Episode 77 - Starting a new life abroad, pregnancy anxiety and figuring it out with Becci Youde

Becci Youde is a geography teacher living in Hong Kong with her husband and two young children. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 23, five years before she made the move overseas from Somerset in the UK.

I discovered Becci’s quiet courage throughout the course of our chat, which left me feeling a lot of admiration for what she’s tackled.

Finding and securing the job that would enable Becci’s overseas adventure turned out to be the easy part, as she has faced a huge number of diabetes-related unknowns as part of moving to another country.

Her resolve to figure it out along the way has seen her set up life long-term in Hong Kong, navigate two pregnancies (one through covid) and juggle life as a teacher, wife and mum of two while trying to manage her condition thousands of miles from her family.

We dig into the differences in diabetes care overseas, packing six months of supplies because she couldn’t get medical insurance to cover her condition, the pressures of a type 1 pregnancy, and trying to treat a hypo in front of a class full of children!

This episode is packed full of life experience - one for anyone who has an aspiration but doesn’t have all the answers. As Becci demonstrates, you don’t need the answers to give it a try.

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