Type I diabetes is a lot more complicated than doing what your doctor says, taking insulin, and exercising. It is a relentless disease (meaning that to live it with requires 24/7 monitoring and care by the person with the disease) and can be quite life-threatening in a very short amount of time (meaning that a simple mistake like miscalculating carbohydrate content in a food or failing to notice an occlusion in an insulin pump tube can land you in the ER or the morgue in a matter of hours).
I don't know how Casey was managing her diabetes -- pump? shots? nothing at all? -- and I am sure that her hard-n-fast lifestyle made it incredibly difficult for her to manage her disease. Perhaps she was in denial, perhaps she was suffering from a mental disorder, or perhaps she had no one to support her when times got really tough and she was just TIRED. Looking at all of these possibilities I find it very hard to blame Casey 100% for her death. She was living with a chronic illness, she made an error in judgment, and it cost her her life. There but for the grace of God go I, and I pray every day for a cure.
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Type I diabetes is a lot more complicated than doing what your doctor says, taking insulin, and exercising. It is a relentless disease (meaning that to live it with requires 24/7 monitoring and care by the person with the disease) and can be quite life-threatening in a very short amount of time (meaning that a simple mistake like miscalculating carbohydrate content in a food or failing to notice an occlusion in an insulin pump tube can land you in the ER or the morgue in a matter of hours).
I don't know how Casey was managing her diabetes -- pump? shots? nothing at all? -- and I am sure that her hard-n-fast lifestyle made it incredibly difficult for her to manage her disease. Perhaps she was in denial, perhaps she was suffering from a mental disorder, or perhaps she had no one to support her when times got really tough and she was just TIRED. Looking at all of these possibilities I find it very hard to blame Casey 100% for her death. She was living with a chronic illness, she made an error in judgment, and it cost her her life. There but for the grace of God go I, and I pray every day for a cure.
February 8, 2010 - 3:56amThis Comment
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