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David Pember Biography
Claim to Fame: Brewers Pitcher
DOB: May 24, 1978 in Cincinnati, OH – Present
Diabetes Type: 1
"It just takes a little adjustment period. You have to try to listen to what your body is telling you." (JS Online- Journal Sentinel)
Bio: Milwaukee Brewers Pember, 27, has been a Type-1 diabetic for 13 years. He uses an insulin pump to regulate his blood sugar. He wears the small box on his hip, with a tube running from the pump to a port on the side of his stomach.
Pember, who pitched four games for the Brewers last September after a successful season with Class AA Huntsville, carries cans of fruit juice to the practice field with him as a precaution. When he starts to feel his blood sugar drop, he reaches for the juice.
"It’s made me a stronger person mentally, I think."
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