James Talarico
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Exactly.
Yeah, well, this is personal for me.
I was 28 years old when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
I was actually in my very first campaign for the state house.
I was a Democrat running in a Trump district that no one thought was winnable.
And so I decided to do something a little crazy.
I decided to walk the entire length of my district all in one day, all on foot, all in the Texas heat.
And I held three town halls along the walk.
It was a 25 mile walk.
And I wasn't worried about my...
my ability to do the walk.
I hike Big Bend every year and I was perfectly healthy.
I was 28.
And halfway through the walk, I started to feel fatigued and nauseous.
I threw up a couple times along the walk.
Somehow I finished the thing.
And when I went home, I figured I was just dehydrated and I needed a good night's sleep.
I went to bed and I slept for 36 hours straight.
And so my family got concerned.
They took me to the ER where nurses checked my blood sugar.