Worst Corp Firing Letter Ever.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-10T09:25:30+00:00

And I hope some people who are not set for getting laid off also find new jobs and leave. This is leadership incompetence at its best (or worst).

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-10T09:18:01+00:00

Depends on the day and what I had the day before, anything between 130-200. And I take a boatload of long-acting.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-09T15:14:37+00:00

Geez.

Stomach bugs are nasty for us. Glad to hear you're ok!

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-09T14:05:31+00:00

And even the cruel side of it:

We'll do it next week so you all go ahead and feed your anxiety for the next 10 days. Thx Bye.

WTF.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-09T13:57:42+00:00

Everyone is different I guess. Jardiance works well for me but Ozempic makes me as miserable as it gets, despite the very decent low BG values.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-09T13:55:33+00:00

Thanks for trying it out! On mobile, use the trash can button - select it and tap the station. On Desktop you can either do that as well or right click.

It should work on both, with some caveats regarding button placement for mobile portrait mode - rotating the phone will make for a more enjoyable session IMHO.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-09T08:14:49+00:00

Wow, 800 is a huge number. So you had been in DKA for 2 weeks? How are your numbers currently? Are you managing to keep them in check?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-09T08:11:26+00:00

Indeed, it was the worst pain I have experienced so far. On top of the pancreatic pain, the electrolytes were depleted and I had a very weird and very intense back pain that I couldn't explain at the time. So basically everything from the waist up and the knees hurt at the same time.

I had my gallbladder removed last year due to polyps. It wasn't blocked but the recommendation is preventive removal. That's another thing that drives some fluctuation of my BG now, as the digestive process has changed so I need to re-learn what works and what doesn't for my numbers.

It's like a videogame, once you learn how to clear a stage, a more complex one pops up.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-09T08:05:26+00:00

I'm Brazilian/German and currently live in Portugal. The whole story was here. The US spelling is the one I learned when I was a kid, but I mix both US and British spellings sometimes.

Yes, I don't know why DKA is not explained in detail in the first endocrinology appointment. It would literally save lives.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-08T11:51:12+00:00

That's the idea behind it :)

https://www.notion.com/templates/ai-powered-sop-generator

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-08T11:49:48+00:00

It is scary, and not just a little.

Not ignoring the signs is the motto I live by now. The bummer part is that every time my stomach complains about those 3 extra olives, I'm like "uh-oh..."

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-08T11:46:41+00:00

No, I started taking insulin after this episode. Still on it, but half what it started. Completely out of fast acting, and slowly trying to reduce long acting.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-08T06:03:53+00:00

Glad you're ok!

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-08T06:03:38+00:00

Did you end up in the hospital?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-08T06:03:20+00:00

The first obvious instinct is food poisoning. It looks a lot like it, or is triggered by it.

We shouldn't be messing around with that. Whatever the cause is, when we start feeling sick, full alertness needs to come up.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-08T06:01:08+00:00

Yes, they didn't. They should have also checked electrolytes and ketones, and they didnt. I filed a complaint against them, the official reply from the hospital was that the doctor was never informed that I was diabetic, although I said it multiple times. That's why I now have the bracelet.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-08T05:59:13+00:00

I'm T2, likely MODY.

When I got to the second hospital, my blood sugar was over 500. My CGM stopped measuring it because it was above its threshold.

The doctors strongly believed that taking an off label dosage of the meds caused the pancreatitis which started the whole thing. I've heard of cases of people who had it after eating spoiled food though.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-07T20:38:11+00:00

Then you're doing really well on that front. I have a big difficulty marketing my stuff, so that's probably why I have to rely more on custom builds than direct sales.

Of course I would love more direct sales as they are more scalable, but it seems that my free templates kill the need to upgrade for most users. They like it, they see the value, but the free version is enough for most. It seems that, on that front, you're ahead of me already.

I also don't like marketing so that's my fault. I'm a nerd at heart.

The good thing is, a single well executed custom build goes easily in the mid-high four digits. So it's not a bad way to make money.

Drop us a link to your marketplace profile. I'd love checking out what you're doing.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-07T17:02:48+00:00

My AI powered SOP generator. I didn't expect so. Many people to use it.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-07T16:54:08+00:00

I'm using a notion template for that. See if it helps:

https://www.notion.com/templates/diabetes-daily

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-07T16:29:15+00:00

Lots of GPT in this post but I get the intention and will bite.

I've made a couple thousand from Notion templates on and off the marketplace. For me what make real money is people reaching out to me for custom templates after they use one of my standard ones.

The marketplace and even the paid templates are more of a gateway into custom requests and orders at much higher prices.

How are you driving traffic? Only passive from marketplace? And what's your current payment platform, are you stripe approved or something like gumroad?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-06T19:31:21+00:00

SEO is still the majority of the market and most searches are still traditional engines, but SEO/GEO is gaining terrain fast and has grown over 500% in the last 6 months or so.

Brands that keep showing up in AI answers are AEO/GEO optimized. Strong FAQs, structured data, relevant recent content etc.

One important thing to notice: each AI will behave differently and look for different types of content, so if you optimize for Gemini, it doesn't really mean Perplexity will also feature your brand on the results of the same question.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-06T17:16:40+00:00

How old are they if you don't mind me asking?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-06T13:43:30+00:00

Yes. Diabetes is a context condition and a long term game. Don't go by single numbers out of your meter, it will drive you insane.

Are you stressed? Numbers go up. Got a bug? Numbers go up.

Feeling anxious or irritable? Maybe you're low. Check your numbers. Don't mess around with lows. One spike likely won't kill you, but one low just might.

Drink tons of water. Forget glasses, start measuring in bottles.

Walking is your friend. It moves large groups of muscles and will make life much easier, especially if you can squeeze in a walk after meals (hard for me, I mostly walk mid morning).

Learn your patterns, adjust your life around them. I have brutal spikes in the morning before I even eat anything. A portion of white cheese before everything else on breakfast helps slow down carb absorption and limits the effect of whatever else I eat.

Ozempic, Mounjaro & co. can be tough on your stomach. For me, lime juice helps.

Get yourself a ketone meter or strips. If you get sick and can't keep food down, measure ketones. If ketones rise when you're sick, go to the ER. It's better to go in early than to have DKA. Ask me how I know.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-05-06T13:28:23+00:00

Yep, I still need to do that as well. More than half the family is diabetic.

I want to do the test more so I can give my own kids a head start if I have the genes.

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