#1738 Smooth Operator - Part 1
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Claire shares her story of being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 29 during her lunch break, only to board an international flight to Australia just days later. A long-time listener of the podcast, Claire discusses how she utilized the "Pro Tip" series and Jenny Smith’s book to prepare for a healthy pregnancy.
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Claire (0:10) I'm Claire, and I've had type one diabetes for ten years. (0:13) I'm really excited to talk today.
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Claire (2:29) I'm Claire, and I've had type one diabetes for ten years. (2:33) I'm really excited to talk today.
Scott Benner (2:36) Awesome, Claire. (2:37) How old are you now?
Claire (2:38) 39.
Scott Benner (2:39) 39. (2:39) Diagnosed when you were 29.
Claire (2:41) Yeah.
Scott Benner (2:42) Yes. (2:42) Yeah. (2:43) Okay. (2:44) Why are you excited to talk?
Claire (2:47) I'm excited to talk because I've listened to several episodes of the Juice Box podcast, and I feel like it's been really influential on my life and my diabetes management. (2:56) So it's just really exciting to kinda pay it forward, and, you know, contribute to the conversation, and I don't know. (3:04) That's nice. (3:04) Sorry to put it into words, but Yeah.
Scott Benner (3:05) You got something you wanna get out. (3:08) Sure.
Claire (3:08) Yeah. (3:08) Wanna share. (3:09) Wanna collaborate.
Scott Benner (3:10) Yeah. (3:10) And, Claire, I don't wanna, make you feel badly, but the person I interviewed yesterday had listened to 1,500 of the episodes. (3:16) So I'd like to suggest that maybe you quit your job or stop taking care of your family or whatever it is that takes up your time and and listen to more of my podcast, please.
Claire (3:26) Yes. (3:26) On five times speed.
Scott Benner (3:27) Thank you. (3:28) I don't care how you do it. (3:29) Just do it. (3:29) So
Claire (3:31) I talked to somebody who listened to all the podcast episodes or claims to. (3:35) So
Scott Benner (3:35) What do mean claims to? (3:36) Of course, they have. (3:38) I haven't heard all the episodes of the podcast. (3:40) I mean, I've I've been involved with them, but I've I've not listened to them back. (3:44) Who the person that you, that you talked to, were they the person who introduced you to the podcast?
Claire (3:52) I'm not sure the exact person, but there's a support group, a type one support group that I joined, and that definitely was how I learned about the podcast. (4:00) Somebody in that group. (4:01) And then there's somebody in the group who says that they listen to all of them.
Scott Benner (4:04) Is that an in person group or online?
Claire (4:07) It was in person, and then once COVID happened, it was online and virtual.
Scott Benner (4:11) Oh, so you've had a a support group prior to 2020?
Claire (4:15) Correct.
Scott Benner (4:15) Oh, what what sent you so wait a minute. (4:17) That's, like, five years ago. (4:20) So you were a few years into your diabetes, and you thought I need to meet more people who have type one. (4:25) What what drove you to to seek those people out?
Claire (4:29) I was kind of peer pressured into joining the group. (4:32) I had run into somebody in person. (4:35) They're like, why are you not in a support group? (4:36) You should join our support group. (4:37) And I was like, what?
Claire (4:39) Okay. (4:39) So joined the support group, and that was about a year into my diagnosis.
Scott Benner (4:42) Okay. (4:43) Cultists? (4:44) Did you find Yeah. (4:45) Yeah. (4:45) They were just they're trying to build a a small army of people with type one?
Claire (4:49) I did feel a little pressured, but, like, in a good way. (4:53) You
Scott Benner (4:53) know? (4:53) Okay.
Claire (4:54) Just like, why are you not in a support group? (4:56) You should join our support group.
Scott Benner (4:57) Did you what did you gain from it?
Claire (5:01) It was definitely nice to have that community. (5:04) You feel less alone. (5:06) Everyone's got their own little pro tips. (5:09) So I showed up there pretty newly diagnosed, and everyone's like, oh, you don't have a CGM? (5:14) Look what it can do.
Claire (5:15) You don't have a pump? (5:15) Look what it can do. (5:16) And I was like, woah. (5:17) Okay. (5:18) I was like, I was just looking to come and meet some people, but now you guys are, like, showing me I don't know.
Claire (5:23) They just kinda showed me the ropes, like and it was different hearing it from somebody living with it than a doctor.
Scott Benner (5:29) Yeah.
Claire (5:30) You know, when your doctor's like, oh, you know, these things are out there. (5:32) I'm like, yeah. (5:33) Yeah. (5:33) Yeah. (5:33) Okay.
Claire (5:33) Cool. (5:33) What do I have to do now? (5:35) Mhmm.
Scott Benner (5:35) So at first, they feel like the people at Costco are trying to get you to drink coconut water, but then it it quickly you decide, like, this is valuable. (5:43) I should maybe hear what these people have to say and look into this stuff.
Claire (5:47) Yeah. (5:48) And more eye opening. (5:50) And it's kinda like drinking from the fire hose at the beginning when you're getting diagnosed. (5:54) You're I'm like, I'm just trying to get day to day, you know, try and figure out what's going on here. (5:58) Just day to day, minute to minute, meal to meal.
Scott Benner (6:00) Yeah.
Claire (6:01) And then so going to the doctor and having them talk about all the technology is just, like, a little overwhelming. (6:06) I was like, alright. (6:07) Let me just take this one bite at a time. (6:09) But it was cool to hear other people's experience with it, spend a little more time learning about it instead of a fifteen minute doctor's appointment. (6:17) It was, like, an hour or two Mhmm.
Claire (6:20) Meeting. (6:21) And then, you know, during the meeting, everything's beeping. (6:23) Everyone's beeping, and, you know, nobody flinches because it's so normal. (6:28) So it was just it was just interesting to be in that environment because I'd never been surrounded by type ones before. (6:34) Yeah.
Claire (6:35) Did That was cool.
Scott Benner (6:36) Did you find it like, obviously, you found it easier to get information from the support group than from the doctor, but why? (6:42) What what about at the doctor's office makes that difficult?
Claire (6:46) I think because it's brief. (6:50) And I love my endo, but they don't have type one. (6:55) And, you know, they have to get their checklist y things done. (6:58) And it's different when you're sitting with somebody with a little more time. (7:01) There's less time constraint.
Claire (7:03) There's less of an agenda. (7:04) It's more just natural flow. (7:06) And then they can also give you their real life experience about why it's helpful for them and why it's meaningful for them.
Scott Benner (7:12) I see.
Claire (7:13) So I think that was different.
Scott Benner (7:15) And then at some point I'm sorry. (7:17) At some point, they say something that just, like, connects with you. (7:20) Right? (7:20) And you go, oh, that is a struggle I have or a concern I have or something I'm trying to get to. (7:25) And then that helps you kinda key in on the thing that they're saying being potentially valuable for you.
Claire (7:31) Yeah. (7:32) Like, real life examples. (7:33) And, I was running a lot of the time, and my friends were explaining, like, oh, well, you could see what your numbers are doing while you're running. (7:42) And I was like, oh, that would be really nice. (7:45) So I did I did get on the CGM quite quickly after hearing their experiences and seeing the value in it.
Scott Benner (7:51) Okay. (7:51) Awesome. (7:52) And what did you learn what did you learn in that because it had been a year. (7:55) Right? (7:56) And you and you slap on a CGM.
Scott Benner (7:57) I'm interested in your your initial takeaway as soon as you could see your blood sugar twenty four seven like that.
Claire (8:03) Yeah. (8:03) I think I kinda label it. (8:05) I had a little bit of, like, a CGM depression almost because when I was doing finger sticks, my numbers were nine times out of 10 really good. (8:13) So I was like, I've got this. (8:14) I've got this.
Claire (8:15) You know, I got this down. (8:16) But then when I could see what was happening between those snapshots, between those finger sticks, I was having these huge swings. (8:22) So great that, you know, five times a day I was in range, but I had no idea what was happening in between. (8:28) And so I kinda had this moment of like, oh, I thought I was doing a great job. (8:31) Oh, no.
Claire (8:31) I'm doing terribly. (8:33) But then it was like motivation to do better, to learn more, to try and fix those spikes. (8:39) Yeah. (8:40) And then again, kinda circled back to, like, information gathering, seeking, using my peer support group to kinda help figure out, like, where else to go. (8:47) And I think at at that point, somebody had either mentioned Juice Box Podcast or at that time had mentioned Juice Box podcast.
Claire (8:54) And I was like, okay. (8:55) Like, I just began to just devour information. (8:58) Mhmm. (8:58) Not not listening to all your podcast,
Scott Benner (9:01) but I was just teasing you. (9:02) If if listen. (9:03) If any of you are listening to all of them, that's awesome. (9:06) I don't expect you all to do that. (9:07) But Yeah.
Scott Benner (9:08) So I I guess I wanna stay for one more second in this idea of, like because it sounds like it's not a linear process. (9:16) You didn't just it wasn't step one to step 10, and now I understand better. (9:20) You got diagnosed. (9:23) You thought you were doing great, met some people, they gave you some suggestions, you filter through them. (9:28) Eventually, end up on a CGM.
Scott Benner (9:30) You go, oh, what what I thought was happening isn't happening. (9:33) You get that moment of, like I mean, the I don't know. (9:36) It makes probably makes you feel like, oh, I've been putting all this effort into this and it's not even working. (9:40) But but instead of feeling that way, you say, well, at least I know now. (9:43) I'll go look for more tools.
Scott Benner (9:45) And so this is sort of I guess the way I think about it is more about how I feel like people find the podcast. (9:53) Because I think what can happen is that people can find it podcast or the or the Facebook group. (10:00) Right? (10:00) They find it either at the right time when they're looking for it or not at the right time. (10:04) But a lot of them can find their way back to it if when they initially intersected, it wasn't the right time for them.
Scott Benner (10:10) And it makes me like, I think of it more from my perspective. (10:15) But to to sit back and listen to you talk about it, it almost feels like you're, what's that game we played when we were kids? (10:21) Like, you had to run over the line and grab something and get back before somebody hit you with something. (10:26) Do you remember that? (10:26) Are you not old enough for that?
Scott Benner (10:28) Or did you grow up when they you weren't allowed to throw things at people?
Claire (10:32) I think we could still throw things
Scott Benner (10:33) at throw
Claire (10:34) things people. (10:36) The can. (10:37) What else? (10:37) Red Rover
Scott Benner (10:38) Yeah.
Claire (10:38) Oh. (10:38) All that kind
Scott Benner (10:39) of stuff. (10:40) I think it's more like that where, like, you sometimes like, you're outside of it for a minute, and then you think, oh, I need a thing. (10:47) I gotta run back in and grab it. (10:48) Hey. (10:48) You go get back and get it.
Scott Benner (10:49) You bring your piece back. (10:50) You build a little more. (10:51) You go back again. (10:52) Like, some people learn that way. (10:55) Yeah.
Scott Benner (10:55) That sounds like where you are.
Claire (10:57) Yeah. (10:57) I was just kinda taking it, like, one kind of thing at a time, one phase at a time. (11:02) And I think I yeah. (11:03) I was initially, like, kinda overwhelmed. (11:06) But then just, you know, kinda took it one one piece, one thing at a time.
Claire (11:10) But, getting diagnosed in my late twenties, like from day one, every time I walked in that office, they're like, okay, pregnancy? (11:17) I was like, woah. (11:19) Not even married. (11:20) We have Jets. (11:22) But it was just so I mean, were doing their job.
Claire (11:25) They're like, woman of childbearing age. (11:28) But every time I walked in there, pregnancy? (11:30) I'm like, no. (11:31) No. (11:31) So in the back of my mind, being, you know, in my late twenties, I was like, okay.
Claire (11:35) This is like a thing. (11:38) So I need to eventually kinda figure this out maybe. (11:41) My endo was always just like, give me your a year notice if you ever wanna get pregnant. (11:46) Like, okay. (11:46) Cool.
Scott Benner (11:47) Fun.
Claire (11:47) I'll call you later.
Scott Benner (11:48) Yeah. (11:48) To pre bolus your baby?
