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#142: Misdiagnosed As Type 2 Diabetic, For Over 10 Years! With Dex Geralds (Part 1)

In this week’s episode Eoin chats with Dex Geralds (@dexgeralds).


Dex is a Personal Trainer and Fitness Model from Michigan, currently working and living in LA, California.


Dex has a family history of Type 2 Diabetes, and as a result, he was diagnosed as Type 2 Dabetic over 10 years ago.


For this whole 10 year period Dex was constantly fighting high blood sugars, low on energy and knew something just wasn’t right.


Following a number of different events, Dex got a second opinion from a doctor and discovered that he was actually living with Type 1 Diabetes the whole time! An absolutely incredible story.


As always, be sure to rate, comment, subscribe and share. Your interaction and feedback really helps the podcast. The more Diabetics that we reach, the bigger impact we can make!


Questions & Stories for the Podcast?:


theinsuleoinpodcast@gmail.com


Connect, Learn & Work with Eoin:


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