2025/26 Jake O'Brien

tmgc said:
Bit dusty in here watching that, my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 only 2 years ago at 14.

Sat in the hospital trying to figure the whole thing out, the nurse said don't worry, when you get home you can still have chocolate and stuff you just have to manage it differently, she said to the nurse " I'm not really bothered about that , will i still be OK to go to Athletics" ?

2 years on and she's represented Ireland at youth level in 1500m in Budapest last summer and it's brilliant to see her loving life.

It's mad the preparation involved, even just for training for somebody with type 1 , you have to eat maybe 90 mins before training, half your insulin dose to keep your blood sugars high enough to get through a session. Some sessions you arrive and can't even start because your sugars are not high enough and you have to just go home. By the time you arrive home an hour later they start rising then you need to train alone, just to bring your sugars back down again.

There's also the constant worry you may have a hypo (sudden blood sugar drop) which will just make you collapse.

O'Briens a warrior performing at the highest level with Type 1, and fair play to him for raising awareness with kids, fellas a proper inspiration.
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I remember few years back Gary Mabutt from spurs talking about his type 1 diabetes and how he was coping
With training & special diets
 

tmgc said:
Bit dusty in here watching that, my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 only 2 years ago at 14.

Sat in the hospital trying to figure the whole thing out, the nurse said don't worry, when you get home you can still have chocolate and stuff you just have to manage it differently, she said to the nurse " I'm not really bothered about that , will i still be OK to go to Athletics" ?

2 years on and she's represented Ireland at youth level in 1500m in Budapest last summer and it's brilliant to see her loving life.

It's mad the preparation involved, even just for training for somebody with type 1 , you have to eat maybe 90 mins before training, half your insulin dose to keep your blood sugars high enough to get through a session. Some sessions you arrive and can't even start because your sugars are not high enough and you have to just go home. By the time you arrive home an hour later they start rising then you need to train alone, just to bring your sugars back down again.

There's also the constant worry you may have a hypo (sudden blood sugar drop) which will just make you collapse.

O'Briens a warrior performing at the highest level with Type 1, and fair play to him for raising awareness with kids, fellas a proper inspiration.
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Thanks for posting this, really interesting insight and lovely to read your daughter still being able to pursue her passion
 

TimHowardsBeardJuice said:
ROI get a hat trick by Parrott, including a goal in stoppage time, to beat Hungary 3-2 and earn a WC playoff. Absolute madness.

In addition to being highly satisfying for various emotional and geopolitical reasons, it's a proxy defeat of RS (Szozobai, Kerkez) by the Blues (JO'B, Seamus).

edit: DGaF if I spelled it wrong
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tmgc said:
Bit dusty in here watching that, my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 only 2 years ago at 14.

Sat in the hospital trying to figure the whole thing out, the nurse said don't worry, when you get home you can still have chocolate and stuff you just have to manage it differently, she said to the nurse " I'm not really bothered about that , will i still be OK to go to Athletics" ?

2 years on and she's represented Ireland at youth level in 1500m in Budapest last summer and it's brilliant to see her loving life.

It's mad the preparation involved, even just for training for somebody with type 1 , you have to eat maybe 90 mins before training, half your insulin dose to keep your blood sugars high enough to get through a session. Some sessions you arrive and can't even start because your sugars are not high enough and you have to just go home. By the time you arrive home an hour later they start rising then you need to train alone, just to bring your sugars back down again.

There's also the constant worry you may have a hypo (sudden blood sugar drop) which will just make you collapse.

O'Briens a warrior performing at the highest level with Type 1, and fair play to him for raising awareness with kids, fellas a proper inspiration.
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Well done to your daughter mate, that’s brilliant 🙂 I’ve been type 1 for 35+ years, it’s not easy
 

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