65. Stacey Simms on Having a Two Year Old with Type 1 Diabetes

<p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;">Broadcaster Stacey Simms tells us about having a son with type 1 diabetes and a funny story from her early news anchor days.</span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Check out her book <a href="https://diabetes-connections.com/shop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The World's Worst Diabetes Mom</a>.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stacey thinks you might like</span></p> <ul> <li> <p><a style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" href= "https://www.amazon.com/Bosch-Season-1/dp/B00I3MMLHC" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Bosch</a> <span style= "font-family: Georgia, serif;">on Amazon Prime</span></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Check out a couple of Stacey's guilty pleasures:</span>  <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The Wonderful World of Disney on <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney Plus</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdrz7xGo5LWOufKYDTBihFhmm9xxVjdZB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Squares</a> on YouTube</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/190745/Copy_of_Copy_of_Rachel_Schelb_episode_image.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></span></p> <p align="left"><span style= "font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;">Stacey's son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2006, one month before he turned two. She started blogging about her family's experience with T1D a few weeks later. She launched Diabetes Connections podcast in 2015 to educate and inspire about type 1 by sharing stories of connection. Her book, "The World's Worst Diabetes Mom" is a memoir/guide book where she shares her parenting philosophy of "not perfect, but