Derek Theler Quotes

I am diabetic.

I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 18. I didn't know what it was, so I went to the library and looked it up.

With the glucometer, I always know how much blood sugar I've got, so I can adjust my insulin or the food I eat.

My dad is a Type 1 diabetic. I grew up in a household where we were really conscious about cutting back on sugar because we had to for his health.

I was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus Type 1.

I like a lot of things but I am diabetic so I have to be careful with sugars.

No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky.

Diabetes is all about insulin levels and sugar levels and what you put in your body.

I need insulin to stay alive. It's just therapy to keep going. What I can do is make sure that I keep my blood sugar down to a reasonable level. I can exercise, and I can eat properly. And insulin plays a very big part in that.

Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease.

Diabetes taught me discipline.

I've been slightly hypoglycemic since I was a kid, so I have to make sure I eat in the morning and get my sugar.

I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia, an abnormal decrease of sugar in the blood. Eventually I learned to eat five small meals a day. Now if I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time out to eat some crackers.

I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.

Diabetes is an all-too-personal time bomb which can go off today, tomorrow, next year, or 10 years from now - a time bomb affecting millions like me and the children here today.

I was 13 when I developed the classic symptoms of a person who gets diabetes: a lot of weight loss, a tremendous thirst, and blurry eyesight. My mom took me to the hospital, and the doctors took some blood tests. My blood sugar was so high that they knew right away.

You eat as many vegetables as you can, and try to cut your carbs and your sugar. That's going to make the job of being a diabetic so much easier.

Diabetes is a disease that's had a deep impact on my family. My little brother has had type 1 diabetes since he was a baby and I have spent time learning about the disease and trying to bring attention to it so that one day soon we will reach a cure.

The more you put in your body, the more you have to regulate it with insulin. So later kickoffs, you're talking about breakfast, lunch and a pregame meal, so that's more food you've got to be aware of and what you put in your body. A noon game, light breakfast, a little fruit and some insulin, and I'm good to go.

I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.

I'm hypoglycemic, so if I don't eat I start to get really blood-sugar crazy. I feel like I'm going insane.

Diabetes is caused by melancholy.

I'm diabetic.

I am diabetic. So diet control is a pre-given for me.

Insulin is a crisis medication.