Managing Diabetes As An Athlete

24/01/2019 8 min
Managing Diabetes As An Athlete

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At Native of Ithaca, New York, Brooks Sweet earned All American honors at UMass. He played on two US national teams in 1982 and 1986. Sweet earned best attackman at the 1982 world championships. He shares a diabetes oral history from a athletes prospective. His reflection begin from learning he had diabetes as a high school senior in the 1970s. His stories are educational, inspiring and instructive about self-care and agency as someone living with diabetes. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn, tell others about it and share and post the link to the show.

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