Claire (11:50) Basically. (11:51) I was like, so let me do, like, some reverse calculations here. (11:56) No. (11:56) I'm just kidding. (11:57) But, that was an interesting dynamic going in.
Claire (12:00) Like, I'm 28 year old female or 29 year old female, but, like, no. (12:03) Not yet. (12:04) But in their mind, I'm, you know, late twenties female.
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Claire (14:38) Oh, like a little bit, but also just, you know, they're just looking at me like a number on a paper, and I'm like, okay. (14:44) So just so you know where I am in my life, nowhere near close to that. (14:47) Yeah. (14:49) But also, did give me the sense of, like, that is a thing. (14:53) Because I had no idea when I was diagnosed how tightly controlled your blood sugars need to be for a healthy pregnancy.
Claire (14:59) Mhmm. (14:59) Just wasn't on my radar. (15:00) I was like, how do how do I eat my lunch today? (15:02) Like, let's talk about that. (15:04) I'm still trying to figure out my basal insulin.
Claire (15:06) Like, let's talk about that.
Scott Benner (15:07) I'm staring at my food, and I feel like I'm gonna cry. (15:09) Is there a way we could get past this place? (15:12) Yes. (15:12) Yeah. (15:12) Yeah.
Claire (15:13) Can I eat this? (15:14) Can I not eat this? (15:16) Yeah. (15:17) You know, an initial diagnosis, it could be, like, the sliding scale of I don't know. (15:22) It's just
Scott Benner (15:22) Did they give they started you sliding scale? (15:24) Yeah. (15:25) About where in the country are you?
Claire (15:28) I'm on the East Coast. (15:30) Yeah. (15:31) And I'm outside of a major city.
Scott Benner (15:33) Okay.
Claire (15:33) But I'm not rural. (15:35) But, yeah, I got started. (15:36) This is actually kinda crazy. (15:38) I got diagnosed on my lunch break at work. (15:41) Went to the doctor on my lunch break, and they handed me insulin pens.
Claire (15:44) I'm like, okay. (15:45) Here you go. (15:45) Inject.
Scott Benner (15:46) What what What's talking about? (15:48) What what got you moving to the doctor? (15:50) Like, what how were you feeling?
Claire (15:52) I was feeling pretty bad at that point. (15:56) Long story short, I ended up running a marathon, which was awesome. (16:01) Caught the flu because your immune system is gets a big hit when you do intense exercise like that. (16:08) And then I just, like, never recovered from the flu. (16:10) So I'd lost a lot of weight.
Claire (16:12) I wasn't getting it back. (16:14) Everyone was like, are you okay? (16:16) I was like, oh, yeah. (16:17) I just ran a marathon and got the flu. (16:18) It's a great diet.
Claire (16:19) You should try it. (16:20) Just kidding. (16:22) But I was very underweight, and I started getting thirsty, peeing a lot, yada yada. (16:27) And I had a random it was a cholesterol test. (16:31) And I didn't realize that your they also check your blood sugar with that, or I guess it's you can.
Claire (16:36) And they called me over and sat me down. (16:37) They're like, are you okay? (16:38) I was like, what are you what are you talking about? (16:40) What's my cholesterol? (16:41) And they're like, no.
Claire (16:41) No. (16:41) No. (16:41) Your blood sugar is really high. (16:43) And I was like, what are you talking about? (16:45) So they suggested I see an endo.
Claire (16:48) Probably should've just gone to the emergency department, but I was just following their orders. (16:52) Like, go see an endocrinologist because your blood sugar's over 300. (16:56) I was like, okay.
Scott Benner (16:57) You think they thought you had type two diabetes at that point?
Claire (17:01) I think they were a little confused. (17:03) And I was otherwise, like, besides being underweight and recently ill, probably looking healthy. (17:10) But looking back, I'm like, maybe I should've just gone to the emergency room. (17:12) But I think I was also in denial too. (17:14) It was like, I'm too old for type one and too healthy for type two.
Claire (17:18) Like, I just ran a marathon. (17:19) Also, both of those things are not true. (17:21) Those are just, you know, some assumptions that I had made at the time. (17:24) Right?
Scott Benner (17:24) Stuck in your head. (17:24) How did you even have an assumption about that?
Claire (17:29) Just when they were they when they checked my blood sugar and it was high, I was like, how's that possible? (17:33) Like, I'm in my late twenties, like and not realizing you could get diagnosed as type one as an adult. (17:39) In my head, was like, oh, I'm too old for type one because it's for kids. (17:42) And then I don't think I have type two because I just ran a marathon.
Scott Benner (17:45) Yeah. (17:46) You know? (17:46) Why did It's been. (17:47) Why did you think type one was for kids? (17:49) Like, you know how you had that idea?
Claire (17:51) I think it's just, lack of awareness, lack of information. (17:55) I'd never really knew any type ones growing up. (18:00) So I just didn't know.
Scott Benner (18:01) Yeah. (18:01) Okay. (18:03) That's interesting. (18:04) When so you're on your on your on your lunch break. (18:08) Do you go back to work and go back to work?
Claire (18:10) I did. (18:11) I did. (18:12) I went back to work, and I was like, okay. (18:15) I purposely didn't call my parents. (18:16) I was like, I can't call them right now because I'm gonna, like, lose it.
Claire (18:19) Mhmm. (18:19) So, I called them at the end of the day. (18:22) We all had a little cry on the phone and, like, alright. (18:25) What's next?
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Claire (19:56) Yeah. (19:57) I think they probably felt like a whole spectrum of emotions. (20:01) And we talked about it a little bit, but not recently. (20:03) So I think, you know, part of them felt, like, guilty, like it was their genes that did it. (20:07) Right?
Claire (20:09) But it really doesn't run-in our family. (20:12) They also felt bad that they weren't, like, physically with me. (20:17) They also, I think, felt some component of maybe relief that, like, they didn't have to go through me as a child and them having to manage my blood sugar and, you know, being worried when I was out or worried in the middle of the night and all of that stuff, which I'm sure you can relate to. (20:32) Like, they they didn't have to do that. (20:35) So they were kinda probably kinda like, oh, kinda got lucky with that.
Scott Benner (20:40) I don't know if they felt lucky. (20:41) I bet you they felt like I wish we could have been, like, more involved.
