Re:New pill can deliver insulin
by bitexploder on Friday February 08, 2019 @09:41AM
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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)
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> 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.
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.