Episode 15: Your Big Sisters Mother

Welcome to the Chronically Will Podcast where we have real conversations with community that need to be heard. On this episode you will hear from Brittany. Brittany was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes 4 months after her 20 Birthday! In this episode Brittany will talk about motherhood with Diabetes and mothering and nurturing even her younger siblings. At 20 years old her pediatrician gave her a Type 2 diagnosis. Yes, a pediatrician without any blood work. After that original Type 2 diagnosis she did everything as far as health, wellness and diet to render this new diagnosis. Although she lost significant weight none of this changed her insulin for nearly 2 years! When she went to an endocrinologist and they finally did the blood tests and told her directly, "no matter what you do, you'll need insulin...you're a type 1 diabetic!" For those two years, gratefully her struggles weren't necessarily hard as she was still going through a honeymoon phase! This diagnosis was and continues to be a significant mental burden on her own life, like many of us living with chronic health conditions. Brittany gifts so much knowledge in understanding a whole approach to health (physical, mental, spiritual) so that she can be at her ultimate best version of self. In this episode Brittany and I speak a ton about generational health, including traumas and stigmas. We all need a community to be able to express our truths unprovoked while intentionally and unapologetically being ourselves. In the early years of diagnosis, she really began to understand and see what people truly did not know about diabetes, including her endocrinologist and this helped her learn more. Because as she said being diagnosed with diabetes due to the information that was lacking, it was a death sentence. Brittany, you are a pure gem! The Jewels you share about being diagnosed as a young adult in college, child baring with diabetes, going in DKA without an understanding of what it meant, are all information that needs to be heard! Follow Brittany on Instagram instagram.com/lux_meliora/ Follow Chronically Will Podcast on Instagram Host Willie Streets aka T1DArtist instagram.com/t1dartist ChronicallyWillPodcast instagram.com/chronicallywillpodcast ⁠⁠If you would like to be a guest view the google interest form here: ⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/18cBV_vHO5a3WB1tFIP4pg14hGwRA0rJptI3l1FC6iDo/edit?pli=1⁠⁠ “You can make an impact on the future of diabetes healthcare, treatments, and technology by participating in the T1D Exchange Registry. It starts with a simple online survey about your life with T1D. It takes 15 minutes!” ⁠https://t1dexchange.org/will-streets/#⁠ Mentions in this episode: Dexcom https://www.dexcom.com/ TrialNet https://www.trialnet.org The Body Keeps Score (Book) The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma