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Managing Type 1 Diabetes doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
Each 5-minute episode of Your Best T1D Year is packed with practical strategies, mindset shifts, and a little humor to help you feel more in control and less frustrated by diabetes.
Hosted by Neil Greathouse, this Monday, Wednesday, and Friday podcast delivers quick, relatable episodes that make learning about T1D effortless - so you can build small wins that lead to big changes.
📅 New episodes drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
🎧 Subscribe now and start making diabetes management feel easier - one small habit at a time.
Hey. I am Neil Greathouse, and this is your best t one d gear ever. And this is all about where managing type one diabetes just doesn't have to feel like an exhausting, never ending struggle. Now, if you've ever felt like diabetes is stealing every moment of your life, then this podcast is for you. Each one of these episodes is just, like, five minutes.
Neil:They're quick. They're practical. Maybe they're even a little bit of fun. You're gonna get some simple t one d strategies. You're gonna get some real talk from me, a little bit of encouragement to make life with diabetes feel easier, and we're gonna do it one small habit at a time.
Neil:Now I was diagnosed with type one diabetes thirty three years ago today. Yep. Today is my thirty third diiversary. And I was in the Air Force during flight training. I was really doing, like, my dream job.
Neil:It was everything that I wanted, and my pancreas shut down. I I didn't know what was going on. I'd never heard of diabetes before. Nobody in my family had it, but I just kept going. Right?
Neil:I was just pushing through a lot of the pain, and I didn't know. I thought the pain was from flight training. I lost a lot of weight. I was peeing nonstop. I was drinking water and some Doctor.
Neil:Peppers from the vending machine relentlessly. And then one weekend after I just kept throwing up, I went to class with my roommates, and we were walking back from training that day, and I just shut down. I stopped on the side of the road. I sat down on the curb, and I said, if if you guys don't call an ambulance, I think I'm gonna die. And they took me to the hospital.
Neil:They checked my blood sugar, and it was 1,800. I immediately got thrown on one of those those hospital beds with wheels on it. They took me up to an ICU room and and they got a lot of electrolytes, potassium in me. They got me on an insulin drip, and I spent a week in the hospital recovering. I literally went blind for a few days.
Neil:Everything was just blurry. And I remember my commanding officer came in the room. I'd only met him one other time, and he said, listen, your flying career is over, son. And that was it. Now because today is my diversary, that means I have spent over twelve thousand days making blood sugar decisions and really messing up plenty of them.
Neil:And for the first seven years after I was diagnosed, I ignored my diabetes completely. I was just injecting insulin, eating whatever I wanted. I was dropping low. I was going high. I was all willy nilly.
Neil:And then I finally just woke up one day. I realized I can't keep doing this. Now, the words of Top Gun, I was writing checks that my body couldn't cash. So I started researching, just digging in, figuring out how to manage type one. And I spent years learning, how do you simplify this chaos?
Neil:Because I refuse to let diabetes steal, like, every moment of my life. And so here's what I wish I had back then. I wish I had somebody who just got it. I wish I had some clear advice. No fluff, no frills, no BS.
Neil:And I wished I had some simple, doable habits that could actually make a difference. And that is why this podcast exists. This is not about perfect blood sugars. None of us have that. This is about learning how to manage type one in a way that works for real life.
Neil:So let's kick things off with a super simple habit that could maybe change your diabetes game this month. With this month of February, we are treating our lows with a glucose tablet. I know I know your brain wants the Nutter Butters. Right? Or the key lime pie or the handful of cereal at 2AM.
Neil:But but hear me out, glucose tablets work faster than most snacks. They won't spike us later like that, you know, just one cookie. It usually does. I'm just gonna have one cookie. They're exactly measured.
Neil:So we don't have to guess how much we need. Plus, if we replace all of our low snacks with a glucose tablet for one month, we could be saving ourselves thousands of calories, probably avoiding a few rebound highs too. Now, this month we're doing this challenge. February is all about switching to glucose tablets for a load. And every episode this month, I'm gonna give you some tips, a little bit of science, maybe some encouragement to help us with this habit.
Neil:Now listen, t one d is a lot. I don't have to tell you that, but you don't have to do this alone. And if diabetes has ever made you feel like you're failing, listen to me. You're not. We're learning.
Neil:We are adapting. Every small habit that we build is making things easier in the long run. And this podcast is just here to remind you that you're not doing a bad job, you're doing a difficult job. So new episodes drop every Monday, Wednesday, Friday. If you want some quick, simple type one diabetes strategies to make life easier, then hit the subscribe.
Neil:And if you want some free resources along the way, you can go to yourbestt1dyear.com and sign up for the newsletter. There's no gimmicks. There's no bait and switch. It's just real helpful stuff that I wish I had when I was diagnosed. That's it.
Neil:Okay. I'll see you in the next episode. Remember, you got this. Nobody remembers easy. What you're doing is pretty much incredible, and I'm excited to hear about your best t one d year ever.