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What it's like to have the machine that keeps you alive die while you're on vacation (blog.lauramichet.com)

submitted 1 month ago by flango@lemmy.eco.br to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world

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I know a lot of people whose lives depend on access to medicine. I know fewer other people whose lives also depend on the machinery and software used to dose that medicine. Insulin pumps, pacemakers, and other crucial, always-on medical equipment are crazy useful but also contain the possibility for insane frustration and resentment. I've been pretty honest over the years that I value having an insulin pump, but that I also hate the manufacturers and designers of every pump I've ever used. If you introduced me to any person who has ever designed an insulin pump I've used, I would probably punch them in the face and cuss them out in front of their children. Every single pump I've used as caused me massive problems - though none as bad as the one I'm about to describe.

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[–] Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app 2 points 1 month ago

I'm 100% with you. It just felt like an exercise in picking every little detail of existing with diabetes apart and complaining about everything. Look at living with diabetes without a pump at all compared to a decent one like the t.slim, her complaints just seem so overblown.