by Reed | Apr 12, 2013 | Business of Diabetes, Evergreen, Gratitude, Medical Professionals
As my 50th milestone with type 1 neared, I mentioned it to my endocrinologist. He smiled and said, “That’s a great start!” My sister shared it with the pediatric endo (he’s a friend) that treats her son. His response was more in line with mine, “Oh wow… what a...
by Reed | Jun 27, 1997 | Friends & Family, Gratitude, Uncategorized
The two happiest days of my life are getting married and the birth of our only child, Connor. Born at Piedmont hospital in Atlanta, a year later we moved to Memphis and to Kansas City when he was four years old. As you know by now, Connor was diagnosed with...
by Reed | Sep 18, 1993 | Friends & Family, Gratitude, Uncategorized
Where do I start with the woman I love and share my life with? I met Kendra in early 1993 at a place called Jocks & Jills in Midtown Atlanta. As we began dating, I shared my diabetes and Kendra said that she understood as she had 2 sisters living with type 1. ...
by Reed | Jul 15, 1990 | Business of Diabetes, Exercise, Gratitude, Medical Professionals
Driving home late one evening in the late 1980s on an Interstate Atlantans call ‘The Connector’, something caught my eye on an electronic sign atop West Paces Ferry hospital. I was surprised (and proud) that diabetes was in the bright lights. I took note of the...
by Reed | May 7, 1989 | Gratitude, Medical Professionals, Mind, Technology & Medications
In the late 1980s I read about the progress being made with insulin pumps. They had become smaller in part due to learning from the US space program. The Diabetes Treatment Center of Atlanta was progressive and an excellent resource for insulin pumps. I researched...
by Reed | Nov 12, 1988 | Gratitude, Medical Professionals, Nutrition
What if the people living and treating diabetes could meet in one place for one day? The thought had never crossed my mind until I received a mailer for something called “Diabetes University.” It was the late 1980s or early 1990s when the Diabetes Association of...
