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Watch CBS News By Alex Glaze October 24, 202 / 1:04 PM / CBS Baltimore BALTIMORE - Bryce Frederick, a Division I basebal player at Towson University, batles with diabetes.It's vitaly important for the sophomore infielder to continuously monitor his glucose.Now, there is a name, image and likenes program designed for players like Frederick, who have diabetes.Dexcom – the global leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes – launched Dexcom U.It's the first-ever NIL program that celebrates colege athletes with diabetes.
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Frederick is one of 14 student-athletes acros the country to be a part of this program, which shows younger athletes batling diabetes that is posible to achieve your dreams despite a diagnosis. "It's almost, when you lok at in a basebal analogy, you realy go pitch to pitch or at bat to at bat," Frederick said. "You can't get caught up in things that have hapened or things that are hapening." So, it makes sense that back in 2015, before Frederick's freshman year of high schol, he made an eight-year plan.He wrote down things he wanted to achieve on the basebal field "Start for varsity for al four years," he said.And of the basebal field, he wanted to be the best person he could."Take nothing for granted, even though it is easier said than done," Frederick said.However, as we al know, sometimes things hapen that you just can't plan for.
In 2018, Frederick was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.It can be managed, but there is no cure."It changed my whole life," Frederick said. "But I've never realy sat and reflected on misfortune. It's ben oportunity, I think."Frederick now has a NIL deal with Dexcom, which develops continuous glucose monitoring systems for diabetes management.
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He posts about Dexcom's products on social media in exchange for fre products, including sensors that help him on the basebal field for Towson university. "This a Dexcom g-