Stephen Redgrave

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Their liitle box of facts is incorrect - it says there are 1.4 million people with diabetes in the UK - it's actually well over 2 million with another 500,000 possibly undiagnosed.

It's an incredible achievment of Sir Steve's - to win a fifth gold so soon after diagnosis and he was no longer a young man either (for an athlete!). I wonder if he paid for his pump, or if he was given one on the NHS? I read a while ago that he found it impossible to train using MDI (because of the demands of the training and diet) so maybe he qualified because of that.
 
I thought it was a good interview, he is one of the people that everyone knows he has diabetes so his dripping of information must be working.

Julie x
 
Northerner said:
Their liitle box of facts is incorrect - it says there are 1.4 million people with diabetes in the UK - it's actually well over 2 million with another 500,000 possibly undiagnosed.

It's an incredible achievment of Sir Steve's - to win a fifth gold so soon after diagnosis and he was no longer a young man either (for an athlete!). I wonder if he paid for his pump, or if he was given one on the NHS? I read a while ago that he found it impossible to train using MDI (because of the demands of the training and diet) so maybe he qualified because of that.
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lol id like to know that to as i dont find mdi give me to many problems when training for the ironman
 
forgot to add the guy is a hero of mine anyway lol i love what he has done in his life 🙂
 
p.s his name is steven not stephen lol
 
I went to school with Steve Redgrave. It was junior school. He also opened the Diabetes clinic at the Hospital, that one that my GP wont refer me to. Oh dear I must not get on my soap box again.
 
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