by Reed | Aug 14, 2022 | Business of Diabetes, Evergreen, Exercise, Friends & Family, Medical Professionals, Mind, Nutrition, Technology & Medications
This is not a comprehensive list of how to live well with T1D. (You can find those in the categories that make up the Living Well Model.) But here are the handful of moves I consider the best – and worst – for living with type 1 diabetes. Best 5 Moves #1: ...
by Reed | Jan 30, 2022 | Exercise, Friends & Family, Medical Professionals, Mind, Nutrition, Technology & Medications
Whew … 2021 is in the books! It was a second year of respecting and navigating life with Covid. Doing that with diabetes adds another layer of complexity I’m a pretty resilient type, but I missed in person social connections and conversations with friends. Doing...
by Reed | Jan 9, 2021 | Exercise, Friends & Family, Medical Professionals, Nutrition, Technology & Medications
Today marks my 58th year living with the Big D … and what a challenging, unpredictable and extraordinary year it’s been. Many thanks to those that helped get me here: insulin, medical pros, exercise, good diet, better tech, and – most of all – my faith, family and...
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...
by Reed | Jun 15, 1971 | Gratitude, Nutrition
Theme parks sprung up across America in the early 1970s. So when Worlds of Fun opened in my hometown of Kansas City, I was eager to explore. As an early teenager, the park was a blast and included constant walking while taking in the rides that were bigger and...
by Reed | Jun 30, 1967 | Friends & Family, Gratitude, Nutrition
Candy such as jelly beans, sugar babies, lifesavers, and tootsie pops. Candy bars including Snickers, Butterfingers, and Baby Ruths. Soda drinks like Coke, Pepsi, RC Cola, and Dr. Pepper. Sugared cereals like Captain Crunch, Sugar Pops and Smacks. These were the...