Claire (20:46) Yeah. (20:46) You think? (20:47) There's more they could do.
Scott Benner (20:48) Yeah. (20:48) But Are they that kind of people? (20:50) Maybe I'm just putting my feelings onto them.
Claire (20:52) Yeah. (20:53) No. (20:53) They're great. (20:56) Yeah. (20:56) I think they just kinda felt bad they weren't, like, there.
Claire (20:59) There wasn't anything they could really do in that moment, except for, like, be there for me.
Scott Benner (21:05) Yeah. (21:07) And And what did that look like?
Claire (21:09) I think just lots of lots of phone calls, lots of on the phone. (21:13) And I think they probably would have jumped on a plane to come see me that weekend, but I was going out of town that weekend, which is also crazy.
Scott Benner (21:26) Where did you go? (21:27) They
Claire (21:28) I I was diagnosed on a Wednesday of my lunch break. (21:32) And Sunday, I had already bought and paid for my ticket to go to Sydney, Australia. (21:36) So I got on an international flight on Sunday.
Scott Benner (21:39) Okay. (21:39) Hold on. (21:41) I, you know, I thought you're gonna be like, I I went away for the weekend and that's I was like, oh, that's not crazy. (21:46) So did you have a diagnosis? (21:48) You hadn't seen the endo by then.
Scott Benner (21:49) Right?
Claire (21:50) Oh, I saw the endo Wednesday lunch break, and they were like, look. (21:54) I think it's type one. (21:55) We'll do the blood work. (21:56) If the blood work comes back negative, then we have to do some imaging to make sure it's not pancreatic cancer. (22:01) I was like, okay.
Claire (22:02) Cool. (22:04) And the blood work came back, and I had a voicemail from the doctor. (22:07) It was like, yep. (22:07) You have antibodies. (22:08) It's type one.
Claire (22:08) Keep doing that sliding scale we talked about. (22:12) I think she wanted me to come back, like, as soon as I was back in the country, like, you know, soon, like two weeks later.
Scott Benner (22:17) Mhmm.
Claire (22:18) But, yeah, looking back on it, I'm like, what was I thinking? (22:22) But, yeah, I got on an international plane flight.
Scott Benner (22:25) And and it worked. (22:26) You were okay?
Claire (22:27) I was okay. (22:28) I filled my insulin prescription on the way to the airport.
Scott Benner (22:30) Oh my god.
Claire (22:32) I know. (22:34) It was crazy. (22:35) I tried to get it filled the night before, and the pharmacy I went to was out. (22:40) So in my defense, I did try and go the night before. (22:43) So I had to go to another pharmacy.
Scott Benner (22:44) What if you would've what if you would've not been able to fill that on the way to the airport? (22:48) Do you think something would've stopped you from getting on the plane?
Claire (22:52) Maybe. (22:53) But I did have at least a couple sample pens, but then I didn't know how many pens to bring. (22:59) I brought way too many. (23:01) But I knew when I got to Australia, I would be okay.
Scott Benner (23:05) Why is that?
Claire (23:07) I was with good family friends in Australia.
Scott Benner (23:10) Okay.
Claire (23:11) And, one of them is a nurse, and they they knew they knew what was coming in.
Scott Benner (23:18) See, yeah. (23:18) What was coming in? (23:19) I like how you talk. (23:20) You're you're talking about yourself like you're a package.
Claire (23:22) Yeah. (23:23) At that point, I was I was I was a bit of a bit of a mess, but I came in.
Scott Benner (23:27) I'm gonna jump ahead to jump backwards. (23:28) Yeah. (23:28) Right? (23:29) Do you have kids now?
Claire (23:31) I do.
Scott Benner (23:32) Oh. (23:32) I do. (23:33) Imagine this happened to one of them. (23:36) You know, what would you say to them if they were like, I'm still going to Australia?
Claire (23:40) I'd be like, are you sure I'm coming with?
Scott Benner (23:44) Sure. (23:44) You can come, but I'm going. (23:45) Yeah.
Claire (23:46) I'm coming too. (23:48) And I would be like, you're getting all the technology right now.
Scott Benner (23:51) Right. (23:51) Yeah. (23:52) Yeah. (23:52) I wonder if, I wonder if there's not a ton of value in doing that, not even knowing it was that much of a risk, but taking it, living through it. (24:05) Like, I I imagine there's a ton of value for you, like, long term, but that's only because it went well.
Scott Benner (24:10) Right? (24:10) Like, if something would've got upside down, then, you know, you'd be on here right now saying, like, oh, I've made, you know, biggest mistake. (24:16) I did this thing. (24:16) I shouldn't have done it. (24:17) I didn't know what I was doing enough with diabetes.
Scott Benner (24:19) I had to stay home. (24:20) It's interesting how just maybe a little bit of the randomness of it outlines how it is we're gonna talk about it later. (24:28) But, but that's that's crazy. (24:29) Okay. (24:30) So you get back.
Scott Benner (24:31) Fast forward a year later, you're looking for a support group. (24:35) Well, you're not looking for a support group. (24:36) People force you to go to a support group.
Claire (24:38) Kind of.
Scott Benner (24:39) Yeah. (24:39) You get good stuff out of that. (24:41) You're on your way. (24:42) Eventually, you make it to the podcast. (24:44) And Mhmm.
Scott Benner (24:45) Where would you describe the level of your, I don't know, knowledge base the day before you started listening, and and how did it help you?
Claire (24:54) I think at first, it was it was kinda seeking more community, more stories, you know, because everybody has a diagnosis story, most of them are interesting. (25:07) Some of them are terrifying. (25:08) So part of me is like, oh, you know, you know, I wasn't diagnosed in a coma. (25:14) I would didn't end up in a hospital. (25:15) Like, I'm very grateful for that.
Claire (25:18) And then as the podcast evolved and you guys started doing more of, like, the pro tip stuff, I started listening more of those just to, like, learn more about, you know, how food hits you versus how insulin hits you and Mhmm. (25:34) How the timing is so critical and the amount. (25:38) Eventually, I switched to a pump. (25:40) So when the time came where I wanted to switch to a pump, I definitely listened to some episodes around that just to gather more information, more people's real life experiences. (25:49) I definitely listened to a bunch of the, interviews with the employees of Dexcom, Omnipod.
