#88: Wisdom Teeth, Steroids & Sky‑High Sugars: Inside Braden’s Wild T1D Week

About this episode

Braden shares his experience with surgery and its effects on managing Type 1 Diabetes, featuring insights from Nurse Rachael.

Welcome to The Stripped Pod, where we have real, honest conversations about diabetes beyond the numbers. On today's episode, Braden is taking us inside his recent surgery and the chaos it caused with Type 1 Diabetes, and we even hear from Nurse Rachael from Australian Diabetes Technology about why different medications have such a radical impact on levels. Meet Rachael & the team at Australian Diabetes Technology ( www.australiandiabetestechnology.com ) Become our next diabetes diarist and ⁠submit your Diabetes Diaries entry⁠ . This episode was brought to you by Stripped Supply, a subscription box and learning platform that makes diabetes simpler. Want to support our show? We knew you were a BGL (bloody great legend)! Click 'follow' or 'subscribe' wherever you listen to this podcast (bonus BGL points if you leave a review too!). Join Stripped Supply Learn Join our Facebook group Check out our website Write to us: email hello@stripped.supply DM us a voice note on Instagram TIME STAMPS 00:00 Introduction 1:00 Highs & Lows 3:14 Braden gets his wisdom teeth removed 7:16 Why surgery has an impact on BGLs 10:18 Steroids & T1D 22:51 Tips for surgery & T1D

People in this episode

Host: Braden

Guest: Nurse Rachael

Topics covered

• Type 1 Diabetes
• surgery
• medication impact
• wisdom teeth
• steroids
• BGL management

Keywords

• Type 1 Diabetes
• wisdom teeth
• steroids
• BGL
• surgery
• medication

Sponsors

Stripped Supply

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australian Diabetes Technology

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