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Got Diabetus? There's a tat for that.

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Stale wrote: »
    I look at it this way, I've been given the ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card.


    Regardless what I do, my diabetes is so brittle, that if necessary, with little to no real effort, I'm dead inside a month. Probably 3 weeks. So, if I ever get to a point where I simply do not give a shit anymore, and I want to be a coward, there we go. Life insurance still pays out.

    Stale...this is sad. Don't be sad Stale. I promise sometime soon when you do a Stale PAX I will visit you.

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'm so anxious about my battle that I'm pretty sure I've gone into an insulin reaction


    Edit: 53 yup!

    Stale on
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  • HomelessHomeless Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    man during my worst depression i was all "i know how i am gonna go. 100 units of insulin in roughly a minute". thank satan it never got to that point.

    Homeless on
  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    it should be criminal, charging people medical bills for diabetes.

    Jesus I'm glad I live in Canada. I dont have diabetes.. but still.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
    edited May 2010
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  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Al_wat wrote: »
    it should be criminal, charging people medical bills for diabetes.

    Jesus I'm glad I live in Canada. I dont have diabetes.. but still.

    but but but healthcare is a personal responsibility!!! we must leave it up to the free market!! *throws up on self*

    medical bill for getting vomit problem checked out: $285 please

    Al_wat on
  • BYToadyBYToady Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Stale wrote: »
    I look at it this way, I've been given the ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card.


    Regardless what I do, my diabetes is so brittle, that if necessary, with little to no real effort, I'm dead inside a month. Probably 3 weeks. So, if I ever get to a point where I simply do not give a shit anymore, and I want to be a coward, there we go. Life insurance still pays out.

    My friend's mother is now on hospice in home care, all treatment for her cancer has stopped because it's jumping from her bones into her organs.

    Her family doctor told her that if she wants to pass quickly and relatively painlessly, just refuse treatment next time the cancer displaces enough bone to cause hypercalcaemia.

    BYToady on
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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Stale wrote: »
    I'm so anxious about my battle that I'm pretty sure I've gone into an insulin reaction


    Edit: 53 yup!

    ahahah

    Stale, have you ever woken up early because you didn't have enough to eat before bedtime?

    Apparently the first time this happened I was so delirious it took my mom several minutes to get a coherent sentence out of me, at which point I requested cookies.

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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    why is it wrong to charge people for type 2 diabetus bills
    isnt it mostly a lifestyle disease?
    so maybe lay off the cake next time mmmmk

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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    that's an interesting opinion
    how about food
    food is medically necessary

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  • Sara LynnSara Lynn I can handle myself. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    is this another Canada thread

    boring

    oh no heathcare blurgh bluh fpfpfpfpfpft

    this is now a Stale thread, gtfo

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  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Zoolander wrote: »
    that's an interesting opinion
    how about food
    food is medically necessary

    you can get enough food to stay alive for free. The facility is there.

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    yes i believe its wrong to make a profit off of anything necessary for life.

    that's precious

    Stale on
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    dang it teefs stop stinking up the diabetus thread

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  • Sara LynnSara Lynn I can handle myself. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I don't want to live in Canada

    so I guess I'll pay for things that I have to pay for!

    maybe if I move to Canada and fuss a lot it'll change, but that sounds like a hassle

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
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  • Sara LynnSara Lynn I can handle myself. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    it must be frustrating for you to have moved to Canada for a different life but are still so obsessed with America and it's policies that you can't let it go

    but I guess it's not an effective argument for you if you can't say "good thing I live in Canada everything rules"

    things are fucked up but you can also talk about it in a way that doesn't make everyone wish you didn't post in threads

    just sayiiiiin

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited May 2010
    I've always said that what this place needs is more naive teenagers talking shit.

    Tube on
  • Sara LynnSara Lynn I can handle myself. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    seriously this is a Stale thread

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'm trying to figure out what terrible condition Stale hasn't had

    AIDS?

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Lycanthropy.

    ChicoBlue on
  • Ruby RhodRuby Rhod Multipass!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    We have a wolf thread chico.

    Ruby Rhod on
  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'm trying to figure out what terrible condition Stale hasn't had

    AIDS?

    been exposed! Never contracted it.



    I worked at a porn shop / adult arcade when I was 18-19. Junkies used to hang out in the back and suck off old dudes for money. One night one comes stumbling in, heads back to the booths, and about 2 hours later a regular comes up front and tells me there is something wrong.

