16 episodes

Thicker Than Water follows Laura developing type 1 diabetes at 60 years old. This show is the first time a journey starting from initial symptoms and diagnosis has been documented. We learn in real-time how Laura has to adjust her life to handle this complicated, chronic, potentially life-threatening, and ever-changing disease. Thicker Than Water is a show from Beta Cell Podcast, hosted by Craig Stubing.

Thicker Than Water Beta Cell Podcast

    • Health & Fitness
    • 5.0 • 1 Rating

Thicker Than Water follows Laura developing type 1 diabetes at 60 years old. This show is the first time a journey starting from initial symptoms and diagnosis has been documented. We learn in real-time how Laura has to adjust her life to handle this complicated, chronic, potentially life-threatening, and ever-changing disease. Thicker Than Water is a show from Beta Cell Podcast, hosted by Craig Stubing.

    Symptoms

    Symptoms

    In February 2019, Laura was feeling weird and went to her doctor to see what was wrong. After testing a fasting blood sugar of 300, they knew she had a type of diabetes but weren't sure which yet.

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    • 19 min
    Oh Blank

    Oh Blank

    Laura has been waiting a week for the test results that will show if she has type 1 or type 2 diabetes. She finally gets them.

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    Credit music: “Lean On Me” by Nina Ragonese

    • 15 min
    A New Tribe

    A New Tribe

    In this episode, one week after her diagnosis, Laura starts to adjust to her new life with type 1 diabetes.

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    Credit music: “Lean On Me” by Nina Ragonese

    • 15 min
    Stop Talking

    Stop Talking

    In this episode, just three weeks after being diagnosed, Laura is already trying to find the balance of how much she should be talking about diabetes.

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    Credit music: “Lean On Me” by Nina Ragonese

    • 14 min
    Ready For Takeoff

    Ready For Takeoff

    Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time, week by week. In this episode, Laura is preparing for her week long vacation in Arizona.

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    Credit music: “Lean On Me” by Nina Ragonese

    • 10 min
    The Trip

    The Trip

    In this episode, Craig meets Laura in Arizona to give her a Dexcom.

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    Credit music: “Lean On Me” by Nina Ragonese

    • 12 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
1 Rating

1 Rating

kimberlymac29 ,

I love listening to Laura’s new podcast.

Since I was diagnosed at 58 myself with type 1. I love all of her wisdom and out look towards type 1. I have tried some of her methods and it worked out great. We are not little kids but we are kids at heart.

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