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2010 Gala is the news
Posted by Western Wisconsin in Spring Gala on April 26, 2010
Congratulations to everyone involved in the Gala! It was a huge success. We will follow up with more news, but, in the interim, here’s channel 27‘s coverage of the 2010 Gala:
Thanks to Channel 27′s Diana Henry for being an emcee.
Type I Olympian – Kris Freeman
Posted by Western Wisconsin in JDRF, News on February 15, 2010
The 2010 Winter Olympics features an American, Kris Freeman, who was diagnosed with Type I diabetes just before the 2002 winter games. Kris is a member of the U.S. Cross Country ski team.
The following is from a dLife story:
Kris Freeman may have won the 30K cross-country race at the U.S. National Championships in Anchorage, Alaska last month – had he not been forced to stop and test his blood sugar late in the race. Freeman came in second.
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Freeman, who wears an OmniPod, blogs about the difficulties of competing with type 1 diabetes.
“I get nervous before a race and release sugar just like everyone else. Unfortunately my regulatory system is broken and I have to give myself the appropriate amount of insulin. This is where things get tricky. How nervous I am affects how much sugar I release into my body. More nerves equal more glucose. The difficult part is there is no real way to monitor how nervous I am.”
You can watch a recent interview with Kris: