also trying to allow him to have a childhood.
Speaker: I mean, luckily, like I'm such an awesome person. My son likes to hang out with me. All his friends like absolutely love me. Yes. We'll timestamp that because then there's going to be a moment where they're all like, oh, your mum's such a loser. Not at all. But I saw a psychologist i always do say this to, don't be afraid to ask for help. no And she had to kind of talk me through just some processes of how do i manage this? Because I was going through this moment of, I'm the only one that can do this. I'm the only one that can control his diabetes. Yeah. I'm the expert or I have to be the expert and i i can't i can't get sick. I always have to be around, like all that sort of stuff. And then I was just making myself sick. yeah I was lethargic. I'd be so afraid of just getting the flu or getting cancer because I was like, yeah shit, if I'm down, then then no one else can do this. yeah
Speaker: I think that's maybe that's just a mother thing as well, but I'd never felt like that in my whole mothering yes life, right? I'd never felt this immense responsibility of, of you know, even when the babies were newborns, I was always like people would offer you help. i'd be like, yes. Help me. Yeah. Whereas this, I was like, no, no, this is actually really life and death. Well, no, that's exactly. It's serious. And I would say to people when they would be really blasé about like, oh, but you just give him some insulin or you just give him some sugar. And I was like, you know, this is like serious. why people And I was not, I was not fun.
Speaker: But with seeing this psychologist, she taught me some strategies around that is that we've got the technology, we've got support and he's okay. And it's okay to not be perfect. Living with type 1 diabetes can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to do it alone. At the type 1 hub in Geelong, you'll find connection, support and real people who truly get it.
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Speaker: Fight or flight. You have to make a decision. Yes. Is the alarm for low? Is it for high? What am I doing here? and To get your body back to then be able to go to sleep after that, I found it really difficult. So I was lying awake for hours and hours and hours just stewing over. Did I make the right decision? Is he going to jump up? Is the technology right?
Speaker: yeah Am I reading it wrong? Should I have done a fingerprint? Everything. So now I actually say to myself, it sounds so stupid, go through everybody in my household. Harvey is safe. James is safe. Scott is safe. I am safe. Yeah.
Speaker: And it almost just helps me to just calm down my nervous system so that I know that, okay, that I can get back to sleep. It doesn't always work like that. But I have to then almost say it out loud or in my head to remember we've got the technology.
Speaker: We've done this plenty of times. It's fine. He's going to be fine. yeah He's very lucky to have you. He is. But I think any parent would be like that. I'm also still a free range parent, yeah I still find. Yes, which great. Because I want my kids to go and roam the streets. No, like that sounds terrible. No, i know what you're saying. on their bikes and be able to go to play dates and all that sort of stuff. So I had to learn that of being able to trust other people yeah as well. Of course. He can never be out of my sight or out of my care. And then I started to back off a bit from school. Then I started to back off from play dates. I was at every bloody play date again. I felt like he was that toddler again. Every excursion for school, every camp.
Speaker: And then I've just slowly backed off, backed off. And now Harvey the other week went up to Red Hill with four of his mates. Two dads took him, four or five of his mates, and he did the Red Hill mountain bike trails for six hours. Oh, he would have loved it. And I do think that now that he's got the pump, he knows he can just do do to do like type in the carbs, what am I eating? Whereas I think if he had to manually inject, he would probably overdo it maybe or I don't know.
Speaker: I think there is that comfort there that i certainly have had with the pump. Yes. And he just goes, like he'll just go to me, say, oh, ma'am, I'm just going to go off for a bike ride with my mates. yeah And he just puts on his his satchel a girl with these and some cash, um yeah you know, if he wants to go to the fish and chip shop and get some chips. I just let him.
Speaker: It's the best way. is best way. lecture i let him do it. But then I also think that sometimes in the back of your mind you think, Are their parents thinking, well, this child has diabetes. Why is she letting him just... No. Those who know, absolutely not. But he's so capable as well. I am really lucky.
Speaker: Yeah. I think that between my husband and I i shouldn't just say it's solely me, but, you know, we've let him... We have let him fail yeah to a degree where he's gone off and he hasn't taken his sugar. And and I know that I'm like watching and he's like i'm having he's having a hypo and I know that he doesn't have any sugar on him. yeah I get in the car and I drive up to where he is. It's great having the tracking stuff on their own. yeah And then I say to him, i was really worried.
Speaker: Yep. You know, and then like, what would you, do what, what should have you had done? And he's like, oh, I was going to like send one of the boys to go and get a snake or. Yes. It's like, you can't, you can't do that. It's too much time. And now he'll ring me when he's low and he's like, it's all right, mum. I've eaten a packet of Skittles. good I'm all good. Like he'll just check in with me or I'll check in in with him. And yeah we sort of do that. But you know what? He's, he's 11.
Speaker: He's still so young, yeah but he, all the, the fails and all these trial and errors that we're doing with him, he needs to learn that that's going to set him up for absolute like independence when he is older. And also, I also have to remember that shit goes wrong when he's with me too Yes.