Claire (25:59) All of those, just found really interesting just to learn more about the products and the technology.
Scott Benner (26:04) Interesting. (26:04) When do you think what year was it when you started listening?
Claire (26:08) It was I think I learned about it. (26:12) It was probably, like, 2016, '17. (26:16) And then I went through phases of listening to episodes and then kinda taking a break. (26:20) But I definitely lean more into the listening more episodes around when Dexcom is going from g five, g six, g seven, when Omnipod came out with the Omnipod five.
Scott Benner (26:33) Wow. (26:33) You've been listening for
Claire (26:34) about that.
Scott Benner (26:35) A long time.
Claire (26:37) Yeah. (26:37) Yeah. (26:38) Because I think I started you know, over the ten year history I've had with diabetes, I think I started pretty early on. (26:44) But it was more just, like, dabbling here and there, and then seeking out the episodes that I thought I would gain more from.
Scott Benner (26:51) Yeah.
Claire (26:52) And I had met my husband. (26:53) Iron ironically, I met my husband one month after I was diagnosed. (26:57) So he has never known me as someone without type one.
Scott Benner (27:00) Okay.
Claire (27:00) Like, that's kind of a fun fact. (27:02) But he and I on some road trips with us into some episodes, because as you can search through the episodes, we would find some more, like, about the support person or yeah. (27:14) There were a couple that had that were more focused on, like, the person with type one and their their partner
Scott Benner (27:19) Mhmm.
Claire (27:20) In that way. (27:20) So we listened to something like that, and, you know, it it was cute because we're like, oh, yeah. (27:24) We can kinda relate to that too. (27:26) And then we wanted to start a family so that we started listening together often to the episodes you did with Jenny, about type one in pregnancy.
Scott Benner (27:34) Oh, okay. (27:35) So you did take them seriously back in the day when they were like, you have to tell us a year before you're ready.
Claire (27:40) Yeah. (27:40) I was like, okay. (27:41) I'm gonna start with these episodes, and then okay. (27:43) So Jenny wrote a book. (27:45) Okay.
Scott Benner (27:46) And you and you you did you use Jenny's book?
Claire (27:49) I did.
Scott Benner (27:50) Good book. (27:50) Yeah.
Claire (27:51) It lived next to my bed at all times.
Scott Benner (27:54) Yeah. (27:54) Yeah. (27:55) This is something can I ask, like I wanna get back into that, but I I'm gonna ask, like, a question that's more for me? (28:01) Yeah. (28:01) It's more for me and no one else listening.
Scott Benner (28:04) I I love that I love it. (28:06) You're not like a you're not like a crazy wait. (28:09) That was the wrong word. (28:10) I love all you that listen every day. (28:12) You're not like somebody who yeah.
Scott Benner (28:13) You're not a rabid fan, but you you have enjoyed the podcast. (28:17) It's done a lot for you. (28:19) You've been in and out of it over, you know, almost a decade, really.
Claire (28:22) Mhmm.
Scott Benner (28:22) Who am I to you? (28:25) Like, am I I don't even wanna put a word in your mouth. (28:28) Like, if if like, describe who I am in your life or though the podcast if it's harder to talk about me while you're talking to me.
Claire (28:35) I feel like a podcast is probably like the first one that comes to mind is coach. (28:42) Right? (28:42) Like somebody who's kinda always always there for you if you need them, but they're not they're there for you if you need them, but they're not gonna be, like, knocking on your door every day.
Scott Benner (28:51) Mhmm.
Claire (28:51) Right? (28:55) Yeah. (28:55) Kinda like coach, a guide, maybe like may maybe not like a grandfather, but like a godfather. (29:03) You know?
Scott Benner (29:04) Thank you. (29:04) That was very nice of you.
Claire (29:05) Yeah. (29:06) Jesus Christ. (29:07) No. (29:07) No. (29:07) But just like you don't have that family tie no.
Claire (29:09) No. (29:09) Not to age you. (29:10) Sorry. (29:11) That that was not my intent with that. (29:12) But more just like, you know, people have godparents, right, that are not their bloodline
Scott Benner (29:17) I
Claire (29:17) see. (29:17) But they're always gonna be there for them. (29:19) So you've got that one degree of separation. (29:20) Like, they're not gonna be at every, you know, Thanksgiving, Christmas. (29:22) They're not knocking on your door, but they're always there if you need them.
Scott Benner (29:25) Yeah. (29:25) But if you showed up at their house, they're they're not gonna lead you wrong or anything like that.
Claire (29:28) Right.
Scott Benner (29:29) Yeah. (29:29) Right. (29:29) And they'll and they'll stop and look at you and and be like, alright. (29:32) What do you need? (29:33) And Yeah.
Scott Benner (29:33) Yeah. (29:34) Yeah. (29:34) Yeah.
Claire (29:35) Like, you're calling me and not your parents. (29:37) What did you do?
Scott Benner (29:38) We've by the way, as you get older, everyone at some point has that experience where someone else's kid shows up to you and you're like, oh, well, I see what's happening now. (29:47) Alright.
Claire (29:47) Yeah.
Scott Benner (29:48) Yeah. (29:48) This is weird, but I'll I'll get in. (29:51) Okay. (29:52) And I'm not don't wanna again, I I don't wanna lead you at all. (29:56) Does this seem like a thing to you, or does it seem like what do I mean by this?
Scott Benner (30:03) You know how if you do you listen to any other podcasts?
Claire (30:09) I dabble with a lot of pod
Scott Benner (30:11) Okay. (30:11) Okay. (30:11) Great. (30:12) So have you heard, like I'm trying to pick one with, like, a lot of famous people. (30:15) Have you heard of Smartlist?
Scott Benner (30:17) No. (30:17) No. (30:18) What are some of the more famous ones you listen to?
Claire (30:23) I have talking about rabid fans, I am a big college football fan, so listen to some college football podcast.
Scott Benner (30:29) Okay.
Claire (30:29) Kinda silly. (30:32) But diabetes wise, there are a couple other diabetes ones that Sure. (30:37) I've listened to, but probably more juice box than anything else.
