Diabetes Life Ep 30: Flying High with Type 1 Diabetes – Meet: Captain Ben Sive
When Ben Sive was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year, he thought that his career as a passenger jet pilot was over. In this chat with podcast host Jack Fitzpatrick, Ben shares how this historically career-ending diagnosis hasn’t kept him grounded at all. Thanks to his determination, advances in aviation medicine and treatment of type 1 diabetes, Ben has become Australia’s first pilot with type 1 diabetes to be allowed to fly a commercial passenger jet.