Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
From the time he was four, Ryan Reed knew he wanted to be a professional race car driver.
However, when he was 17, he was told he would have to give his dream up.
Two years later, the 19-year-old is instead climbing the NASCAR ladder, competing in the Nationwide Series as a driver for Rousch Fenway Racing.
In early 2011, Reed left his family in Bakersfield, Calif. to immerse himself in the racing environment of North Carolina. Soon afterward he began feeling unwell. The youth, skinny enough as it was, suddenly began to lose a lot of weight. He was thirsty all the time, even as he had to urinate a lot.
Returning to California, his father, Mark noted his weight loss and thought he should see a doctor. The diagnosis: Type I diabetes. Even worse, his doctor told him he would not be able to race at the professional level.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/mechlo...cle_6c0310d8-b0f4-11e2-8b23-0019bb30f31a.html
Eh? Correcting a high in the middle of a race?
I wonder how high he is before considering that?
However, when he was 17, he was told he would have to give his dream up.
Two years later, the 19-year-old is instead climbing the NASCAR ladder, competing in the Nationwide Series as a driver for Rousch Fenway Racing.
In early 2011, Reed left his family in Bakersfield, Calif. to immerse himself in the racing environment of North Carolina. Soon afterward he began feeling unwell. The youth, skinny enough as it was, suddenly began to lose a lot of weight. He was thirsty all the time, even as he had to urinate a lot.
Returning to California, his father, Mark noted his weight loss and thought he should see a doctor. The diagnosis: Type I diabetes. Even worse, his doctor told him he would not be able to race at the professional level.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/mechlo...cle_6c0310d8-b0f4-11e2-8b23-0019bb30f31a.html
Eh? Correcting a high in the middle of a race?
I wonder how high he is before considering that?