Anyone else catch the Blue Bloods episode last night that featured a T1D storyline? Basically, this woman bought cheap insulin on the internet and she got scammed and it was just a vial of water. She gave her son ONE dose of the "insulin" and he fell unconscious basically immediately and had to be hospitalized for DKA. I appreciate T1D making it to TV as it raises awareness of our disease, but COME ON this is so unrealistic. I've been in DKA three times in my 21 years of diabetes and it never happened after one missed dose of insulin, but rather a few days of not being able to lower my high blood sugar coupled with another sickness (like the flu). Also, this is the most important part, there are no known instances of individuals being harmed from using insulin purchased online from verified pharmacies. Thanks, CBS, for continuing to make the public less educated about T1D ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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