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...
by Reed | Sep 1, 1988 | Gratitude, Medical Professionals, Technology & Medications
Early in the 1980s, the development of blood glucose meters provided immediate data and feedback about my blood sugars. But what was I supposed to do when my blood sugar was still high several hours after eating? I knew that insulin would lower blood sugar, so I...
by Reed | Apr 15, 1987 | Friends & Family, Gratitude
I moved to Atlanta in 1985 after accepting a job transfer with AT&T. I was 25, and it was a big move for me. Until then, I had stayed close to my nest in and around Kansas City. With that came a comfort zone of family, faith, friends, lifelong sports teams, a...
