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43 years old, developed diabetes in 1984
• DCCT/EDIC study participant since 1988
• Married (Betsy King, BSN-school nurse)
• Father of 2 children (Billy-9 & Megan-11)
• Marathon Runner-10 since pump including Boston twice ('97 &
'98) and Phila.('96, '97 and '02) Currently training to compete in
both the Las Vegas and Boston Marathons early next year.
• Insulin pump wearer since 6/96
• ADA Associate Volunteer Leadership Counsel member in Pennsylvania
and Delaware
• ADA Team Diabetes Marathon Coach
• National Board Member of the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association
• Past speaker at Team Diabetes Events in Dublin, Maui, Kona,
and Orlando
• National Motivational Speaker at diabetes conferences, camps
and support groups
Suggested Discussion
and/or Speaking Topics
• Exercise Is King
• Balancing Life with Diabetes
• Diabetes and Exercise
• Running with Your Meter (and your strips, and your insulin,
and your glucose tabs…)
• The Exercise Rx - "getting the right start to your diabetes
exercise program"
Excerpt from
Diabetes Positive, Spring 2001:
…For most
people, running a marathon is only a distant dream. But for Bill
King it's very much a reality. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in
1984, he's run seven marathons since 1996. Two years ago he ran
the prestigious and grueling Boston Marathon in a blistering three
hours and nine minutes.
What's the secret
to his success? He credits his excellent health to several things.
One of them
is a positive attitude. "One of the key components to dealing
with diabetes successfully is keeping an upbeat attitude,"
Bill says. "Keeping diabetes under control is labor-intensive.
It's a ton of work. The people who do it most successfully are those
who stay positive about it."
Another key:
keeping tight control over his blood sugar levels. Bill was a participant
in the landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, which
proved beyond doubt that intensive treatment of diabetes, reduces
the risk of complications dramatically.
"There was a time in my life when I accepted the idea that
one day I would die from complications of diabetes," Bill says.
"But I don't believe that any more." Bill started using
an insulin pump in 1996 and he swears by it. He's such a fan, in
fact, that two years ago he left a good job with Kodak to go to
work for the Animas Corporation, which manufactures the insulin
pump he wears today…
billk@animascorp.com
(877) 937-7867 x1132
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