I've been Type 1 for 20+ years and have measurable remissions based on blood tests. Low level functioning of pancreas again.
The thing that moved the needle for me was fasting + ultra running (which from my understanding implements a fasting-like response by the body in some ways).
Interesting that not eating for a while correlated with what seems like increased pancreatic activity...
A little of both. Intermittent fasting didn't seem to have an impact. Longer fasts (longest I've done is 3 days) definitely do, I seem to have better control for the days following it.
But that doesn't look like remission, you still need insulin...? Better control after long fast is expected (using insulin). Have you done c-peptide or antibody tests?
What you can afford is based on what you've modeled based on assumptions about your future cash flow, unless you're talking about what you can afford to pay out of pocket, without taking on any debt in the process. Which isn't how people talk about buying houses.
Any time credit is involved, belief in one's assumptions is absolutely part of the equation.
A business by definition is not a valuable and transferrable business if every single person (including the C-suite) cannot be replaced without the business collapsing.
No one is immune to this or an exception. Top to bottom.
Yep, and ever since a certain insurance provider has switched to an AI system, I've had nearly all my Type 1 Diabetic prescriptions rejected (that I've had no problem getting for over a decade).
Then it takes hours on the phone for every prescription to finally get one approved. Rinse and repeat every 3 months.
We’ve had a flex spending account (HSA wasn’t an option) that we were only putting as much in as we were sure we’d spend, rejecting a very high rate of payments this year, even from doctor’s offices (WTF do you think that’s for?!) and demanding documentation, seemingly with no rhyme or reason. Seems like they’re actively trying to keep us above the roll-over limit so they can steal our money, which isn’t something we’ve experienced with health flex accounts in the past.
Wonder if we’re “beneficiaries” of the AI revolution. Or just an “if” statement triggering off a random number.
I agree, sounds like their systems are optimizing based on the roll-over limit.
Basically I'm just going back to cash pay and negotiation for everything either before the visit, or at the facility. Then using alternatives to health insurance for the original purpose of insurance (lol), to cover unexpected events.
Agreed. Most modern forms of Western warfare are non-violent with occasional violent repercussions. It's not lining up troops and sending them places in uniforms, although that does happen.
It's economic, cyber, covert, cultural and other less noticeable sieges that cause collapse from the inside.
Absolutely - when me and my team spend $50k to experiment (which is chump change for a funded company) and it fails, that hurts. It's coming out of my pockets. And because of that, I remember it and my team remembers it.
But it's also allowed us to focus solely on the problems our customers actually have and will spend money for. It forces service/product-market fit before attempts to scale.
We are a services business so it is different than SaaS, but same principles apply.
There are benefits to bootstrap and benefits to funded. I feel as if bootstrapping first is a great way to learn the lessons needed to be successful when you do something funded later on.
I agree. I also want to add that this isn't me saying VC doesn't have a role, it's more that I view VC as more useful when it comes to a proven product that must now scale workforce/infra.
The thing that moved the needle for me was fasting + ultra running (which from my understanding implements a fasting-like response by the body in some ways).
Interesting that not eating for a while correlated with what seems like increased pancreatic activity...
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