It's because it fucking sucks. Especially if you were already a person that knows how to search the internet and find the best answer already. That only took an extra 10 to 15 seconds most of the time, and you could be sure of where you got the information and whether this source is accurate or biased. That's to say nothing of the dangers, which tech bros actually don't give a shit about. The tech industry has historically gone from technological advancement to technological advancement in order to stay relevant and continue making the same level of money, or more than they were before. We finally reached a point where there's not really any big problems to solve with the current tech, and no real obvious next step, so they are looking for their next big breakthrough and trying to force one in the meantime. The sad thing is what they want to be the next big break is just not there yet, to me it kind of seems like it won't ever be the way they want it, and there's no way to know when we might get there with it. So instead they are taking this disinformation robot and pushing it into the lives of everyone so that they can now use the disinformation and improved information gathering as their new business model, because just pausing growth is a death sentence for a company in unregulated capitalism. If your company can't grow like a cancer, you become irrelevant and die
At this point they basically have all the money and all the votes that they need, not to mention the cognitive dissonance they are capable of withstanding is absolutely INSANE
I also wanted to suggest to you that you go on a marathon on some site like YouTube about diabetic management and prevention. Knowledge is power when it comes to disease! The better you understand, the disease you face and the more you know about it, the smarter decisions you can make for yourself and your own health! Just make sure you are checking your sources carefully! There are probably more bad sources than there are good sources in the the grand scheme of the internet. A good rule of thumb is to steer away from .coms and steer toward .orgs and in the past .gov
It is definitely a lot of management, but it may be the disease. I see that is most preventable but also causes the most problems for people in the hospital when not controlled well. Our society does suck that way, but if you can do anything to stick to whole foods like fruit and cook your own meals without added sugar or salt, it can go a long way and sometimes save you money, though I do recognize that cheap as hell, fast food is the cheapest way to eat these days. It is also poison and I think you would do well to steer clear of it as often as humanly possible ❤️ most especially soda, even the sugar-free ones aren't great, especially for diabetics as they can trick your body into releasing insulin and it's still taxing for that system in a diabetic. You got this I believe in you!
If you are stressed about it, I would recommend possibly getting a glucose monitor for your own mental health. You can check it more frequently and see what your glucose does before and after meals, that can give you some more information to go off of if you are trying to get your doctor to order specific tests. I imagine if you asked him he would order an A1C test though! They are simple and quick, and as the other person said, they give you a good idea of how well your blood sugar is controlled over the course of several months. It's really the way they diagnose diabetes in the first place generally. Activity and diet control are the number one ways to stay out of diabetes, however. Some people's genetics are so tilted towards diabetes that they will enter it eventually regardless of how they eat, but that's a pretty rare case. If you are really able to keep yourself in shape and control your diet for calories and carbohydrates and fiber, your chances are become so slim that I doubt your doctor would worry about it much anymore. I know that's a difficult thing to do though, so as others have said, frequency of urination is often one, especially at night, neuropathic tingling in your toes, slowly healing wounds, fatigue. These are often among the first symptoms, but in many cases people don't catch it until they enter what is called DKA or ketoacidosis, this is the major short-term risk of both diabetes, it is a separate production your body switches to when it can't process carbohydrates and it produces an acid that your blood won't get rid of fast enough, these people have to go to the hospital and stay usually a couple days qqqto get out of it. If you are already tracking it with your doctor, and checking your blood sugars, then you are ahead of the game! There is no real indicator besides your blood sugar and your a1c, and then physiological symptoms you may notice. Even if you do go into diabetes at this stage in your life, IF you are doing the other things I mentioned, and tracking your blood sugar, it would most likely be a an autoimmune-induced late onset type 1 diabetes. Even if that were the case with modern devices like CGM or sometimes even cgm and insulin pump combos. Your health can remain basically the same even after that kind of diagnosis! At this stage in our science, both types of diabetes are completely manageable if you are willing to be VERY compliant with your regiment. The bad parts of diabetes always come from specifically uncontrolled diabetes. The issue is that the molecule of glucose is large and can cause damage in the bloodstream, so when that level gets out of control, those molecules can clump and affect your tiny blood vessels. That is where the worst things come from, general organ damage including eyes and lack of circulation to the smaller ends of your extremities, usually your toes first. There is ALMOST no actual risk to having diabetes if you control it really well, you can essentially have full-blown type 1 diabetes with no insulin producing cells remaining and if you are tracking it well enough and good enough about your diet and exercise and medicine you can live a completely normal life and it won't even shorten your lifespan significantly. That's the hard part for people though. Having really good control because it's a pain in the butt. Source: I'm an ICU nurse
Don't make yourself feel that kind of guilt man. Relationships are complex as hell and change over time. Sometimes people have expectations that they aren't communicating well, and sometimes people have expectations that aren't really reasonable. I'm seeing you placing a lot of blame at your own feet, but the nature of a disease is that it is something you cannot control. If you are working on it then that is all you can do and I applaud you for that. And I'm so sorry to hear about your struggles and I hope they ease up for you soon
None of this is an issue, unless you are a creep who is interested in riding that barely legal line for thrills. That in and of itself is a creepy thing in my opinion, I don't condone it, especially if you are specifically trying to blur that legal line for yourself. You're playing with a hideous fire. You're asserting that those 5 years, from 13 to 18, make a big difference somehow, but there are 12 years from when a person turns 18 to when they are 30 years old. Shoot for that range and stick to the plenty of reliable online spaces providing LEGAL ADULT models, and that should be as far as you have to think about it. I'm writing this message as a courtesy to you in your life. Stop worrying about this question at all and play it safe ALWAYS. Prioritize legal agency first and foremost, then you can get more creative within that framework as you and your partner become familiar. Don't focus on the young as possible thing AT ALL is my advice, and especially don't perseverate on it as much as you are here unless you are writing legislation on it or something. When I was a dating adult, I actually wouldn't date under 21, because that, in my opinion, is an actual adult with a couple years of adult experience under their belt. There are very few reasons to be worried about someone's specific age within this relatively short span of someone's life.
The app mentioned here is disgusting and I'm blown the fuck away that it is not illegal already, btw... Full stop
It's because he has used NOT sucking dicks to rile up his base against LGBTQ, but it turns out he loves sucking dicks. Like, good for you man, but it's funny for us to watch these hateful fuckers find out that, ironically, Chump loves slobbering on a dingus.
For real! I don't get it... Listening to him speak makes me wonder how anyone buys into his constant stream of horseshit and thinly veiled racism. It's disgusting and boring as shit to listen to.
Fuck that. Unwitting temporary ally. These two have learned no lessons. They are just better than the rest at recognizing that shit is about to hit the fan. Narcissists like these never truly learn or grow
It's because it fucking sucks. Especially if you were already a person that knows how to search the internet and find the best answer already. That only took an extra 10 to 15 seconds most of the time, and you could be sure of where you got the information and whether this source is accurate or biased. That's to say nothing of the dangers, which tech bros actually don't give a shit about. The tech industry has historically gone from technological advancement to technological advancement in order to stay relevant and continue making the same level of money, or more than they were before. We finally reached a point where there's not really any big problems to solve with the current tech, and no real obvious next step, so they are looking for their next big breakthrough and trying to force one in the meantime. The sad thing is what they want to be the next big break is just not there yet, to me it kind of seems like it won't ever be the way they want it, and there's no way to know when we might get there with it. So instead they are taking this disinformation robot and pushing it into the lives of everyone so that they can now use the disinformation and improved information gathering as their new business model, because just pausing growth is a death sentence for a company in unregulated capitalism. If your company can't grow like a cancer, you become irrelevant and die