Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
In 2004, pro snowboarder Sean Busby was on the top of the world.
"I was 19, living in Colorado and competing in the U.S. National Snowboard Championships," Busby said. "I had little to worry about, aside from the occasional pimple or girlfriend. My head was pretty far in the clouds."
With the 2010 Olympics in sight, Busby's trajectory ceased suddenly when he became severely ill, losing over 30 pounds in two weeks. Doctors misdiagnosed him with type 2 diabetes, and Busby spent three months taking pills to "improve" his health. They did the opposite.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/...busby-showing-kids-that-anything-is-possible/
A 19yo athlete with such rapid weight loss, and they diagnosed Type 2? 🙄
"I was 19, living in Colorado and competing in the U.S. National Snowboard Championships," Busby said. "I had little to worry about, aside from the occasional pimple or girlfriend. My head was pretty far in the clouds."
With the 2010 Olympics in sight, Busby's trajectory ceased suddenly when he became severely ill, losing over 30 pounds in two weeks. Doctors misdiagnosed him with type 2 diabetes, and Busby spent three months taking pills to "improve" his health. They did the opposite.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/...busby-showing-kids-that-anything-is-possible/
A 19yo athlete with such rapid weight loss, and they diagnosed Type 2? 🙄