Guest Speaker Chats
#diabeteschat – Ginger Vieira
This week joining our hosting duo of Mary and Flipper was Ginger Vieira as our #diabeteschat guest speaker.
Ginger Vieira has lived with type 1 diabetes since 1999, along with Celiac, fibromyalgia, and hypothyroidism. Ginger is the Associate Director of Communications at T1D Exchange which works to improve the care and quality of life for people with type 1 diabetes through research. She has written many articles & Her books are staples within the commniuity covering subjects from dealing with burn out to pregnancy with type 1. Her most recent book, published earlier this year, aims to demystify the science around excercise & type 1.
In this chat we talked abut Gingers diabetes diagnosis, Afressa (inhaled Insulin), burn out, exercise, prevention and mental health.
