People have ‘goals’ on LI, other than to treat their 'betes. But I do talk to a lot of diabetics there. A lot of them are social media 'betics or policy cats.
LI is for marketing. I use it to spawn uprisings in the doctors and to talk to the voting public from industry. There’s actually a fantastic network of healthcare reform peeps who I have forced my way into in order to ensure that there is some patient voice there. For example, you go to LI when you want to talk to Mark Cuban, talk to members of the large GOP think tanks, fight with pharma and PBM lobbyists, etc. I run marketing there for diabetic perspective and patient perspective, more broadly. I troll UHG there. Legislative staffers are there. I think it’s more fun and productive than looking for a job on LI. I’ve been having the time of my life there for the last year, but I haven’t found a job yet and I might be blacklisted from industry. It was totally worth it. The community can see that too.
I found all the healthcare troublemakers and I ran to them with glee in my heart. It’s been great. I’m tearing up this town by just saying things that are true. When the doctors are rude and dismissive, everyone can see. They do their own bad PR. I root out decent leadership in their community and those names travel back to our policy people among the pharmacists and diabetics. I just show up and do my little diabetes dance for healthcare disruption. It’s fun. I’m good at it.
Sometimes I post links back to stuff you all have written on Tu so that broader perspectives from the patient community get incorporated into the discussion. But I really like being able to advertise how proactive and engaged a community we have, compared to the doctors. I like to be able to show how we troubleshoot medical devices and support patient care. People don’t know that. That’s what I’m really trying to demonstrate in my response to Kliff, but also to everyone else. I can really celebrate our patient community and brag about it, in front of industry. I provide concreate examples of industry deficits and show how we overcome those problems as a community.
I just got a comment “like” from Mark Cuban. That’s points for the diabetics. I tally points for patients vs the pharmacists vs the doctors vs the lobbyists. It’s a fun game that I play.