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  • thesystemisdown@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzInsulin
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    28 days ago

    The insulin produced now has benefited from advances in technology just like most things. The fast acting insulin is predictable and works in 45 minutes to an hour and a half. The original insulin took hours and wasn’t nearly as predictable or stable. Testing/monitoring technology has seen even more significant advances.

    I owe Banting and his colleagues my life, but it is different. That’s not to say that the continued well being of the public should be profitable and exclusive.



  • I’m as offended by receiving survey requests for any and everything I buy or pay online. If it weren’t disingenuous I’d be fine with it, but it’s usually the retail marketing version of a push poll. There’s no way that they would get that something is off based on the normalized survey values without reading the non-normalized text box that corporate probably doesn’t care about. Therefore, they get a consistent value of 1, (you suck) to every question. If I had a positive experience I just don’t bother unless some poor bastard went out of their way to help me.








  • Insulin is only a part of the treatment/cost, and most of us are on several different types (fast-acting/long-acting). If you’re on a pump, it’s usually just fast-acting, but pumps are expensive. There’s also monitoring devices like glucose monitors and test strips, which are pricey. The sensors for continuous glucose monitors are about $100 a piece without insurance and last a week or two. Glucagon is a pretty useful thing to have on hand if you’re on insulin. It’s like Narcan for insulin, and it’s not inexpensive. There’s also that little matter of increased doctor’s office visits and frequent bloodwork, even with insurance, the copays and deductables can be burdensome. They won’t write the script if you don’t show up regularly. My diabetes doesn’t cost as much as my food, but it’s close, and I have decent insurance. All of that, and you’re still likely to have complications to some degree in your old age. Nothing about having diabetes is reasonable- universal healthcare would make the pill easier to swallow though.









  • There’s one machine in the house that still runs windows 10. I fire it up about once a month. I couldn’t believe the amount of garbage it clutters every glance with. Every little update adds some new garbage. WTF do I want any part of that? And… 11 is an order of magnitude worse.

    Do I really need a menu full of pop culture shit that I have no interest in?