Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation
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Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation
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Re: Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation
#2This is a terrifying and illuminating read.
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#3I stopped reading where he just googled what can be wrong with his life support medical aid instead of calling some kind of support line.
Re: Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation
#4I’m diabetic and found this strange for a few reasons. There’s a postscript in the blog post wishing death from diabetes on any diabetic who tries to point any of it out—so I’ll leave it at that.
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#5I stopped reading where he just googled what can be wrong with his life support medical aid instead of calling some kind of support line.
The author is a woman. She does call a support line during the course of all of this. The support line was fairly unhelpful.
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#6I stopped reading where he just googled what can be wrong with his life support medical aid instead of calling some kind of support line.
I’ve called my father’s insulin pump customer support number once before and the medical advice they gave us would have endangered his life if I had carried it out (according to his GP, whom we called after to confirm).
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#7I’m diabetic and found this strange for a few reasons. There’s a postscript in the blog post wishing death from diabetes on any diabetic who tries to point any of it out—so I’ll leave it at that.
I empathize with the author. I have severe panic attacks and getting advice from someone who has maybe had a little anxiety once is infuriating.
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#8I don't think the attitude in the first several paragraphs, wishing harm to the pump engineers etc, can lead to a good discussion.
Re: Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation
#9I stopped reading where he just googled what can be wrong with his life support medical aid instead of calling some kind of support line.
The author is a woman. She does call a support line during the course of all of this. The support line was fairly unhelpful.
the support line did everything she asked, and explicitly asked if she already had a backup plan in place, to which the author said "yes".
the author admits to not even asking for the pump to be sent directly to her.
the author admits to even ignoring the internet advice to call support, then gets mad that she wasted insulin while doing so
Re: Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation
#10I’m diabetic and found this strange for a few reasons. There’s a postscript in the blog post wishing death from diabetes on any diabetic who tries to point any of it out—so I’ll leave it at that.
I wish you life from diabetes to cancel out her curse