News Updates and Real Voices on Aging with Type 1 Diabetes and Updates from the World of Diabetes at Large
There’s power in storytelling and sharing, especially when it comes to navigating the ups and downs of aging with Type 1 diabetes.
In this section, you’ll find real-life experiences from people who have lived with T1D for decades. Their stories offer insight, comfort, laughter, and sometimes hard-won wisdom. Whether you’re looking for practical tips, a sense of connection, or simply the reassurance that someone else gets it, these shared journeys remind us that we’re stronger together. Every story matters—and yours does, too.
If you’d like to share your adventures and challenges, we welcome your journey! Please contact us and we’ll follow up with you.
Here you’ll also find updates from the world relevant to Type 1 Diabetics including in science, technology, publications, research, and more. Keep up to date with this section so you can stay up to date and the best advocate for yourself.
Gluroo: Comprehensive T1D Support to Simplify Management
SAVE THE DATE! March 3rd, 5pm PT/8pm ET. Let’s learn about Gluroo with Greg Badros, founder and father of person with T1D. This event will allow for Q&A, and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel.
Wellness Wednesday with AARP Senior Planet – Getting to Know Diabetes And How We Age With It
SAVE THE DATE! March 4th, 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET. Wellness Wednesday with AARP Senior Planet Presents “Getting to Know Diabetes – And How We Age With It” (as part of the Lunch and Learn series). Featuring Julia Blanchette, PhD, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, Joanne Milo (T1Dto100), and Laurie Harper (T1Dto100).
The Wit and Wisdom of Fran Carpentier: 57 Years with Type 1 Diabetes
“I think that my first husband felt that I made life hard for us. I couldn’t be as spontaneous as he probably wanted me to be. You know this was pre-insulin pumps and CGMs. We were young, he wanted to go out and do things and I felt I had to do things a certain way to keep my sugar really well-controlled. I think I’m the most fun person in the room, but he felt that I was a wet blanket. There was probably truth to it forty years ago. Today, technology has freed up life for us T1Ds. Of course that freedom means relying on all manner of medical apparatus and being visible about it.”
Museum curator, 77, Learns Gen Z (AAVE) Slang and Goes Viral: “Honestly, she ate.”
The National Gallery of Art’s deputy head of sculpture stepped behind a 16th-century urn and began to describe it to the camera. “Chat, I’m about to buss it down Roman Empire style,” said Alison Luchs, 77, using Gen Z slang she recently learned. “Haters will say this urn is mid, but they don’t know we’ve clocked its tea.”
Aging with T1D: In Living Color
Haidee Merrit is a New Hampshire-based artist best known in theT1D community as a cartoonist whose three books of diabetes-themed cartoons and illustrations share a humorous, and often edgy, take on life as a type one. She is also a colorful artist whose works are vibrant and lively, often featuring vividly detailed insects or splashy abstract landscapes. She met with us at T1Dto100 to talk about what led her to her specific art forms and her philosophy about living with T1D.
When the Doctor Needs a Checkup
A summary of a New York Times article depicting the struggle of doctors as they age out of their careers and best practices for addressing the issue.
TCOYD Podcast Ep 92: Inflammation and Diabetes with Dr. Jennie Luna
Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) hosts Dr. Steve Edelman and Dr. Jeremy Pettus sit down with endocrinologist Dr. Jennie Luna to discuss inflammation and diabetes.
How to Spot the Subtle Thinking Patterns That Can Accelerate Dementia
A recent study suggests that constant, repetitive patterns of negative thinking, a ‘fatalistic attitude’, could lead to earlier onset or amplified symptoms of dementia. In short, constant negative thinking could cause or amplify dementia.
Standards of Care: Who Defines it, How, and Why it Matters
The American Diabetes Association’s “Standard of Care” audience is not your average consumer. It’s clinicians. The intention is that clinicians treat ratings as a starting point, then consider exceptions and carve-outs to determine whether the intervention is appropriate for a given patient. With very few exceptions, the term “standard of care” is rarely ever a simple statement of support with no carve-outs.
LGBTQ+ Webinar
For more information about issues facing LGBTQ+ older adults, please check out the Justice in Aging upcoming webinar with SAGE and Lambda Legal.