Comment by kbcohhcoh
2 hours ago
the support line did everything she asked, and explicitly asked if she already had a backup plan in place, to which the author said "yes".
the author admits to not even asking for the pump to be sent directly to her.
the author admits to even ignoring the internet advice to call support, then gets mad that she wasted insulin while doing so
"I will probably also be meaner to everyone who gets me on the phone in the future during an emergency. I was trying specifically to not do that, but I suppose it's helpful to be mean when your medical equipment is failing."
advocating for yourself is not being mean
No, but it feels that way if you're an agreeable people-pleaser. (This is, of course, a bad habit, but it's a common one, and it's not one that merely acknowledging will divest you of.)
Lots of mean things she writes in her blog post for a people pleaser though.
Like, I get it, but the blog should then be about how being a people pleaser almost killed her and not how bad support was at reading her mind.
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