When Dr. Keith Hersey walked through a vendor fair at a pharmacy convention nearly two decades ago, he had no idea a free blood sugar test would change the course of his life. A simple prick of the finger revealed dangerously high glucose levels, a diagnosis that pushed the young pharmacist into a battle with type 2 diabetes that would reshape both his personal and professional journey.
"I was shocked," Hersey recalls. "At first, I thought maybe it was because I had just eaten lunch. But the representative told me it was much more serious. That moment was my first wake-up call."
