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Re:New pill can deliver insulin by bitexploder on Friday February 08, 2019 @09:41AM (#19114534)
I test my insulin willingly with no diabetes. One hard squat hurts way more Than either of those activities. I have actually teared up from hard lifts. Needles are just a nuisance. The real downside to beetus is having to think about it constantly, IMO. (And managing it for kids, who don’t have perspective on blood/needles)
Re:New pill can deliver insulin by naiyt on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:28AM (#19115060)
> The real downside to beetus is having to think about it constantly, IMO

Pretty much this. Obviously needles and finger pricks are a bigger deal for some people, but most diabetics get used to it fairly quickly. The hard part is the constant mental drain of having to be your own pancreas. It's like you're constantly flying a plane where you have to manually maintain a certain altitude, because you'll crash and die if you fly too low or too high. It's exhausting.

Re:New pill can deliver insulin by GordonS on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:19PM (#19117697)
Do you mean you test your blood glucose levels, or are you really testing your insulin levels somehow? (I don't know if that's a thing?)
Re:New pill can deliver insulin by bitexploder on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:50PM (#19117991)
Yeah, sorry, blood glucose.
Re:New pill can deliver insulin by agumonkey on Friday February 08, 2019 @11:48AM (#19116055)
~meditation or similar mental massaging seems to be key at one point. Avoiding the damages of constant stress is important.