When life gets chaotic, blood sugars don’t wait for you to catch up — and this week, Mike and Jack are back with seven brutally honest truths from the frontline of T1D life. From spooky sugar spikes and dodgy Libre sensors to quitting vapes, meal-prep wins, and the unholy combo of pasta and garlic bread... this one’s part confessional, part comedy, all real.

In This Episode:

• 🎨 Jack’s painting session victory — five hours in perfect range!

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• 📱 Libre dramas and customer service redemption arcs

• 💪 Mike’s fight to get back on track (and proud dad moment for Riley)

• 🚬 The great vaping struggle — what do you replace it with when food means insulin?

• 🍝 The carbonara comeback: when pasta returns to haunt your blood sugar

• 🧠 Dawn phenomenon, fasting, and the myth of “herbal insulin cures”

• 🐔 The KFC confession — and the shockingly smooth glucose curve that followed

  
  

💬 Quote of the Episode:

“We get the pancreas person stuff… and then the other stuff. It’s heavier for us.”

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🔗 External Resource: Diabetes UK – Managing Type 1

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This week, we’re diving into 2 wins, 2 breakdowns, and one massive comeback in our Type 1 Diabetes lives. If you’re here for perfect graphs and flawless time-in-range, you’re on the wrong podcast. But if you want honesty, swearing, laughter, and actual real-life T1D chaos — welcome home. ❤️

In this episode, we talk mental health, time-in-range battles, Libre vs Dexcom drama, night-time spikes, morning glory (yep, still a thing), and why sometimes the biggest win is just not rage bolusing yourself into oblivion.

We also bring back Win of the Week and admit which one of us is addicted to crisps. Again.

In this episode:

• 😅 Mike vs Freddy Krueger blood sugars

• 🧠 Jack’s mental reset and climbing out of a rough patch

• 💉 Basal timing, morning injections, and CGM chaos

• 🥘 Bacon rolls, snacks, and late-night biscuit demons

• 📈 Time-in-range face-off (someone wasn’t happy…)

  
  

🔥 Quote of the Week:
“If you didn’t miss us, you’re not listening anyway — so it doesn’t matter.”

We’re also bringing back Listener Wins, and this time we want VOICE NOTES — WhatsApp, Instagram, email, or carrier pigeon. If you send one, there’s a genuine chance Mike will post you a T-shirt he definitely hasn’t printed yet.

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Ever wondered what happens when two blokes with Type 1 diabetes turn the mics on without a plan? Welcome to pure, unfiltered chaos. In this week’s episode, Mike and Jack catch up after a few mad weeks of illness, insulin changes, and life just… lifing.

From Dexcom delivery dramas to FA First Aid fails (seriously, no diabetes section?!) — this one’s a raw, real look at life with Type 1 diabetes when nothing quite goes right. Jack opens up about his new ADHD diagnosis, Mike reveals he’s now a qualified football coach, and both admit their blood sugars are on a rollercoaster that refuses to stop.

It’s messy, funny, and painfully relatable. You’ll hear about hypos at football, highs at work, sugary tea diplomacy, and how pizza becomes a tactical insulin mission. Basically — no structure, no script, just the two of them chatting absolute T1D chaos.

💬 Highlights:

• Mike’s new insulin switch… and why his nights are a hypo marathon

• Jack’s Libra frustrations (and evidence file ready for court 🤣)

• ADHD diagnosis & how it affects daily diabetes life

• Pizza bolus strategy that actually works (kind of)

• Random snacks, sugary tea logic, and a few too many jelly babies

🔥 Quote of the Episode:“If you find a purpose for this episode… we applaud you.” – Mike

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🔗 External Resource:
Learn more about living with T1D: Diabetes UK – Life with Type 1 Diabetes