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    Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes

    DS Plugin to Help Diabetic Kids Keep Consistent Readings

    Dr. Mario Helps Treat Diabetic Gamers Through Gamecube
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/17/09

    In reply to Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes
    And if you don't manage your insulin, they chop off your foot. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of JonnyZ JonnyZ
    11/17/09

    In reply to Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes
    Hahaha, being someone who has type-1 diabetes and hates it, I fully approve all the puns in this topic. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of relic1980 relic1980
    11/17/09

    In reply to Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes
    The term "empowerment" makes me want to puke, but as a diabetic it sounds like an interesting concept. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of Bouzi...not a graphics whore! Bouzi...not a graphics whore!
    11/17/09

    In reply to Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes
    I get how this is an educational tool to teach kids about diabetes. However, it seems to me that this will just push more kids and teenagers to play video games instead of exercising daily, which along with a proper diet is the best way to control your diabetes, other than medication.
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    Edited by Bouzi...not a graphics whore! at 11/17/09 11:57 AM Bouzi...not a graphics whore! was starred Bouzi...not a graphics whore! was unstarred
    Image of SpiritThief SpiritThief
    11/17/09

    @Bouzi...not a graphics whore!: They don't want people to know that.

    They can make more money pushing drugs down your mouth. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of PhantomVI PhantomVI
    11/17/09

    @SpiritThief: For those of us with Type 1, we have to have insulin or we die. It's not a pharmaceutical industry conspiracy. Yes, diet and exercise help with control and quality of life, but we are utterly dependent on drugs. Uninformed knee-jerk comments don't help, either. Oh, and to be specific, insulin is injected, it doesn't go down my mouth. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of AdamOfDudeMountainFame AdamOfDudeMountainFame
    11/17/09

    @PhantomVI: Oh snap! I am only speaking as a person with diabetic relatives, but this is the coolest diabetes-schooling that I have ever witnessed. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment AdamOfDudeMountainFame was starred AdamOfDudeMountainFame was unstarred
    Image of Doomstink Doomstink
    11/17/09

    In reply to Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes
    I wonder if the test strips for the main character's meter cost an arm and a leg at the in-game shops? They're so expensive in real life, that the price actually deters me from checking my sugars as often as I should. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment Doomstink was starred Doomstink was unstarred
    Image of cinemandrew cinemandrew
    11/17/09

    @Doomstink: I've been there too. Of course, there was also a time when I was checking it about 10 times a day. Guess that's the difference between having crappy insurance and good insurance. Having dealt with both, I can honestly say I prefer the good insurance that pays for my strips.

    Most test strips (in my experience) run $1 per strip. So assuming your testing 5 times a day (on average), that's over $1800/year. It's fun being diabetic. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Grandleon promoted this comment cinemandrew was starred cinemandrew was unstarred
    Image of PhantomVI PhantomVI
    11/17/09

    @cinemandrew: Like I told my doctor last month, Type 1 diabetes plus no insurance is a death sentence. Well, a quicker death sentence anyway. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Grandleon promoted this comment PhantomVI was starred PhantomVI was unstarred
    Image of chrismoke chrismoke
    11/17/09

    In reply to Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes

    Hell yeah I'll check my blood sugar ALLL NIGHT LONNNNG with you baby #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment chrismoke was starred chrismoke was unstarred
    Image of dethklokso dethklokso
    11/17/09

    In reply to Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes
    That actually sounds kind of coo,
    kind of like snake's stamina in MGS3.

    Don't know how to do links but:

    [en.wikipedia.org]

    not the first game about the beetus.

    (Oklahoma Represent!)

    Edit: oh yay auto-linkage.
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    Blore07 promoted this comment Edited by dethklokso at 11/17/09 9:22 AM dethklokso was starred dethklokso was unstarred
    Image of hot_heart hot_heart
    11/17/09

    In reply to Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes
    Great! Now loads of kids are going to want diabetes in hope of gaining magic powers! These game developers must show some responsibility!

    Also, a new genre?: diabete-em-up!

    Sorry! =p #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of TheMightyEthan TheMightyEthan
    11/17/09

    @hot_heart: We're insulined against your bad puns. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of MagicMagicPony MagicMagicPony
    11/17/09

    @TheMightyEthan: I can't tell which pun is worse... it's glucose to call. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    hot_heart promoted this comment MagicMagicPony was starred MagicMagicPony was unstarred
    Image of TheMightyEthan TheMightyEthan
    11/17/09

    @MagicMagicPony: I sugar thought about it more carefully before posting. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of MagicMagicPony MagicMagicPony
    11/17/09

    @TheMightyEthan: Don't sweet it, it's in your blood. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of TheMightyEthan TheMightyEthan
    11/17/09

    @MagicMagicPony: Two in one sentence? Coma-on, was that necessary? #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of TheMightyEthan TheMightyEthan
    11/17/09

    @MagicMagicPony: *Edit* - double post, ignore this.
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    Edited by TheMightyEthan at 11/17/09 9:53 AM TheMightyEthan was starred TheMightyEthan was unstarred
    Image of MagicMagicPony MagicMagicPony
    11/17/09

    @TheMightyEthan: Did you just Type 2? #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of TheMightyEthan TheMightyEthan
    11/17/09

    @MagicMagicPony: I just haven't learned patience yet; I hear it's adult-onset. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of MagicMagicPony MagicMagicPony
    11/17/09

    @TheMightyEthan: The best lesson I've ever learned was "Liver let Diet" #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of TheMightyEthan TheMightyEthan
    11/17/09

    @MagicMagicPony: I fear I have been defeated.

