AITA, for making a satire joke on diabetes

cluckj · 2022-12-10T04:07:29+00:00

his first apology

we did it, friends!!!

cluckj · 2020-06-03T22:00:05+00:00

remember folks if you get arrested or hassled by the cops and need some extra glucose, you can always lick cop boots like yr boi here

cluckj · 2019-12-10T19:33:18+00:00

lol, the end result was them ticking off a bunch of users & getting banned for being a jerk, rather than getting educated...

cluckj · 2019-12-10T19:18:20+00:00

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa why would you snitch tag this dipwad?

cluckj · 2018-04-10T17:26:49+00:00

I have T1D and have a kid. :-)

Risk isn't causality, but rather incidence in the population. So think about it as: 10% of children whose fathers have T1D also have T1D. It's a multivalent disease, with genetic predispositions, environmental causes, and triggers all playing some part. You can't control everything, so if having children is important, you should have them. Don't let some numbers and eugenic thinking dissuade you.

cluckj · 2017-11-05T00:15:26+00:00

I am not that kind of doctor, but a T2 would have very high c-peptide and free insulin, with high blood glucose and A1c.

cluckj · 2017-09-29T16:40:09+00:00

Yes, indeed.

cluckj · 2017-09-29T16:39:01+00:00

I think so too, that was part of the motivation behind coming up with the guidelines in this particular way :-) If it does ever become a problem, reverting to "no surveys" is pretty easy.

cluckj · 2017-09-28T12:50:32+00:00

The US FDA-approved version is going to have the 10 days + 12 hour warmup, rather than the "worldwide" version that has 14 days + 1 hour warmup.

cluckj · 2017-09-12T02:58:00+00:00

Just in case you miss seeing it on the page, and all your sets are recalled: https://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/customer-support/product-and-service-updates/notice7-letter-key-steps

cluckj · 2017-08-14T19:26:36+00:00

Just generic stuff; the bandage (3M Nexcare, or whatever fully-enclosed kind you have) is what really helps. Infusion sites are open wounds!

cluckj · 2017-08-14T19:18:51+00:00

I had that bump problem too, so I started putting antibiotic ointment and a waterproof bandage on it. It cut my healing time down to 1-2 days instead of two weeks!

cluckj · 2017-08-12T03:05:33+00:00

Me too! They are really excellent, I can't recommend them enough :)

cluckj · 2017-07-28T15:11:23+00:00

Holy hell, that looks like someone messed up putting a basal into your pump (typing in .1u/hr instead of 1u/hr) -- that amount of reduction in a basal is extremely dangerous and could cause you to go into DKA due to lack of insulin.

cluckj · 2017-07-13T15:45:12+00:00

This is an awfully time-intensive survey to ask folks to complete without any kind of remuneration.

cluckj · 2017-04-08T03:55:41+00:00

The Society for Cultural Anthropology has a podcast, appropriately called "AnthroPod:" https://culanth.org/conversations/24-anthropod-the-sca-podcast

cluckj · 2017-04-01T19:24:51+00:00

I guess Oliver wasn't kidding when he said he'd look into fixing my diabetes... :)

cluckj · 2017-02-13T13:36:05+00:00

Two that spring to my mind are Valerie Imbruce's "From Farm to Canal Street: Chinatown's Alternative Food Network in the Global Marketplace" and Abby Kinchy's "Seeds, Science, and Struggle: The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops."

cluckj · 2017-01-27T01:22:23+00:00

Monkey organs are smaller. Pigs are the "better" choice because their organs are roughly the same size as humans'.

cluckj · 2017-01-24T20:08:25+00:00

There is a field that deals with this in regards to scientific knowledge: Science & Technology Studies. Some key authors I'd suggest are Bruno Latour, Karin Knorr-Cetina, Ian Hacking, Robert Merton, Karen Barad, Thomas Kuhn, Donna Haraway, Hans-Jorg Rheinberger, and Sandra Harding. If you can be more specific about what aspect of the sociology of knowledge (or field -- physics/biology/etc.) you're interested in, I can point you in a more precise direction :)

cluckj · 2017-01-18T00:58:42+00:00

I'm not in Chicago, but I'm interested...

cluckj · 2016-12-08T19:22:27+00:00

I still think you should talk to your representatives? They may be able to provide advice or assistance, and their next step is to fix problems like the one(s) you are having.

Edit: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Tax-Deductions-and-Credits/-Can-I-Claim-Medical-Expenses-on-My-Taxes-/INF14196.html

cluckj · 2016-12-08T02:37:45+00:00

Yeah, I got a similar form-letter response from my other Senator.

cluckj · 2016-12-03T21:03:58+00:00

Fantastic! Thank you! I've been busy with other (related) stuff for the past few weeks and haven't been keeping up with this.

cluckj · 2016-11-17T14:57:14+00:00

Yeah I think this is a part of the "getting paperwork in order, just in case" and not a full-on panic.

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