[Diabetes-talk] Pump question

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Those are the people who either aren't diabetic and therefore don't
directly deal with these situations, or they are those diabetics who
don't give a fig. It's like those not understanding the importance of
any consumer group advocating and promoting the causes and educating
about them in order to bring equality, awareness and a better quality of
life for all.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 10:36 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question


And people ask why we need a NFB or a Diabetes Action Network.

Mike Freeman


On Jun 25, 2013, at 8:05, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> LOL, I thought of the exact episode when I read that post, smile. He 
> was actually hacking into a hospital system so that when glucose 
> levels were taken, lows would show as highs, and patients were being 
> given insulin they obviously didn't need, sending them into inevitable

> comas.
> 
> The hacker turned out to be a high school student who was working with

> a couple of friends to get revenge. His father, a diabetic, had been a

> patient at said hospital, and due to mismanagement, he lost his 
> vision. The dad and son blamed the hospital.
> 
> I saw this episode shortly after I started training at IDB. I was 
> bothered by the father's comments while on the stand. He broke down, 
> stating how terrible his life was now blind. I remember he said that 
> he couldn't eat at a restaurant alone anymore because he couldn't 
> order from the menu, couldn't have a social life and couldn't even 
> dial a phone anymore on his own. I summarily dialed the phone and 
> called my now-husband to report on the episode, grin.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of limestone lady
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:16 AM
> To: coe at impactcil.org
> Cc: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question
> 
> 
> A few years ago, law and order had a story about a young kid who was
> able to hack into a hospital's computer, and tamper with insulin 
> guidelines which caused the death of at least one person. Diabetes had
> caused his dad to lose his sight, and he felt like he had 
> lost his dad, and was very bitter.
> Many of those shows were discribed as being ripped from today's 
> headlines, so I wonder if it was true.
> The main reason I remember it was because the hacker was from Toronto,

> which meant of course that it was a cross border crime.
> Linda.
> 
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