Speaker: So i can't always say, well, you have to be with me because yeah you don't know what you're doing. i don't know what I'm doing sometimes. Who does? Who does? yeah it's very dark isn' man. but That's just life, isn't it? Well, Harrison, our eldest, is turning 18 in a few months. So he'll have his license.
Speaker: And yeah, they all go to school 30 minutes away. So I am going to let Harry drive them to school next year. And I'm just like, oh, my baby's on board, on the highway. But You sort of, oh, as much as you I'm holding my breath as you were saying that. Yeah, you've just got to let them just trust. Like we're on life journey and when our time's. Yeah, because like you said, you don't want type one to define you. Never. And that's where people begin to hide it. Yes. And because they think, oh, well, people are going to think I can't do that or I shouldn't be doing that. yeah
Speaker: And you don't want that, do you? Never, ever, ever. Like Mick said, it comes along with you and you just have to just be a little bit more prepared. yeah But I think every single day is trial and error. Every single day, or every day something will happen with my diabetes to this day and like, oh, I'll do that different tomorrow. It's never the same. No. And then as well, because with educators and they say like, what do you think affects you?
Speaker: Diabetes, yeah like the sugars or whatever. You're like, oh, the wind. Yeah. Yeah. Like I deal with a lot of people all day and I've, I'm quite intuitive with people now and i I'm like, it's a full moon. There is no other reason that people are this crazy other than it's a full moon it is. And then sugars and I know women sync up with each other in the workplace. and oh Everyone's nuts. Yeah. and then all come over to these boys. and i What do your children know about type one?
Speaker: Actually a lot now, yeah They stick up for me. It's really lovely. They don't eat my lollies. Yeah, yeah. I don't. They do if you're having a hypo to help.
Speaker: Yeah. Try better than help, yeah. Not that I've been in that position where I need help. You sort of need to teach them. You were. yeah Yeah. Back in the day, I'll never forget actually, Christian, I had a can of Coke in the fridge and think Christian went to pull it out and Harry said, you cannot drink that, that's mum's can of Coke and there was a big fight. And I actually specifically remember that being quite a turning point in them going, oh, this is serious. Yeah. Like don't touch mum's lollies. And this might be...
Speaker: You don't have to answer this, but the fear around them getting ah type 1. All the They'll go to the toilet, you because they've had a lot to drink. Yeah, the toilet three times in an hour and she's pricking the finger and she's really on edge with it.
Speaker: No, I am on edge. Yeah, i because i've I'd be so sad. Saf makes me nervous. She's been going to the toilet lot lately. and so But she lets me prick her finger now. And she's also coming up to the age where you were diagnosed. 100%. So it's just like that mirroring, that trauma yeahp of... Long blonde hair like I did. She's got a few issues with the girls at school and like, oh, Mick, no. Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah. Have you ever done the screen test? nouse No. On the kids? No, haven't. No. ah Look, maybe a bit blasé. I'm just, if it happens, it happens. Yeah. almost rather not know, but it's the toilet.
Speaker: It's when they go the toilet more than say once an hour. Mm-hmm. I'm like, Mick. even happened to me too. No, I did. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Come out and got the prick. Yeah. This was another thing. up You put a Libre back in when I got it for just a little five days or something. And I've seen a few other people online put theyre their CGM on a partner.
Speaker: And that no one actually has a straight line. Yeah. No one has a straight line. It's just the tram tracks. It's a tram track, Mick calls it. He goes, oh, you're in the tram tracks today. I'm not going to go low. No. I'm not going to go high, but I do bounce ups. normal person bounces within the tram tracks. Sometimes it even goes over ah and it's just nice to know that's normal. You've got wider tram tracks. Yeah, that's right. The tram tracks are just wider. I like that. Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah. but It is one of those things about like testing your children because it actually is only gives you a time stamp too, just so you know. So yeah i think that is Harrison your oldest? yes Yes. So Harrison would be, he could get tested now and then say like nothing, but then he'd have to get retested in five years. So, but then still that's not ah it's not a, it's not a foolproof no kind of you know test either. yeah But it is like, you kind of think, oh, like it would be great to a degree,
Speaker: It's not going to change anything, is it? No. They're going to get it. They're going to get it. But there is now some clinical trials around if they are going to get it within that two years, they can take some medication and they can delay it. Prolong it. I hope there's a cure in our lifetime. I really do. Because when I was diagnosed 28 years ago, they said, don't worry, like this will be cured soon.
Speaker: And here we are. Technology has come a long way, though. Yeah. That was something new at the time. Yeah, the pens were good. And then the CGM came in and then the Dexcom and. Then the pump. The pump. And then the Omnipod pump, like the tubeless one and then. Yeah, the tubeless has been great yeah for me.
Speaker: you You don't realise how many door handles are in your house until you wear one with a tube on it. For me, i'm just such a class. Yeah. That's been life-changing. We're always searching for, scaring the internet for what's in development what's next and it's all looking pretty promising. Well, yeah, that stuff over in America. Yeah. That Yeah, there's 12 of them, 11. I know. Been successful. know. I really do hope.
Speaker: I hope there is a cure in our lifetime. And Harvey always asks the endocrinologist whenever we go to the hospital, how close is the cure? Oh, bless. Oh, Jackie. Make us cry. I It's heartbreaking. I know.