Scott Benner (30:39) I mean, like, I mean, like see, I I might not be getting to this correctly. (30:43) Like, do you listen to any any podcast that have, like, an actual famous person in it? (30:51) No. (30:51) No. (30:51) Okay.
Scott Benner (30:52) Really? (30:52) So your podcasts are more people with information or conversations that you're interested in hearing. (30:58) They're niche y.
Claire (30:59) Yeah.
Scott Benner (31:00) Yeah. (31:00) Okay. (31:01) And so and I do I seem to fit into that category pretty well for you?
Claire (31:05) Yeah. (31:06) Like, you're definitely famous in the diabetes community.
Scott Benner (31:08) Man, that's that's just there. (31:10) Like, I've But Yeah.
Claire (31:11) But you're not on, like, Taylor Swift, Kelvin.
Scott Benner (31:14) Oh, no. (31:15) Stop. (31:15) Stop. (31:15) Stop. (31:15) No.
Scott Benner (31:16) That's not what it wasn't my point. (31:17) But to go back to your point, like, the if you if you would see it at a diabetes event, it is crazy. (31:24) Like like, I'm still not right with it. (31:28) But if you drop me in a place where everyone has diabetes, I am I am famous. (31:34) It's it's in that spot.
Scott Benner (31:35) And then it's a great relief to be able to walk outside and, like, no one know who you are. (31:40) But I didn't expect, obviously, it's not a thing you expect, but that's not why I was asking. (31:45) What I was asking was is do I or does the podcast seem like this big shiny produced thing that someone's delivering to you, or does it still seem like I'm sitting in a room with a microphone?
Claire (31:58) I kinda feel like you're I don't that's a tricky one. (32:03) I I feel like you're sitting in a room with the microphone. (32:07) Like, it everything's very real. (32:08) It doesn't seem like you have an agenda or you're like you know, it doesn't seem like you're doing anything more than just really trying to help as many people as possible with the this medium
Scott Benner (32:21) of That's what I wanted to know. (32:22) Thank you. (32:23) I'm sorry it took us so long to get to it, I didn't wanna lead you to But I wanted to Claire's like, listen. (32:28) Could you just, like, let's get back to my story? (32:30) But I
Claire (32:31) No. (32:31) No. (32:31) No.
Scott Benner (32:31) I just
Claire (32:32) was like, I wanna answer this truthfully, but also, like and I wanted to answer it truthfully and honestly, but I was also like, oh, I hope I'm not going the wrong way.
Scott Benner (32:41) No. (32:41) You're not there's no right way to go. (32:42) Just whatever you say is what you say. (32:45) I I I was trying to figure out as this thing has grown if I'm successfully keeping it what it was. (32:54) That's what I want.
Scott Benner (32:55) Like, I want it to be me in here sharing things that I've heard, things that I've tried, things that other people have told me about, your story, a little bit of, like, technology from companies where, you know, when we can get a hold of it without turning into, you know, like, some, to you ever use your word, like, rabid YouTuber who's just, like, jamming. (33:16) Like, did you know that dexcom. (33:18) You know, dexcom. (33:18) Dexcom. (33:19) Dexcom.
Scott Benner (33:19) I know that I know that people click on dexcom videos, so I'm gonna make a thousand dexcom videos. (33:23) Or I'm gonna jump out and talk about, like, hey. (33:26) I heard that there's a new pump coming next year. (33:28) Did you know somebody was gonna, I think somebody's working on a a cure, like, all that kind of clickbaity that that Mhmm. (33:34) I just think is I think it's, like, garbage filler.
Scott Benner (33:37) And, like, you know, and sometimes, like, to your point, like, sometimes there's actually something to say, and it's nice to get a little update. (33:44) But this, like, making content every week, it's really just supposed to get people to click on it. (33:49) You know? (33:49) Like, watch me, you know, like, is there a reason to watch somebody put on their device? (33:53) Yeah.
Scott Benner (33:54) I think that can be really helpful. (33:56) Does there need to be a thousand videos of people putting on their devices? (34:00) You know? (34:01) Yeah. (34:02) I don't wanna be involved in that, I get I guess is what I'm saying.
Scott Benner (34:06) So I was just trying to see if from your perspective, because of how you've listened off and on, but still connected over at different times. (34:15) And, you know, also, we're about to talk about you making a baby with diabetes, and I'm gonna guess that that I'm gonna hope it went well, and I'm gonna think that
Claire (34:22) Oh, yeah.
Scott Benner (34:23) A lot of that came from from what you learned from here. (34:25) So, I appreciate you sharing that with me very much. (34:28) Thank you. (34:29) And, so what happened? (34:31) You decided you wanted to have a baby.
Scott Benner (34:33) You went and told your endocrinologist. (34:34) You kept your husband away from you for twelve months, and then you began to have a baby. (34:37) Is that how it worked?
Claire (34:39) Kind of.
Scott Benner (34:40) Really? (34:41) Go ahead. (34:41) Tell me what happened.
Claire (34:42) Kind of. (34:44) Well, my husband and I, we got married. (34:46) We knew we wanna start a family. (34:47) He knew the situation where it's like, okay. (34:49) We gotta tell the endo a year in advance.
Claire (34:53) And then I just started really honing in on, you know, alright. (34:58) What are our goals during pregnancy? (35:00) How do we get there? (35:02) And then trying to connect the dots. (35:04) I definitely listened to several of the episodes that that you made interviewing women with type one and their pregnancies, talking with Jenny, bought Jenny's book.
Claire (35:16) So I started doing my homework. (35:17) Right? (35:18) Mhmm. (35:19) Talking to my doctor, making small little changes. (35:22) And I I know you've interviewed, like, several women with type one pregnancies.
Claire (35:26) And so I think a lot of things that I had heard, I would say same same here, you know, just tightening my CGM time and range, just kinda going from, you know, what kind of the blanket 70 to one eighty that most people have their CGM set at
Scott Benner (35:44) or are
Claire (35:44) told to set their CGMs at. (35:46) Just bumping down that that one eighty gradually over time.
Scott Benner (35:51) What was your a one c goal for pregnancy?