    This usually means a twink catfight, or a good ol boy didn't like his blowjob and is beating the shit out of a junkie.

    No, this time it meant a junkie had thrown up blood and vomit and beer all over the booth, the doors, the hallway, 3 other guys, and himself. In the process of trying to control the situation I get some blood/vomit on my hands and jeans.


    At this point the junkie tells me that I should call the ambulance, because he has aids.


    I left him there on the floor, told everyone to leave, locked the doors, called the janitor and told him to come in early, and then called the ambulance for HIV-junkie.


    Quit that week.

    Stale on
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  • Ruby RhodRuby Rhod Multipass!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Jesus fucking shit.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I can't imagine working in a place like that for even a week

    it would just be too depressing and gross

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  • RinderRinder Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Damn.

    The closest I've ever come to aids is my mother pricking herself after drawing blood from and aids patient about two years before I was born.

    Rinder on
  • ApogeeApogee Lancks In Every Game Ever Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Hmmmm, tatoo that indicates the level of a chemical in your blood?

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    I think someone has been watching re-runs on the sci-fi channel...

    Also I feel obligated as a Canadian to note my horror at the US system of draining your wallet in response to diabeeetus. Fuck guys, that shit is crazy.

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  • Waka LakaWaka Laka Riding the stuffed Unicorn If ya know what I mean.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    A tattoo that changes color based on your mood would be pretty cool, but yeah diabeetus status is also useful.

    Cures also help.

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  • Ruby RhodRuby Rhod Multipass!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Stale, that story reminds me of this:

    http://www.deepveininsomnia.com/SBcopscintro.php

    Ruby Rhod on
  • omega71omega71 Too old for a title, too ornery to care. Sacramento, CaliRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Stale, which pump are you using?

    My partner is prepping himself right now to get one, he wants this one,

    http://www.animas.com/support/onetouch-ping-insulin-pump

    but I think it is too much for him, (he cant figure out how to turn on a laptop, much less figure out how to set a digital watch)

    I was thinking about this one for him.

    http://www.minimed.com/products/

    It looks a bit easier for him to figure out and whatnot..

    What do you think?

    omega71 on
    24.24.2.2148
  • Agent VesagoAgent Vesago Half Iago. Half Fu Manchu. All Bastard. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    ChicoBlue wrote: »
    Lycanthropy.

    Lycanthropy comes with awesome regenerative side effects.

    You're all healthy, you just turn into a ravaging beast.

    Agent Vesago on
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  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I feel it proper to pay someone for services rendered. If you can provide a better way to do so i would like to hear it.

    I think we found the cure for everything, werewolves.

    Melding on
  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ruby Rhod wrote: »
    Stale, that story reminds me of this:

    http://www.deepveininsomnia.com/SBcopscintro.php

    Ohh Man


    I read these years ago and completely forgotten about them. The *LUBE WARNING* in particular.


    Our store wasn't computerized at all, it was all done through a ledger and logbook, manual counts coming on and going off. So everytime someone wanted to rent, we had to pull out the logbook, check their account, run their card for sometimes hundreds of dollars of authorizations, and then charge the rental.

    See, we had a real problem with people just not bringing back the tapes, and frankly, that shit was expensive back then. 80-120 a title wasn't uncommon at all. So we'd take their credit card, do a manual pre-authorization of the full price of the title, then do a charge of however many dollars, usually 5 bucks for 3 nights if I recall.

    You could run an auth once, and the customer would keep using it for a month sometimes. I always found it amazing that my regulars would have entire platinum cards, back when having a platinum card meant something, that was entirely filled with nothing but pre-auth holds.

    Anyway

    In the logbook we kept records and had alerts highlighted if they had a tendency for being creepy, or tried weird shit, or didn't rewind, or left cum/lube on tapes or money.

    Stale on
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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    omega71 wrote: »
    Stale, which pump are you using?

    My partner is prepping himself right now to get one, he wants this one,

    http://www.animas.com/support/onetouch-ping-insulin-pump

    but I think it is too much for him, (he cant figure out how to turn on a laptop, much less figure out how to set a digital watch)

    I was thinking about this one for him.

    http://www.minimed.com/products/

    It looks a bit easier for him to figure out and whatnot..

    What do you think?

    I use the Minimed Paradigm series 7, which I believe is no longer offered, but they have an updated version.

