October 20, 2016 • 4 mins
Jodi talks about what it's like living with Murphy...
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's Murphy Samon Jody after the show, just for being
a subscriber. Something that you'll hear only here and not
anywhere else. Thank goodness.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Right, yeah, breaks some loss. Now.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I had something that I wanted to share that, you know,
I hope in some way it helps somebody, especially if
somebody is a type one diabetic like me. Share this
with somebody because you know what you what you do
or you know, I don't know if you know this
and being a regular listener to the show or not,
but I'm a type one diabetic, have been since twenty
nine years old.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
You know.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Usually you're five or six years old when onset hits,
and so your one day life is normal, the next
day you're insulin dependent. There really isn't a whole lot
of in between. There's no way to prevent it. You
can't cause it. It's genetic. It is, it is, right right,
And so I've been living with it now for whatever
it is, eighteen nineteen years, and and there's still days
where it's it's just tough and you really want to
(00:54):
throw in the towel, you know, just because it is
the most aggravating thing in the world to have to man.
But it's it's tricky because there are worse things that
you can have. If you manage it, your life is
perfectly normal. You literally you you can go through life
without any complications whatsoever if you manage it like you're
supposed to. But managing it is a pain in the
behind because technology hasn't caught up. Most things are not automatic.
(01:18):
They I wear an insulin pump and you you know,
you can now regulate the new pump once I went
to the doctor the other day and then they're recommending
I consider it. Yeah, it does two things. It can
measure your blood sugar and it can dose. It's not
quite an artificial pancreas yet. It's you know, this doesn't
require surgery. You wear it outside. But it's still not perfect.
(01:39):
So you have to think and you have to manage.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
You can't let it completely control it.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
I can't imagine they could ever come up with one
that would be perfect, like what your pancreas would do,
because that's the faulty thing. When you a typewine diabetic,
your pancreas does not do what it's supposed to do,
so you have to do that. Mechanically is not the
right word, but manually.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
You're doing that. You're either giving I'm doing it with an.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Infusing perfect And that's the thing about watching you live
with this is that there are times when it's nothing
that you have done. In fact, it's never anything that
you've done to cause this to whammy you. But there
are days when I can you just definitely dealing with
high blood sugars and you've done you've not even eaten yet,
and you can't get it down, and you can't get
(02:22):
out of the fog. It's like being trapped in your
own body, right. It's kind of sad, it's very sad
to see, and then in an hour later it can
be perfectly normal.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Right. So that's actually the most frustrating part of it
is the part that gets out of it no matter
what you do, the out of control part. And I
suppose that's really where I'm trying to for anybody who
has that same thing and is dealing with that. You know,
if you can get your focus back on okay, it
will pass, you know, and your mind gets in the
right place. I guess, allow yourself to feel the frustration,
but realize, okay, then you just move on because you
(02:51):
don't have a choice.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
But to move on, you know.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
What I mean?
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Yeah, have you ever thought about I know we've talked
about this privately a long time ago. Have you ever
thought about going to a support group with other Type
one diabetics?
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah? I have.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
What's really weird?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I this still brings the cake to that.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
There was always a running joke about this though Type
one support groups that they exist, but they're tough, they're
tough to get everybody together because Type one diabetics typically
are very active people. And then that sounds, you know,
sure that we're you know, especially as adults, were busy
doing life. So I don't know how to explain it
to you other then it's it's it's not as large
(03:28):
as support group as type two or other.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Well then what about just one other person. There's nothing
like somebody going through what you have gone through exactly
to help you feel less alone. And I don't have this.
I'd live with you, but I don't live with it
with type one. I don't have it.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
So you're saying I need a support group, Well, I'm.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Just saying you need someone to talk to who has this.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Also, I think it does help possibly.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Really, My point was is that it's the longer you
have it, the easier it is to get frustrated because
you would rather have.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
It just go away.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
And it's not going to go away all long.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Is it going to be before there's a cure or
a permanent you know? Shaw well.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
And the thing is, I'm realistic about it. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
I don't expect there to be a cure in my lifetime.
And that part is the part that I'm okay with.
The problem is when the fog hits, it hits it,
it's the it's the worst possible combination because you're already
frustrated with dealing with it, but your your thoughts and
your emotions get skewed by the change in your blood
sugar and so all of a sudden you're just not
you for you know, a short period of time, which
(04:26):
drives me a little bit nuts.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
And it's not like we can, like in the commercials,
give you a snickers. You're not just hungry, no.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I know.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
But then you overcome it and you know, life's okay.
So hey, for what it's worth.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
If you know somebody who's a type one diabetic, it's funny,
you know, maybe share this because the flip side of
the Murphy, Sam and Jody thing is Sam and Jody
and Emily and producer David see this fairly regularly. You know,
for me, behind the scenes, we kind of have to
stop what we're doing for a minute while I get
it together, and then you know, yes
Speaker 2 (04:53):
We're going to talk about that in another after the
show break
It's Murphy Samon Jody after the show, just for being
a subscriber. Something that you'll hear only here and not
anywhere else. Thank goodness.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Right, yeah, breaks some loss. Now.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I had something that I wanted to share that, you know,
I hope in some way it helps somebody, especially if
somebody is a type one diabetic like me. Share this
with somebody because you know what you what you do
or you know, I don't know if you know this
and being a regular listener to the show or not,
but I'm a type one diabetic, have been since twenty
nine years old.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
You know.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Usually you're five or six years old when onset hits,
and so your one day life is normal, the next
day you're insulin dependent. There really isn't a whole lot
of in between. There's no way to prevent it. You
can't cause it. It's genetic. It is, it is, right right,
And so I've been living with it now for whatever
it is, eighteen nineteen years, and and there's still days
where it's it's just tough and you really want to
(00:54):
throw in the towel, you know, just because it is
the most aggravating thing in the world to have to man.
But it's it's tricky because there are worse things that
you can have. If you manage it, your life is
perfectly normal. You literally you you can go through life
without any complications whatsoever if you manage it like you're
supposed to. But managing it is a pain in the
behind because technology hasn't caught up. Most things are not automatic.
(01:18):
They I wear an insulin pump and you you know,
you can now regulate the new pump once I went
to the doctor the other day and then they're recommending
I consider it. Yeah, it does two things. It can
measure your blood sugar and it can dose. It's not
quite an artificial pancreas yet. It's you know, this doesn't
require surgery. You wear it outside. But it's still not perfect.
(01:39):
So you have to think and you have to manage.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
You can't let it completely control it.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
I can't imagine they could ever come up with one
that would be perfect, like what your pancreas would do,
because that's the faulty thing. When you a typewine diabetic,
your pancreas does not do what it's supposed to do,
so you have to do that. Mechanically is not the
right word, but manually.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
You're doing that. You're either giving I'm doing it with an.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Infusing perfect And that's the thing about watching you live
with this is that there are times when it's nothing
that you have done. In fact, it's never anything that
you've done to cause this to whammy you. But there
are days when I can you just definitely dealing with
high blood sugars and you've done you've not even eaten yet,
and you can't get it down, and you can't get
(02:22):
out of the fog. It's like being trapped in your
own body, right. It's kind of sad, it's very sad
to see, and then in an hour later it can
be perfectly normal.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Right. So that's actually the most frustrating part of it
is the part that gets out of it no matter
what you do, the out of control part. And I
suppose that's really where I'm trying to for anybody who
has that same thing and is dealing with that. You know,
if you can get your focus back on okay, it
will pass, you know, and your mind gets in the
right place. I guess, allow yourself to feel the frustration,
but realize, okay, then you just move on because you
(02:51):
don't have a choice.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
But to move on, you know.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
What I mean?
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Yeah, have you ever thought about I know we've talked
about this privately a long time ago. Have you ever
thought about going to a support group with other Type
one diabetics?
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah? I have.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
What's really weird?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I this still brings the cake to that.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
There was always a running joke about this though Type
one support groups that they exist, but they're tough, they're
tough to get everybody together because Type one diabetics typically
are very active people. And then that sounds, you know,
sure that we're you know, especially as adults, were busy
doing life. So I don't know how to explain it
to you other then it's it's it's not as large
(03:28):
as support group as type two or other.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Well then what about just one other person. There's nothing
like somebody going through what you have gone through exactly
to help you feel less alone. And I don't have this.
I'd live with you, but I don't live with it
with type one. I don't have it.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
So you're saying I need a support group, Well, I'm.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Just saying you need someone to talk to who has this.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Also, I think it does help possibly.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Really, My point was is that it's the longer you
have it, the easier it is to get frustrated because
you would rather have.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
It just go away.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
And it's not going to go away all long.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Is it going to be before there's a cure or
a permanent you know? Shaw well.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
And the thing is, I'm realistic about it. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
I don't expect there to be a cure in my lifetime.
And that part is the part that I'm okay with.
The problem is when the fog hits, it hits it,
it's the it's the worst possible combination because you're already
frustrated with dealing with it, but your your thoughts and
your emotions get skewed by the change in your blood
sugar and so all of a sudden you're just not
you for you know, a short period of time, which
(04:26):
drives me a little bit nuts.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
And it's not like we can, like in the commercials,
give you a snickers. You're not just hungry, no.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I know.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
But then you overcome it and you know, life's okay.
So hey, for what it's worth.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
If you know somebody who's a type one diabetic, it's funny,
you know, maybe share this because the flip side of
the Murphy, Sam and Jody thing is Sam and Jody
and Emily and producer David see this fairly regularly. You know,
for me, behind the scenes, we kind of have to
stop what we're doing for a minute while I get
it together, and then you know, yes
Speaker 2 (04:53):
We're going to talk about that in another after the
show break
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