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Posted Fri May 16th by Kyle
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A simply phenomenal article on Jay Cutler and his new struggle with Type I diabetes by Yahoo!’s Michael Silver. In his recent interview with Cutler, Silver discussed the disease and really paints an understandable picture for the reader.
Cutler talked about his new routine in dealing with diabetes.
“This goes everywhere with me. The first thing I do in the morning is test myself to see where I am, and it’s the last thing I do before I go to bed. This whole thing is a little scary sometimes, but it’s not like you have a choice. It’s part of your life, you know?”
He also shed some light on how his condition was overlooked in 2007.
“”I was just crushing food. I was eating six meals a day – I’d eat a meal and like 30 minutes later I’d be ready to eat again. Yet I kept losing weight, and they were telling me it was the stress. I was like, ‘I’m not that stressed.’ I mean, my jeans were falling off my body and I was all pale. I looked like hell.”
The difference in Cutler’s weight was noticeable by season’s end, yet it wasn’t until a mandatory blood test in April that the disease was caught. Now Cutler says he is feeling “10 times better” at a healthy 230 lbs., and is ready to embark on the 2008 season.
The fact that the medical staff overlooked this concerned me then, and it concerns me now. Cutler said in his press conference that he doesn’t like going to the doctor and so avoided a closer look, but the staff really should have insisted on checking this out. I’m glad he’ll be back in proper shape for the 2008 season.
5 comments
I saw him on Spike for the UFC fight night that was being held in Denver not long before he was diagnosed. He not only looked pale and pasty but he had huge black bags under his eyes. In retrospect everything seems like a sign but at the time I just thought that’s how he looks, what do I know?
Ironically, my comment two months ago about those black bags was edited from this site… perhaps they thought I was a wacko or something
Yup Mike, your comment is here.
Don’t worry, we never edit comments unless they break the rules around here. You know us better than that! :) And BTW, thanks for the e-mails and everything, always look forward to your comments around here.
Thanks Kyle… I apologize for the misunderstanding… I really couldn’t find that article a day after I posted the comment… and I was suddenly placed on the needs moderation list… but it’s all good now. I have my harebrained moments and this certainly seems to have been one :)
how can you not go to DR when you know something isnt right!
why didnt someone make him go MOM– SISTER —GIRLFRIEND???
DAD — FRIENDS —MIKE SHANHAN??? somebody?
good thing he was diagonsed when he was it could have turned out
not so good ! we love him and he is adorable again with out
his bags under his eyes and pastiness !
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