CBS News | The Other Woman | December 31, 2005�23:04:34
I’ve watched this episode every time it’s come on, for two reasons — it is set in Hattiesburg Mississippi, where I went to college, and because of the insulin pump angle.
First, the insulin pumpers all get upset by this one, but I think they’ve renarrated it, and it shouldn’t set them off as much.
Basically, a doctor, with Type 2 diabetes was found dead in his bed. He was wearing an insulin pump — they should a Minimed 508, but that really doesn’t matter.
Wife claims that he died in his sleep. She sets off alarms with the coroner though (he says), because she demanded the pump and the insulin vials back.
They did a toxicology and found some drugs in his system that didn’t belong there. Because of the type of drugs, one of two things happened. He put them in the pump or she did.
Either way, she was found gulity by a court of law, and lost her appeal.
The insulin pumpers have gotten upset in the past because the narrative used to say that he had diabetes so bad, he needed a pump. It didn’t say that this time. In fact, they hardly mentioned the pump — the narrative on the page listed is pretty close to the actually show.
However, it’s highly unusual for Type 2’s to have a pump. I know of a few, mostly because I’m on the list.
My acquintances that know about the pump think mine must be worse that most because I use a pump, but people who “get” me, know the truth — I’ll trust technology long before I will trust chemicals.