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Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by begueradj »

ping00 wrote: post #13

I just wanted to add that your writing style is wonderful and that this was a pleasure to read. Incidentally, I work in pentesting, and one of my colleagues has Type 1 Diabetes; your overview of it and its resultant complexities really made me empathize with what challenges he has to surmount daily while still being one of the nicest, most approachable people in our team.

Your employer must be good then. Lots of companies don't hire and fire sick employees. Actually it's generally advised not to share one's medeical information at workplace.

I even read recently about the case of a worker who wasn't promoted despite everyone else expected him to be promoted. His sin ? He told briefly one of his colleagues that his car got stuck and he was tired of fixing it every now and then.

The promotion involves commuting for a certain distance. His manager told him he would have promoted him but he heard his car was not fit.

Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by dgellow »

begueradj wrote: post #81
ping00 wrote: post #13

I just wanted to add that your writing style is wonderful and that this was a pleasure to read. Incidentally, I work in pentesting, and one of my colleagues has Type 1 Diabetes; your overview of it and its resultant complexities really made me empathize with what challenges he has to surmount daily while still being one of the nicest, most approachable people in our team.

Your employer must be good then. Lots of companies don't hire and fire sick employees. Actually it's generally advised not to share one's medeical information at workplace. I even read recently about the case of a worker who wasn't promoted despite everyone else expected him to be promoted. His sin ? He told briefly one of his colleagues that his car got stuck and he was tired of fixing it every now and then. The pro…

Difficult to hide your diabetes when you wear a sensor on your arm and have to inject insulin throughout the day

Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by hnlmorg »

sbstp wrote: post #65
tibbydudeza wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rather mission critical I reckon. A CPAP machine was a life changer for me - long term untreated sleep apnea causes heart and other life issues. During my sleep study I logged about at the worst 48 incidents per minute of stopping to breath (kind of difficult to do that when you tongue rolls back into your airway)

My sleep study revealed 90.7 events per hour (30 is considered severe) and 55% blood oxygen level. I've been using a CPAP machine for about 2 months now, but still feeling pretty tired in general. Still waiting for the life changing effects.

I was around 79 events and my CPAP was also life changing. But they’re not easy to get right.

First you need a mask that fits the profile of your face and the severity of your condition. There are a lot of different shapes and designs. Having tried a few, some were completely useless for me. Only one actually worked.

Facial hair also affects the performance of the mask too. I don’t know if this is something you need to be concerned about or not, but if you have a beard and wear a full mouth and nose mask, then you might want to consider a change of appearance.

Then you have the configuration of the CPAP machine itself:

+ how much pressure to apply?

+ what, if any, ramp up period to use before deep sleep pressure is applied?

Those two metrics took a bit of tuning before I found something I was comfortable with.

I was lucky that I had (and still have) an excellent doctor to guide me through all of this. Free from the UK NHS too. I can’t imagine having to navigate all of these caveats on my own.

Good luck with the CPAP machine. Not getting enough quality sleep can be debilitating. I’ve been in the same situation as you so understand how horrible life was before my CPAP machine.

Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by smallpipe »

__loam wrote: post #42

The worst thing about ai art is having it inflicted on me at the beginning of every medium article now.

Yes! It's a great article, but why does anyone want a picture where the sun somehow manages to melt the glazing bar to illustrate an article about diabetes ? Or a big "Raise incident" button with all the other buttons being meaningless rubbish ?

Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by froh »

ping00 wrote: post #13

I just wanted to add that your writing style is wonderful and that this was a pleasure to read. Incidentally, I work in pentesting, and one of my colleagues has Type 1 Diabetes; your overview of it and its resultant complexities really made me empathize with what challenges he has to surmount daily while still being one of the nicest, most approachable people in our team.

also incidentally, pentesting as in testing diabetes pens may partially be done with pentesting as in testing with pen and paper. is it, though?

and then there is penetration testing as in trying to break into things. is that what you do?

sigh

Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by rob74 »

ping00 wrote: post #13

I just wanted to add that your writing style is wonderful and that this was a pleasure to read. Incidentally, I work in pentesting, and one of my colleagues has Type 1 Diabetes; your overview of it and its resultant complexities really made me empathize with what challenges he has to surmount daily while still being one of the nicest, most approachable people in our team.