Claire (35:57) My endo, OB, MFM oh, I had a prepregnancy consultation with MFM. (36:02) Yeah. (36:02) I I was doing my homework. (36:04) Their goal for me is to be under six and a half at conception and then preferably under six during the pregnancy. (36:11) And I think I was I definitely met both those goals.
Claire (36:14) I think I was under six the whole the whole pregnancy.
Scott Benner (36:16) Yeah. (36:18) MFM I'm sorry. (36:19) Monday football my my name is?
Claire (36:21) Monday night football. (36:22) Yeah. (36:23) Maternal fetal medicine.
Scott Benner (36:24) Gotcha.
Claire (36:25) High risk pregnancy doctor.
Scott Benner (36:26) I knew. (36:27) I just for other people. (36:28) You you know?
Claire (36:29) Oh, yeah. (36:29) Yeah.
Scott Benner (36:29) Yeah. (36:30) Yeah. (36:30) I know everything, so it's not I I make a podcast. (36:33) How would I not know?
Claire (36:34) Yeah. (36:35) And you've definitely interviewed women with type one.
Scott Benner (36:37) Yeah. (36:37) I actually I did. (36:38) Pregnancy. (36:38) I was not following what MFM was. (36:40) I just want to I I just wanna be clear.
Scott Benner (36:43) No. (36:44) Those episodes are really interesting. (36:46) Like, to because it separates the line between, you know, I don't know, your mental health in diabetes and your physical health in it. (36:56) Because what it what I think what those pregnant women show over and over again, what you showed was that all these health outcomes specific to diabetes are very doable and you can accomplish them. (37:07) They're not impossible.
Scott Benner (37:09) But almost every one of those ladies says, like, the baby came out, I was like, oh, I'm so happy. (37:15) I don't have to do it like that anymore. (37:17) Did that happen to you?
Claire (37:19) At first, yes. (37:20) Because it was just you know, life was crazy at first. (37:22) Mhmm. (37:24) But then I started to wanna switch gears into getting that better control. (37:29) But at this phase of my life, I feel like I don't have as much energy or bandwidth to dedicate to it like I did when I was pregnant.
Claire (37:38) Like, when I was pregnant, there was you know, I didn't have a toddler running around. (37:43) You know, my work schedule is pretty same every day. (37:46) There there was a lot of I had a lot of control and autonomy over my time. (37:52) So I could do those really long pre boluses in the third trimester, and I could count all the macros and all my meals. (37:59) And I could prepare all my food all the time and and stuff like that.
Claire (38:02) Oh, got a little spike there. (38:03) Let me go for a walk. (38:04) So I had all of that going for me too.
Scott Benner (38:07) Right.
Claire (38:07) And I didn't it was fine at the time. (38:10) Everything worked out. (38:11) But I was like, okay. (38:11) Long term, don't know if I wanna do exactly that much effort. (38:16) I don't know if I can.
Claire (38:19) But it was when I was pregnant, it's so funny because people would talk about how tired you are. (38:23) And I was tired, but at the same time, I felt like I had great energy. (38:28) And I think it was because my blood sugar was so tightly controlled. (38:31) Like, I think mentally, I was, like, felt great because my you know, I wasn't getting these big swings. (38:37) My blood sugar control was tight.
Claire (38:39) I had great time in rain. (38:40) I was sleeping pretty well with having good blood sugars overnight, stuff like that. (38:45) So it was just very interesting to look back on. (38:50) And what what I thought the coolest part about being pregnant with type one was having that CGM information was like an extra vital sign. (38:59) Like, I could tell my body was making this baby placenta.
Claire (39:05) Everything was going on because of how my CGM numbers were shaping out, you know, because I was getting a little more insulin resistance. (39:13) So that was just so cool. (39:13) Like, that's something that people with type one don't get to experience during their pregnancy. (39:18) I thought that
Scott Benner (39:19) was cool. (39:19) Yeah. (39:19) That's awesome. (39:20) So that's pretty great. (39:22) How do you did you just make one, or have you made more since then?
Claire (39:26) No. (39:26) Just one for now.
Scott Benner (39:27) Just one for now. (39:28) How old how old is that one right now?
Claire (39:30) He's about three and
Scott Benner (39:32) a half. (39:32) Yeah. (39:32) His name's Scott, by any chance?
Claire (39:35) No. (39:35) But when we were going through the names, once we knew it was a boy, you know, we did throw that in the list. (39:40) We were like, oh, should we name him Scott?
Scott Benner (39:42) Thank you. (39:43) Did it stay for more than a day or no on the list?
Claire (39:46) I don't know if it made the official list.
Scott Benner (39:47) Maybe it made
Claire (39:48) the long list but not the short list.
Scott Benner (39:49) Did you see that somebody got a tattoo yesterday that says bold with insulin on it?
Claire (39:53) No. (39:54) That's great.
Scott Benner (39:55) It's a juice box. (39:56) The microphone's coming out of the top instead of a straw. (39:58) It says bold with insulin. (39:59) I am taking that as almost the same as a, as a baby name. (40:03) Somebody immediately jumped in and said, well, you'll notice he didn't name a baby after you.
Scott Benner (40:08) And I said, no. (40:09) This is this is pretty I think a baby naming would be the pinnacle. (40:13) And then I and then I stopped myself, and I said, well, maybe not the pinnacle. (40:16) The pinnacle would be if you had a baby named it Scott and then got in a bolt with Insulin tattoo. (40:19) But All
Claire (40:21) at the same time.
Scott Benner (40:21) Yeah. (40:21) Yeah.
Claire (40:22) On the same day.
Scott Benner (40:23) Then I would be like, I won. (40:24) It's over. (40:24) I'm I'm done. (40:25) I'm not even gonna make the podcast anymore. (40:27) But, no, being being super serious, it was really lovely and strange to see somebody, like, tattoo something on them that's from this podcast.
Scott Benner (40:42) Like, it's a real leap. (40:44) You know what I mean? (40:45) Like, I I I I and I know the I I know enough about the person's life to know that they, I I don't think I'm speaking for them. (40:52) I think they feel like their vision is intact because of me. (40:55) And that's, you know, a big it's a, obviously, a big deal.
Scott Benner (40:58) But at the same time, like, from my perspective, I was like, wow. (41:02) That's surreal. (41:03) Surreal is the only real world to to put to it. (41:05) That is not a thing. (41:07) That was not on my bingo card as they say.
