09 September 2026
Episode 363 - Danica Doble and Lucas Silva: A T1D Couple's Story
Diabetics Doing Things Podcast
About
Rob sits down with a rare three-person interview: Danica Doble
(@type1deeabetes) and her partner Lucas, who both live with type 1
diabetes. Their story starts with a genuinely wild diagnosis arc. Lucas was
told he had type 2 diabetes, put on metformin, and left to figure it out on
his own for over a year. It wasn't a doctor who caught the mistake. It was
Danica, watching his Dexcom numbers from the outside and refusing to let it
go until he got a GAD antibody test. She was right.
The conversation moves from that misdiagnosis story into what it's actually
like to build a life and a relationship around two people managing the same
disease. They talk about pre-bolusing habits rubbing off on each other,
supply emergencies solved by sharing pods, and the strange comfort of
dating someone who doesn't need diabetes explained to them. Danica also
opens up about a year of debilitating fear around low blood sugar that came
out of nowhere in 2022, how it shaped what she couldn't do, and how she
worked her way back out of it.
There's also a real look at Danica's path as a creator from a fitness
account that hit 300K on TikTok to launching as its own page, growing to
60,000 Instagram followers in under a year, and running a six-week fitness
challenge built specifically for the T1D community. She talks candidly
about online hate, why she doesn't shy away from clapping back, and how
she's learned to hold onto the good instead of fixating on the one negative
comment.
It's a funny, honest episode complete with the story of a PowerPoint
presentation Danica made to teach Lucas about type 1 diabetes, a jiu jitsu
sensor casualty count, and a love story that started at a casino. Press
play for the full conversation.
Chapters:
00:00 Cold open and guest introduction
01:20 Welcome and introductions from Danica and Lucas
02:18 Lucas's symptoms begin and the misdiagnosis story starts
04:36 ER visit ends with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis
06:37 Danica suspects type 1 and pushes for testing
08:47 GAD antibody test confirms type 1 diabetes
10:00 Onboarding to insulin and Danica's PowerPoint presentation
12:52 Danica's content creation origin story begins
16:48 Danica's year-long fear of low blood sugar
20:04 How diabetes shows up in their relationship
23:05 Inside Danica's six-week fitness challenge
25:31 Handling online hate and diabetes stigma
28:23 How they actually met: the casino night origin story
33:03 Closing reflections and advice for listeners
34:53 Jiu jitsu, sensor casualties, and daily management tips
Resources:
1. Danica Doble Instagram
2. Danica Doble TikTok
(@type1deeabetes) and her partner Lucas, who both live with type 1
diabetes. Their story starts with a genuinely wild diagnosis arc. Lucas was
told he had type 2 diabetes, put on metformin, and left to figure it out on
his own for over a year. It wasn't a doctor who caught the mistake. It was
Danica, watching his Dexcom numbers from the outside and refusing to let it
go until he got a GAD antibody test. She was right.
The conversation moves from that misdiagnosis story into what it's actually
like to build a life and a relationship around two people managing the same
disease. They talk about pre-bolusing habits rubbing off on each other,
supply emergencies solved by sharing pods, and the strange comfort of
dating someone who doesn't need diabetes explained to them. Danica also
opens up about a year of debilitating fear around low blood sugar that came
out of nowhere in 2022, how it shaped what she couldn't do, and how she
worked her way back out of it.
There's also a real look at Danica's path as a creator from a fitness
account that hit 300K on TikTok to launching as its own page, growing to
60,000 Instagram followers in under a year, and running a six-week fitness
challenge built specifically for the T1D community. She talks candidly
about online hate, why she doesn't shy away from clapping back, and how
she's learned to hold onto the good instead of fixating on the one negative
comment.
It's a funny, honest episode complete with the story of a PowerPoint
presentation Danica made to teach Lucas about type 1 diabetes, a jiu jitsu
sensor casualty count, and a love story that started at a casino. Press
play for the full conversation.
Chapters:
00:00 Cold open and guest introduction
01:20 Welcome and introductions from Danica and Lucas
02:18 Lucas's symptoms begin and the misdiagnosis story starts
04:36 ER visit ends with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis
06:37 Danica suspects type 1 and pushes for testing
08:47 GAD antibody test confirms type 1 diabetes
10:00 Onboarding to insulin and Danica's PowerPoint presentation
12:52 Danica's content creation origin story begins
16:48 Danica's year-long fear of low blood sugar
20:04 How diabetes shows up in their relationship
23:05 Inside Danica's six-week fitness challenge
25:31 Handling online hate and diabetes stigma
28:23 How they actually met: the casino night origin story
33:03 Closing reflections and advice for listeners
34:53 Jiu jitsu, sensor casualties, and daily management tips
Resources:
1. Danica Doble Instagram
2. Danica Doble TikTok