Managing Type 1 Diabetes




OPB's Think Out Loud show

Summary: Brynna Hurwitz grew up with a dad with type 1 diabetes, and now has a six-year-old son who has been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. She was recently diagnosed herself with late onset type 1 diabetes. She joins us, along with Providence endocrinologist Elizabeth Stephens, to talk about the constant vigilance it takes to manage her life day-to-day, and about some of the differences between type 1 and the much more common type 2.