Scott Benner (41:09) Yeah. (41:10) Yeah. (41:10) That somebody was gonna be like, hey. (41:11) I got a bold with insulin tattoo. (41:13) I'm like, oh my god.
Scott Benner (41:13) That make that I felt pressure. (41:14) I'm like, I don't have a I don't have a tattoo about the podcast. (41:19) Like, do I have to do it now? (41:21) But but, nevertheless, it was it was really lovely. (41:24) And I appreciate you even pretending for a minute to consider naming your child, Scott.
Scott Benner (41:28) Thank you. (41:29) And that, for people who don't know, is just a running joke through the pregnancy episodes where women are always like, oh my god. (41:35) I had such a healthy pregnancy because you, and I was like, but not healthy enough to name your baby after me. (41:41) So
Claire (41:41) yeah. (41:41) Yeah. (41:42) Yeah. (41:42) But it is. (41:43) It's definitely in the in the episode.
Scott Benner (41:45) So Yeah.
Claire (41:45) When the time came, we were, you know, joking around and about what to name our son. (41:51) And we we found out really early what, gender we were having, which I appreciate because then we had extra time to try and think about the name.
Scott Benner (41:58) Yeah. (41:59) How do you find out early? (42:00) Was he like, are you bragging? (42:01) Was he, like did he ever really, like how do you
Claire (42:05) Well, he was never shy on the ultrasound, but, as a high risk pregnancy, you get a bunch of blood tests done at, like, about ten weeks, including the gender. (42:16) They can find out the gender through a blood test when you're ten weeks pregnant.
Scott Benner (42:19) Oh, I thought maybe, like, in every, like, image, the kid was just, like, Spread Eagle, like, jamming his balls towards the camera or something like that. (42:25) He's like, it's me. (42:26) I'm here.
Claire (42:28) I'm here.
Scott Benner (42:30) Take a look at these, my friend. (42:31) You're gonna have a boy. (42:34) You're
Claire (42:34) like, it's definitely a boy, and he's not shy.
Scott Benner (42:37) Then you had a lot of time to think about the name. (42:39) That's awesome.
Claire (42:40) Yeah.
Scott Benner (42:40) Yeah. (42:40) Yeah. (42:40) Yeah. (42:40) I like that idea. (42:41) So you were you felt really now it's how many years later?
Scott Benner (42:44) Three, you just say?
Claire (42:45) Mhmm. (42:45) Yeah.
Scott Benner (42:46) Do do you still love the name or do you are are you like have you had one of those moments? (42:49) Like, oh, we should've went with the other name.
Claire (42:51) No. (42:52) But we did take our time deciding because we're, like, so on the fence and, like, you know, first name, middle name that, the records department. (42:59) Somebody was calling our hospital phone, and they're like, you have to name this kid before you leave the hospital. (43:04) I was like, okay. (43:04) I'm kinda busy right now.
Claire (43:05) Oh. (43:05) Call you back.
Scott Benner (43:06) That happened to us with Cole because my wife and I were still we were horse trading. (43:12) I was I I know I've said this before, and it's probably not appropriate to talk about, but, you know, I have a podcast. (43:18) There's not much I can do. (43:19) She wanted to name him Nicholas, and I wanted to name him Cole. (43:23) And she wanted to get him circumcised, and I was living through that part in time where people are like, don't do that to get boys.
Scott Benner (43:30) And I was like, I don't know if we should, even though in, candor or clear, I am. (43:35) And so, like, we're busy having that conversation and just we're in the hospital, and I said, you can circumcise him if I can call him Cole. (43:43) And she was like, okay. (43:44) That's Like, deal.
Claire (43:46) Strike on it.
Scott Benner (43:47) That's how, yeah, that's how his name ended up being Cole. (43:50) But so you were but we had the same experience where they were, like they came into the room. (43:54) They're like, you gotta name this baby. (43:57) Yeah. (43:57) And we were like, hey.
Scott Benner (43:58) We're in the middle of it. (44:00) Like, it's you know? (44:01) Yeah.
Claire (44:02) Kinda busy here.
Scott Benner (44:02) Yeah. (44:03) I'm busy. (44:03) I'm busy. (44:04) I'm I'm my my wife and I are trading right now. (44:06) Like, we're getting to it.
Scott Benner (44:07) Don't worry about it. (44:08) It's all gonna work out.
Claire (44:10) The negotiations in the process.
Scott Benner (44:12) Also, everything in our relationship is, like, a it's we are so different than each other that everything turns out to be, like, I don't know, like that. (44:20) Know she said something the other day, and I responded back, and Arden looks at me and goes, yo, man, read the room. (44:29) I was like, he's like I'm like, what did she he goes she said to me, whatever you're about to say, just keep it to yourself. (44:36) She's not a she's not into this at all. (44:39) And I was like, your mom can handle a tough conversation.
Scott Benner (44:42) And she goes, not now. (44:43) She's not looking for it right now. (44:46) And I called I called Kelly's name, and she she had headphones on. (44:49) She's working. (44:49) And she's wearing headphones so that, you know, she I don't know what she honestly, I don't know what she does when she's she does a lot of really technical reading and seems to be doing something else in her ears at the same time.
Scott Benner (44:59) And, like, you know, I bothered her enough that she had to take one of the headphones off, and I asked her the question, and she just glared at me and put the headphone back on and turned away. (45:07) And and Arden looks at me, and she's like, I told you.
Claire (45:10) Like, I told you so.
Scott Benner (45:12) It's like I was like, I will not be disrespectful of your mother. (45:15) I was like, she can handle this. (45:17) She's like, she might be able to handle it, but she's not looking for you right now. (45:20) And I was like, no. (45:21) You're making a point.
Scott Benner (45:22) Anyway, that that's all neither here nor there. (45:25) So okay. (45:26) So let's go through it a little bit. (45:28) You, start making that baby.
Claire (45:30) Mhmm.
Scott Benner (45:31) What do you experience during the first trimester? (45:33) When does it pivot? (45:34) How do you pivot with it? (45:36) How many times do things change throughout the process?
Claire (45:39) Yeah. (45:39) A lot.
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