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diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
Bobby was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when the age 12. Though bobby was never really affected, but did like the idea of exercising more wich intrigued him. Bobby said himself ''I am incredibly optimistic''. -
Bobby lost his eye site due to complications with his diabetes
In 1993, during his first year of law school, Bobby lost his eyesight as a result of complications related to diabetes. It was a sudden loss. He was totally blind in a month. -
Bobby had not only learned how to ski with a guide but good enough to make the U.S disabled ski team.
Undeterred from pursuing his love of competitive sports, Bobby learned to ski with a guide. Within a year he qualified for the U.S. Disabled Ski Team. He spent seven years as a member of the U.S. Team, was a two-time U.S. Disabled Overall Downhill champion, and earned his spot on the Nagano Paralympics ski team. -
the world disabled alpine championship
During competition in the 1996 World Disabled Alpine Championships in Austria, Bobby’s kidneys began to fail. He was on dialysis before the end of the year, and received his first double transplant (kidney and pancreas) in 1997.
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First Double Transplant!
In 1997, he had his first double transplant -- kidney and pancreas; with a new pancreas, he was no longer diabetic. -
he raced in Japan
He competed in the 1998 Paralympics in Nagano, Japan, taking fifth place in the Alpine downhill ski competition. He continued to race with the U.S. team until his body rejected his transplant organs. He endured another two years of dialysis before receiving his second double transplant in 2003. Wiki Link
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started experencing symptoms of acute renal ejection
Bobby was having a harsh time experiencing acute renal ejection wich is renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract. -
Bobbys Rejection
Bobbys body was rejecting his organs. So Bobby takes special pills to keep them normal and functioning. -
Bobby has raced at least 25 downhill races
Since 2001, Bobby has raced in at least 25 downhill, cross-country, and 8- and 12-hour mountain bike events each year -
Bobby was back on dialysis
Bobby again was back on dialysis wich is a treatment for a certain sickness that Bobby does indeed have. -
Bobby got his double transplant.
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Bobby went in a triathalon and was coverd in cbs spectacular
Bobby’s participation in the 2005 Nissan XTERRA World Championship Mountain Bike Triathlon was covered in a CBS Sports Spectacular (February 2006). He has been featured in numerous publications, including Sports Illustrated, Decline Magazine, Bike Magazine, Dirt Rag Magazine, Mountain Biking UK Magazine, BIKE Magazin Germany, Los Angeles Times.com, New Zealand’s Spoke Magazine, and others. -
Bobby completed a 3000 mile race
n 2006 he completed the 3,000-mile Race Across America, riding for Team Donate Life to raise money for transplant research.
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Bobby started the downie ville classic mountain bike race
A competition in the 2007 Downieville Classic Mountain Bike Race, a 17-mile course said to be the country’s most challenging downhill race. -
Bobby makes a movie called The way bobby sees it
he Way Bobby Sees It is a gripping documentary about Bobby McMullen, a competitive mountain biker on a mission to race the most demanding downhill course in the country. Adding to the difficulty: Bobby is blind. -
In europe he race the uero cup
Bobby spent the summer of 2010 in Europe where he raced the Euro Cup SuperEnduro in Sauze d’Oulx, Italy, followed by the Megavalanche race in Alpe d’Huez, France. He is the first visually impaired rider (let alone two-time double transplant recipient) ever to have competed in these races.