Speaker: Because he sees stuff on the internet as well. He sees things and people say to him, I've seen that there's a cure. Fingers crossed. Yeah. Fingers crossed. But the technology has certainly helped to ease things, isn't Yeah. We're really lucky that we've had cure. Now that the CGMs are on, you don't have to pay you $700 month. Oh, that's wild. But yeah, the next thing I think is probably for people to be able to get access to pumps if they don't have the funds for that. feels like we're in a privileged position when you say you're on a pump considering the outlay of the cost that it is when people, there is lots of people that struggle to put food on the table. No, it is privileged. And I've always, yeah, I've been always conscious of that. I never want to...
Speaker: Yeah. But some people can also afford it, but they depend. And I know it another way. yeah It's not not your full pancreas, that then you're within those smaller tram tracks. You're still got a bit of work to do, but it certainly does do, I would say the quarter of the work for us. Maybe a bit more. I don't know. I wear glasses to drive. I don't have bad eyesight or anything, just probably normal I feel. But I went for my eye test, was it three months ago? And I called Mick. I'm like, my eyesight's gotten better. Oh.
Speaker: I've never been healthier. And that's because you're HbA1c actually. Yeah, down in the sixes. My God, imagine like you might have had x-ray vision if you actually kept your... Right, like to go back. I think that can also be a perimenopause thing. Oh. to be Sorry to ah put that out. Oh, I'm sweating. it just makes He's like, oh, what's next with her? I did workout. Yeah, it's a wild ride. yeah Is there anything else that you want to share before we wrap up today's episode? Yeah.
Speaker: Oh, well I'll acknowledge you, Michael, for loving me all that I am and always being there for 2am. It's really not.
Speaker: I don't see it as a hindrance in any way at all. You two are gorgeous. I think for Mel, we've been all over the world. You've done a lot of amazing things. You've raised three healthy children. i don't see it as an issue in any way that someone's got diabetes.
Speaker: Yeah. I think maybe final words, if you are struggling, like if you're listening to this, probably as a caregiver or someone with type 1 diabetes, totally acknowledge it. Don't ignore it because the quicker you can get on with it, your life actually does get better. that's My life has changed since getting on the technology.
Speaker: Just health is everything. Health is so important and when you feel better, you do better. You get one shot at life. That's why I live such a big life. i just I'm really grateful to have that. It's been a wild ride with the title is serious with the diabetes. Like it's hard. As Mick said, I have my moments but don't let it hold you back and if you've got a dream, well.
Speaker: as Britney Spears says, you better work, bitch. Get up. You better work, bitch. I think you're going to say Martin Luther King for a second there, you're like, no, Britney. Work, bitch. That's great. Just get up work. I always finish my podcast with one last question. You've alluded to some of them, but maybe you don't have a specific one because you've been been a diabetic for so long. But what's your go-to at the moment hypo treatment?
Speaker: The snakes by just I have a bag of snakes on me all the time. The nature's, what is it? The natural confectionery? confectionery, natural confi yeah yeah But if the red pack is on the two for $5 sale at Woolies, I'll go. I don't know why. I'm just like, oh, I'll go those ones. And you just know they're not as good for you. Is that silly? Allens. The Allens. That's right. I've got the Allens in now because they're on sale. I feel better, healthier when I'm having a hyper-eating merth.
Speaker: Natural ones. Isn't that silly? interesting. Yeah, snakes. Two snakes actually pull me up now. Two? Yeah. okay I'm really big on that. I used to overeat every time with a high poke because of the shakes, but I've learnt to just have two. I'll come really nicely back into the 6-7 range. And you don't seem to get to the shake level anymore. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yep.
Speaker: Do you agree that's a go-to hypo treatment? Well, I'm the one who's getting it. so ah It is beside my bed most of the time, but whenever I need it, they're not there. Yeah, isn't that weird? i don't I always normally we have stuff in the car and then I'm like, yeah whenever it's... Where is it? Where's all the lollies gone? I would personally love to thank both of you so much for your time today. I'm so glad that we got to sit in this room and hear your story. And Mick, this is the first time I've really had a a partner on the podcast, so I'm really, really grateful that. You can share your Instagram tags, but I will put them in the show notes. But Mick's got his own Instagram. Well, no. Mick's not on social media. So we had a, he doesn't even know the password. So everyone thinks it's him posting, but it's me. But it's. It's mainly, i was going to say skits, but it's not. It's a real life where Mick comes in and has all of a sudden gone to five chemists to get Melissa's CGMs, doing the finger prick for her or, you know, doing that sort of stuff. We always say in parenthood it takes a village, but I think that in in the type one world that also takes a village. And, yeah, we're grateful for you guys showing up on online. Jackie, thank for having us. Thank you for having us. So we hope that you all enjoyed this episode with with Mel and Mick, Eminem. do you get that?
Speaker: yeah okay i thought i was And ah we look forward to bringing you another episode of the Type 1 Club. Thank you for tuning in to the Type 1 Club podcast. We hope you enjoyed today's episode and gained some valuable insights.
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