Diabetes Strikes NFL QB 

This is a story I thought was worth sharing. If diabetes can happen to a professional athlete in great shape, then diabetes can happen to you. If you have any of the symptoms of diabetes, go see your doctor.

    When last season ended Jay Cutler weighed in at 202 pounds, 32 pounds lighter than when the campaign began. He had no explanation for the rapid weight loss so when the the games were finished he set out to find out the reason.

    The quarterback was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes recently and has started taking the insulin shots he'll need to stay healthy. "(It) definitely affected my game . . . but now we know, now we can deal with it," Cutler said in the interview, saying when he returned to the team's complex to begin off season workouts he thought "something's not right, I'm losing all this weight, I have no strength, I can't run very much, I can't lift at all. Luckily, we figured out what it was."

    The Broncos are quite confident in Cutler's long-term health. They knew of the diagnosis before last weekend's draft but didn't select a quarterback. He'll need daily doses of insulin and a closely monitored diet but several elite athletes have competed and succeeded with Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes in the past.