    This thing has been all over and back again, dropped, crushed, drowned, and it still runs strong.

    One word of caution about the real-time units. While awesome, most insurance companies don't cover the transmitters. They view them as luxuries, and not necessary for proper management.

    which is bullshit. but what can you do? The transmitters will run you around 300 a month.

    Stale on
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  • omega71omega71 Too old for a title, too ornery to care. Sacramento, CaliRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Stale wrote: »
    omega71 wrote: »
    Stale, which pump are you using?

    My partner is prepping himself right now to get one, he wants this one,

    http://www.animas.com/support/onetouch-ping-insulin-pump

    but I think it is too much for him, (he cant figure out how to turn on a laptop, much less figure out how to set a digital watch)

    I was thinking about this one for him.

    http://www.minimed.com/products/

    It looks a bit easier for him to figure out and whatnot..

    What do you think?

    I use the Minimed Paradigm series 7, which I believe is no longer offered, but they have an updated version.

    This thing has been all over and back again, dropped, crushed, drowned, and it still runs strong.

    One word of caution about the real-time units. While awesome, most insurance companies don't cover the transmitters. They view them as luxuries, and not necessary for proper management.

    which is bullshit. but what can you do? The transmitters will run you around 300 a month.


    Awesome, thanks man..We went to a class on pumps and whatnot, and he was so impressed with the Ping, while I was impressed by the accessibility of the Minimed..He has made his mind up based on this now and is going to choose the Minimed..He says thanks btw.

    omega71 on
    24.24.2.2148
  • Ruby RhodRuby Rhod Multipass!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Stale wrote: »
    Ruby Rhod wrote: »
    Stale, that story reminds me of this:

    http://www.deepveininsomnia.com/SBcopscintro.php

    Ohh Man


    I read these years ago and completely forgotten about them. The *LUBE WARNING* in particular.


    Our store wasn't computerized at all, it was all done through a ledger and logbook, manual counts coming on and going off. So everytime someone wanted to rent, we had to pull out the logbook, check their account, run their card for sometimes hundreds of dollars of authorizations, and then charge the rental.

    See, we had a real problem with people just not bringing back the tapes, and frankly, that shit was expensive back then. 80-120 a title wasn't uncommon at all. So we'd take their credit card, do a manual pre-authorization of the full price of the title, then do a charge of however many dollars, usually 5 bucks for 3 nights if I recall.

    You could run an auth once, and the customer would keep using it for a month sometimes. I always found it amazing that my regulars would have entire platinum cards, back when having a platinum card meant something, that was entirely filled with nothing but pre-auth holds.

    Anyway

    In the logbook we kept records and had alerts highlighted if they had a tendency for being creepy, or tried weird shit, or didn't rewind, or left cum/lube on tapes or money.

    I don't think I would ever be able to wash away the dirty feelings.

    Ruby Rhod on
  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    omega71 wrote: »
    Stale wrote: »
    omega71 wrote: »
    Stale, which pump are you using?

    My partner is prepping himself right now to get one, he wants this one,

    http://www.animas.com/support/onetouch-ping-insulin-pump

    but I think it is too much for him, (he cant figure out how to turn on a laptop, much less figure out how to set a digital watch)

    I was thinking about this one for him.

    http://www.minimed.com/products/

    It looks a bit easier for him to figure out and whatnot..

    What do you think?

    I use the Minimed Paradigm series 7, which I believe is no longer offered, but they have an updated version.

    This thing has been all over and back again, dropped, crushed, drowned, and it still runs strong.

    One word of caution about the real-time units. While awesome, most insurance companies don't cover the transmitters. They view them as luxuries, and not necessary for proper management.

    which is bullshit. but what can you do? The transmitters will run you around 300 a month.


    Awesome, thanks man..We went to a class on pumps and whatnot, and he was so impressed with the Ping, while I was impressed by the accessibility of the Minimed..He has made his mind up based on this now and is going to choose the Minimed..He says thanks btw.


    you're very welcome

    Don't listen to the educators about location rotation and blah blah blah, I've worn my cannula in the same spot, on the same side, for 5 years. Also don't bother getting those clips or pouches. Trust me, they break after no time at all. put your shirt over your insertion site, run the tube under it and put the pump in your front pocket.

    Even with a nice dress shirt and slacks, it's not a problem, it's not obvious, and it is 100x more convenient then fucking with the bullshit they sell to you as "necessary".

    Stale on
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