    Oh well, potassium, you lose some. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of MagicMagicPony MagicMagicPony
    11/17/09

    @TheMightyEthan: Good game. Thinking of all these puns has been a pancreas. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of Archaotic Archaotic
    11/17/09

    In reply to Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots - And Diabetes
    Oh god. Oh God. It's Captain Novolin 2. #themagiandthesleepingstar
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    Image of Raspberyl's Lover Raspberyl's Lover
    07/05/09

    In reply to DS Plugin to Help Diabetic Kids Keep Consistent Readings
    Being a diabetic and probably Gawker's youngest reader, I still find this stupid.

    *Continues to play BF: BC*
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    07/05/09

    @Raspberyl's Lover:


    LOL

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    Image of DrunkAus DrunkAus
    07/05/09

    In reply to DS Plugin to Help Diabetic Kids Keep Consistent Readings
    Nice meme drop there Owen, apart from that this seems like a good idea but would the kids really be that into it?
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    Image of GeluAnimus GeluAnimus
    07/05/09

    In reply to DS Plugin to Help Diabetic Kids Keep Consistent Readings
    While the concept is very good (its reallt hard to live with that condition) didnt it came a tad too late perhaps?
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    GeluAnimus was starred GeluAnimus was unstarred
    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    07/05/09

    @GeluAnimus: Too late in relation to what?
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    Image of GeluAnimus GeluAnimus
    07/05/09

    @Omnimon: DSi is laredy out. And while of course i dont think every kid in the world is going to make the change, It would have gotten a better response at least 1 year ago.
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    07/05/09

    @GeluAnimus: So your comparison is "a tad too late to maximize units sales/lives improved".


    Fair enough, but there's never a 'too late' when it comes to saving/improving lives, in my mind.

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    Image of roscoe roscoe
    07/05/09

    In reply to DS Plugin to Help Diabetic Kids Keep Consistent Readings
    Paul noticed that although his son Luke was constantly losing his blood glucose meter, he could always find his Nintendo Game Boy.


    that is charming. kids always seem to have this intuitive sixth sense to find their beloved toys. i think this is a great way to help children learn and maintain their blood sugar levels. bayer, ur doin it rite.

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    roscoe was starred roscoe was unstarred
    Image of roscoe roscoe
    07/05/09

    @roscoe: furthermore, i think that providing a positive reinforcement will encourage and increase the chance of the child to "take responsibility of himself" - it's operant conditioning and will "correct" the child.
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    Image of RPharazonius RPharazonius
    07/05/09

    In reply to DS Plugin to Help Diabetic Kids Keep Consistent Readings
    Does this mean that the DSi hates diabetic kids?


    Also, I think this is a pretty awesome concept. My best friend's father has diabetes, so I can see that it isn't exactly the best thing to have. My biology studies also point out that it rates pretty highly in suckitude on the list of Relatively Common Things Or Diseases That Can Kill You If You Ignore Them.

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    Image of Jonbo298 Jonbo298
    07/05/09

    @RPharazonius: One thing I know is worse then Diabetes is having Celiac. NOT easy to live with....
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    07/05/09

    @RPharazonius: DSi = DiabetesScreeninginsensitive
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    Image of GeluAnimus GeluAnimus
    07/05/09

    @Jonbo298: Ebola, no cure, no way too keep you alive.


    Oh, and eventually you just bleed from all you body and die.

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    Image of Weirdwolf Woke Up Screaming! Weirdwolf Woke Up Screaming!
    07/05/09

    @GeluAnimus:


    No you don't, depending on the strain of virus, treatments available,(anticoagulants etc.) and the persons general health you can have up to a 50/50 chance of surviving an infection with the Ebola virus.

    Diabetes is dreadful, while the prognosis is a lot better now than it has ever been before the problems with the extremities and eyes really do make it awful.

    What's scary is the rate at which children and adults are falling to Type two diabetes mellitus which may be linked to obesity.

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    Image of GeluAnimus GeluAnimus
    07/05/09

    @Weirdwolf is MMMEELLLTTTING!!: As far as statictics go, 90% of infected patients die.


    We all wish it was 50% though :/

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    GeluAnimus was starred GeluAnimus was unstarred
    Image of TheUncleBob TheUncleBob
    07/05/09

    @GeluAnimus: I'm willing to bet that 100% of infected patients die. ;)
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    Image of The Whaleman The Whaleman
    07/05/09

    @TheUncleBob: The same goes for uninfected people.
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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    07/05/09

    In reply to DS Plugin to Help Diabetic Kids Keep Consistent Readings
    Is that boy in some sort of diabetic shock?
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    Image of The Whaleman The Whaleman
    07/05/09

    @BubbleF**kingBuddy: That's a perfectly fine value, since the meter is set to mmol/l, the standard to measure glucose blood levels in Europe. To get mg/dl you multiply it by 18, so I can understand that it looks awfully low to somebody used to measuring by weight and not molecular count. Granted, 5.2 is on the lower side of the recommended spectra, and I would definitely not start a gym pass with it.
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