by Reed | Jun 11, 2022 | Exercise
It’s Saturday morning and the summer heat and humidity has hit Kansas City. Was looking forward to cycling 30 miles with friends until … I woke up with a blood sugar of 320. Crap … what to do? Try and bolus it down with insulin? That means active...
by Reed | Apr 14, 2022 | Business of Diabetes, Exercise, Gratitude, Technology & Medications
I started cycling in 2007 after a JDRF staff member asked me to be our chapter’s first type 1 to ride a JDRF sponsored century. I was also in search of a low impact workout as a substitute for high impact running. I hadn’t been on a bike since college, but...
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 12, 2021 | Exercise
Closing the book on 2020 includes throwing another on the calendar pile. It all started in 1987 by hanging a Normal Rockwell calendar in the kitchen and recording my exercise workouts. There’s something about visualizing the progress and doing so every year since has...
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 | 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...
