RBIs, batting averages, home runs, ERAs,strikeouts -- there are many numbers to keep track of in baseball. Someplayers and coaches have to watch other numbers, too, like blood glucoselevels, carbohydrates, and insulin units. In the September issue of Diabetes Forecast ,the consumer magazine of the AmericanDiabetes Association , Sam Houston State University starting catcherHeath Pugh and his assistant coach, Chris Berry, who talk about playingbaseball while wearing insulin pumps and the unique bond they've forged asathletes with diabetes.
Heath Pugh was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 14. He spent the nextseveral months learning how to give himself insulin injections, then how touse an insulin pump. Along the way, he never gave up his drive to excel inbaseball.
Pugh's determination is familiar to Coach Berry, who was diagnosed withtype 1 diabetes at age seven. Although his doctors recommended he lead aninactive life, Berry decided not to let his diabetes get in Replica Bulgari the way of whathe wanted to do. "If you learn to take control, [diabetes] doesn't have toslow you," says Berry. "It has not stopped me from doing anything I wantedto do." Berry and Pugh first met when Berry was coaching a baseball campthat Pugh attended. Seven years later, they met again at Sam HoustonState. Berry soon became a role model for Pugh, both as a coach and anexperienced athlete with diabetes.
Berry not only supports Pugh's development as a baseball player, but healso shares his knowledge and experience about managing diabetes in thedugout and on the field. Pugh, in turn, has become a role model for thenext generation of athletes, advising aspiring young athletes who also wearinsulin pumps. "Diabetes is not a setback at all," Pugh tells DiabetesForecast. "It becomes who you are. You learn to live with it."
Also in the September 2008 issue of Diabetes Forecast:
Why does some people's blood glucose run unexpectedly high in the mornings?When this happens regularly, there are several factors to consider. Learnhow the dawn phenomenon, the Somogyi effect, and waning insulin may affectyour glucose levels over night and how to look out for these problems.
In addition, the September 2008 issue brings information about:
Exercising for two -- tips and advice for getting active duringpregnancy.
Back-to-school check list -- things to prepare as your child withdiabetes starts the school year.
Small steps, big change -- the little things you can do to eat better,get the sleep you need, and fit exercise into a busy lifestyle.
Diabetes Forecast has been America's leading diabetes magazine for60 years. Each full-color issue offers the latest news on diabetes researchand treatment. Its mission is to provide information, inspiration, andsupport to people with diabetes, helping them to live a healthierlifestyle, control their diabetes, and prevent or treat its manycomplications. The magazine is published monthly by the American DiabetesAssociation.
The American Diabetes Association is the nation's premier voluntary healthorganization supporting diabetes research, information and advocacy. TheAssociation's mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve thelives of all people affected by diabetes. Founded in 1940, the Associationprovides services to hundreds of communities across the country. For moreinformation please call the American Diabetes Association at 1-800-DIABETES(1-800-342-2383) or visit . Information from both thesesources is available in English and Spanish.
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