Episode 215 - Gary Forbes, T1D Author, Former Pro Basketball Player

This episode is sponsored by Gvoke HypoPen (glucagon injection).
Gvoke HypoPen is an emergency glucagon for very low blood sugar in
a convenient auto injector that is available in 2 pre-measured
doses for adults and children.  Note from Rob: I have
partnered with Gvoke before, and I’ve been working with Xeris
Pharmaceuticals since 2018 - I even interviewed their CEO back in
March 2020. If you want to hear that interview with Xeris President
& CEO, Paul Edick, from March 2020, check out episode 143 of
Diabetics Doing Things.  I’m also really careful not to
promote products that I don’t personally use and I have used 
Gvoke HypoPen for very low blood sugar before. I’ve told the story
on this podcast before and I am convinced that if you are on
insulin, you should have emergency glucagon around, just in case of
a very low blood sugar, and I use Gvoke HypoPen. Gvoke shouldn’t be
used in patients with pheochromocytoma or insulinoma – visit
gvokeglucagon.com/risk. I also want to address that I will not
promote pharmaceutical products without the opportunity to promote
patient assistance programs because if my listeners can’t access
glucagon, how can they use it to treat their very low blood sugar?
So, if you visit the savings and support tab on GvokeGlucagon.com,
you can get a $25 coupon for patients on commercial insurance
plans, and there is a contact form to fill out for people not on
commercial plans.  Now onto the show: Gary Forbes is back on
the pod! In this episode, Gary and Rob talk about: * The transition
from professional basketball player to author * Being the most
recent player in the NBA with T1D * The Sole Survivors , a comic
series about heroes with chronic illnesses * The superpower of
words and attitude * His father, an Olympic athlete living with
diabetes * Playing with Team Defeat Diabetes For more details and
important safety information, visit GvokeGlucagon.com .