IT'S SUMMER- AND FOR MANY THAT MEANS CAMP.

BASKETBALL, SOCCER, MATH; YOU NAME IT.

THERE'S A CAMP FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING including a SPORTS TRAINING CAMP FOR DIABETICS.

LAURIE WORKS AT A CHICAGO LAW FIRM, BUT TODAY SHE IS ON VACATION AND FAR FAR AWAY FROM ANY KIND OF A COURTROOM AND HER PEERS.

WITH THE HELP OF A MEDICAL TEAM AND LOADS OF TECHNOLOGY ... SHE IS LEARNING ABOUT HER STAMINA, EVERY NUANCE OF HER BODY, AND HOW TO LIVE A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE WITH DIABETES.

IN FACT, LAURIE IS NOT ALONE. NOT FAR AWAY IS THIS WOMAN. SHE'S FROM UTAH. SHE WANTS TO KNOW HOW FAR TO PUSH HER BODY BEFORE STARTING AN EXERCISE ROUTINE.

AND THEN THERE'S THIS NEW YORKER - HE WANTS TO RUN MARATHONS, BUT HE'S NOT SURE ABOUT HIS LIMITS.

"It was hard. With the masks and everything, hard to breathe. You're out of your normal environment and it's a lot of stress."

"We're looking at her level of fitness and how much oxygen she takes in and carbon dioxide she blows out so we can actually teach her what zones she should exercise in."

"MANY OF THOSE TAKING PART IN THE DIABETIC SPORTS TRAINING CAMP HERE AT ELMHURST COLLEGE ARE IN THE CHICAGO AREA FROM ENGLAND, IRELAND AND AS FAR AWAY AS ISRAEL."

THE 35-CLIENTS ARE ALL HERE TO CONTROL THEIR BLOOD SUGARS, THEIR INSULIN LEVELS, AND THEIR DIET -- SOMETIMES WITH THE AID OF HI-TECH DEVICES.

"For my health, for my family."

THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL DIABETES SPORTS TRAINING CAMP WILL BE HELD IN COLORADO IN SEPTEMBER.

For Mor information log-on to www.diabetestrainingcamp.com