EPISODE · Sep 2, 2025 · 34 MIN
Series 4 episode 5. Jerry Gore and Rob Andrews. Living life on the edge with Type 1 diabetes.
from One in Six Billion · host Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd
Jerry Gore has always lived life on the edge; he had tackled some of the highest, and most inhospitable mountain climbs in the world before he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes aged 40. His Type 1 diabetes has not held him back and he has learnt how to live well with his Type 1 diabetes when climbing at extreme altitude and bitter cold. He helps people living with Type 1 diabetes throughout the world, especially in S E Asia as co-founder of Action4Diabetes (A4D). Rob Andrews is a national expert helping people with Type 1 diabetes to adapt their diabetes care so they can do any extreme activity including mountaineering, long distance swimming, and endurance cycling.Send a text
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Jerry Gore has always lived life on the edge; he had tackled some of the highest, and most inhospitable mountain climbs in the world before he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes aged 40. His Type 1 diabetes has not held him back and he has learnt how to live well with his Type 1 diabetes when climbing at extreme altitude and bitter cold. He helps people living with Type 1 diabetes throughout the world, especially in S E Asia as co-founder of Action4Diabetes (A4D). Rob Andrews is a...
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