Living Long, Healthy, and Happy Life with Type 1 Diabetes
What Aging and With T1D Actually Looks Like
In this video, you'll learn:
✔ How your body’s insulin needs may change as you get older — and what to watch for
✔ Why cognitive health is one of the biggest concerns for long-term T1D patients, and how to stay ahead of it
✔ How to prepare for hospital visits, living arrangements, and caregiving needs before you need to
✔ Which newer medications like GLP-1 receptor agonists may help as your body changes with age
✔ How to stay resilient and keep living your life — with diabetes as a close second
✔ Where to find a community of T1D patients who truly understand what you’re going through
If you’ve been living with Type 1 diabetes for years — or even decades — you know that managing it doesn’t get simpler with age. Your insulin needs shift, your body changes, and questions start creeping in: What if I can’t manage this on my own someday? Who will help me? Dr. Steve Edelman, who was diagnosed at 15 and told he might not live past 40, talks with Dr. Athena Philis-Tsimikas of Scripps Whittier and Joanne Milo, a 71-year T1D veteran and founder of T1D to 100 about exactly those concerns. Together, they offer honest, practical guidance on what to expect, how to prepare, and how to keep living fully — because people with type 1 diabetes are thriving longer than ever before.
Want to go deeper?
The video above opens the conversation. The podcast dives you all the way in!
In this 38-minute episode, Dr. Edelman, Dr. Philis-Tsimikas, and Joanne Milo go further into the topics that matter most to long-term T1D patients — including the physiological changes that affect insulin dosing as you age, how newer medications like GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors fit into the picture, and what the ADA’s four-M framework actually means for older patients. They talk about cognitive screening, care partners, hospital risks, and the emotional weight of a disease that never takes a day off.
If T1D has been part of your life for years, this conversation was made for you — and for everyone who loves and cares for you.
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