by Reed | Jan 18, 2026 | Medical Professionals
Living with diabetes involves far more than taking insulin or checking blood sugar. It requires constant decision-making, attention to food, exercise, stress, and technology, and the ability to adapt to unpredictable changes. For nursing students, understanding the...
by Reed | Jan 9, 2026 | Friends & Family, Gratitude
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Diabetes Milestone Today—January 9, 2026—is my Beddian Diaversary. I was diagnosed with diabetes in 1963, which means I’ve now lived with it for 63 years. This once-in-a-lifetime numerical phenomenon was made famous by Bobby Beddia, a New York...
by Reed | Aug 13, 2025 | Mind, Technology & Medications
Using a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) as part of our diabetes management comes with pros and cons. The benefits include the trends delivered by glucose data every 1-5 minutes. And including that data in algorithms can ease decision-making for insulin dosing and...
by Reed | Nov 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hello, World Diabetes Day 2024! World diabetes day was started in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization and then reinforced by the United Nations in 2006. This is about raising awareness of diabetes, which is paramount …...
by Reed | Aug 8, 2024 | Exercise, Medical Professionals
I’ve been experiencing pain in my left shoulder over the past month while working out with weights, after gravel cycling rides, and while sleeping. I suspected either a rotator cuff issue or a frozen shoulder, as I experienced rotator cuff tears in my 20s and 30s and...
