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kamens on June 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Sad State of Diabetes Technology in 2012

Ditto this. When I was 15/16 and considering a pump (I got one when I was 17), I was seriously concerned about social implications. That was an extra year or two spent injecting when I should've been on the pump.

I'm willing to take some of that blame for being shallow, but not all of it. I know I wasn't the last teen diabetic w/ similar thoughts.

shanselman on June 18, 2012 [–]

Turns out most girls really don't care.

kamens on June 18, 2012 | [–]

At least the good ones. I did have one get all grossed out. Good riddance.

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