Tyson Major
Type 1 diabetes advocate and fundraiser; diagnosed 2017, raising awareness and funds through endurance challenges like trekking and long-distance walking.
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PODCASTS
Aug 23, 2026
speaker_0HOST
me run me through breakfast lunch and dinner what we're having
Tyson MajorGUEST
They like playing like the old war songs and that, like I was only 19 and that sort of stuff.
Tyson MajorGUEST
Wake you up, yeah, wake up 5.30, you get into a routine where you pack your tent up, breakfast is called, you have it under a little hut, usually like porridge.
15 MINS LATER
speaker_0HOST
yeah how does how does the whole social side of things plus getting your kids involved how does that all start
RichieHOST
Mm
Tyson MajorGUEST
I mean, as s- the, from, as soon as we got to Brisbane Airport, there were people coming up to Ollie wanting selfies with him.
Tyson MajorGUEST
Um, and even getting ov- over to PNG, the moment we landed, there was people there with cameras wanting, wanting a bit of Ollie.
28 MINS LATER
RichieHOST
Mm.
Tyson MajorGUEST
Everywhere in the world ha- like every country in the world has their bad parts.
Tyson MajorGUEST
I was diagnosed, unfortunately, in 2017 at the age of 30, so quite late in life.
Tyson MajorGUEST
It took me a couple of years to get sort of my head around the whole having to learn to, you know, check my blood sugar and monitor what I eat every day.
Tyson MajorGUEST
And then I found a foundation called the Type 1 Foundation where I became affiliated with them, started to raise a bit of money over the few years.
Tyson MajorGUEST
I was diagnosed, unfortunately, in 2017 at the age of 30, so quite late in life.
Tyson MajorGUEST
It took me a couple of years to get sort of my head around the whole having to learn to, you know, check my blood sugar and monitor what I eat every day.
Tyson MajorGUEST
And then I found a foundation called the Type 1 Foundation where I became affiliated with them, started to raise a bit of money over the few years.