Laura Johnson - Diabetes

06/07/2021 43 min Episodio 16

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Episode Synopsis

Differences in Type I & Type II
How to mitigate Type I through Lifestyle
Food is highly personal. Most celebrations surround food. We typically reward kids with food.
Laura's journey with Type II and how diabetes affects her life 

Discrimination and harassment from school to work
Feeling alone because no one in her life had diabetes; "Nobody knows what I am going through"
People with diabetes make, on average, 180 added daily decisions
As a Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse Practitioner, how Laura is making kids feel like they are NOT alone.