Yes... you can lead a normal life with diabetes (you can even be a top level tennis player - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zverev#Personal_life), but this article really made me appreciate the level of self-discipline it takes to do that.

Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by rob74 »

begueradj wrote: post #81
ping00 wrote: post #13

I just wanted to add that your writing style is wonderful and that this was a pleasure to read. Incidentally, I work in pentesting, and one of my colleagues has Type 1 Diabetes; your overview of it and its resultant complexities really made me empathize with what challenges he has to surmount daily while still being one of the nicest, most approachable people in our team.

Your employer must be good then. Lots of companies don't hire and fire sick employees. Actually it's generally advised not to share one's medeical information at workplace. I even read recently about the case of a worker who wasn't promoted despite everyone else expected him to be promoted. His sin ? He told briefly one of his colleagues that his car got stuck and he was tired of fixing it every now and then. The pro…

In Germany, depending on the type and seriousness of your diabetes, you can get officially recognized as handicapped, and companies above a certain size (20 employees) are obligated to have a certain number of handicapped employees - so an employee who is handicapped, but can work (more or less) the same as a normal employee is actually a win-win situation.

Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by sgt101 »

Camdiab (https://camdiab.com/faq) is available in some places (UK) to provide automated blood sugar level management.

I have dived into this a bit, and the thing that I grokked is the challenge of proving that the algorithm/device loops really work and are really safe. There has been a lot of painstaking work to develop and certify a thing like Camdiab. Unfortunately it also means that it's important to buy the right smartphone to make sure that the right libraries are available and being used by the app... Has been a bit expensive.

They have also walked the road of testing and proving the devices/algorithm for use in small children and teenagers. Bear in mind that this is all very complicated and there are a lot of differences in the behaviour of different hormone systems in different cohorts.

Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by UomoNeroNero »

I have been diabetic for 16 years. I love your mood and I respect you, when you are sad or angry with the illness, reread this post and remember how sure you were that you could handle everything. It's not easy (mentally and practically) and for me, for many years, the situation has been "joyfully out of control" Just yesterday I cried (really!) watching that for the first time in my sick life I had a 36 hour streak on target. 100% green for 36 hours. I repeat, I cried. Maybe I understood. Maybe... The leap in quality after years to 60% was due to: - microinfusor connected to the CGM (a revolution compared to pens) - having had the opportunity to share my experience as a diabetic with a group of other diabetics. Something like Alcoholics Anonymous but much more like Fightclub :-D - having installed a VM with NightScout to always have an eye on blood sugar levels and trends EVERYWHERE: phone, clock, desktop widget, alarm clock, fridge :-D - count the CHO with German precision (and analyze the history with respect to pre/post blood sugar levels) and do the boluses STRICTLY 15 minutes before the meal. I hate hate hate living like this but IT WORKS

Tieni duro. Non ti disunire

Re: How I keep myself alive using Golang

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Post by yurishimo »

dgellow wrote: post #82
begueradj wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your employer must be good then. Lots of companies don't hire and fire sick employees. Actually it's generally advised not to share one's medeical information at workplace. I even read recently about the case of a worker who wasn't promoted despite everyone else expected him to be promoted. His sin ? He told briefly one of his colleagues that his car got stuck and he was tired of fixing it every now and then. The pro…

Difficult to hide your diabetes when you wear a sensor on your arm and have to inject insulin throughout the day

Actually, the sensor is super easy to hide (especially with long sleeves) and injecting is also quite discreet these days. I've seen injectors that are about the size of a marker or a wireless earbuds case. It's easy enough to go to the bathroom right before lunch or when you get an notification on your phone.
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