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Post by hellodolly on Feb 22, 2018 17:02:32 GMT -5
know thyself. what's fun for you isn't for me. I'd like to have a dream boat cruise through the baltics. I've earned it being stuck on a life raft with you; one who whines incessantly. We have dreams of success. You dwell and focus on the negative. And you do make positive contributions at times. You are getting OLD but not as OLD as I am getting having you step on the hopes and dreams of many people here. You are the guy who walks into a celebration and starts talking about herpes or the plague. I bet you were a fun kid to raise; "are we there yet?!" Childish at best or apathetic at worse regarding A Genuine Fix FOR A REALLY BAD DISEASE. forgive for yelling. I digress. End of conversation. If you're yelling about a disease that is very poorly treated in the US... where our healthcare system is failing patients... then by all means, no need to even ask for forgiveness, it will take some yelling to change things. If you're yelling at me about it, you are simply lashing out in bizarre emotional ways. Over and over again here on proboards I've expressed my belief in Afrezza as a major breakthrough, my profound disappointment with insurance companies blocking payment for it. Just today in a thread with some actual useful discussion (no I don't really think the two of you venting that you think I'm a bad person is useful), I was discussing the science of why I thought Afrezza should precede basal insulin in treatment progression. I've actually spent countless hours educating myself on diabetes... way beyond what I'd do if I were only interested in this as an investment. I may not know everything, but I have contributed a lot of information to this board including giving links to scientific articles so people here could understand the disease better. Not only advocating Afrezza, here on proboards I've expressed my outrage over insurance companies limiting the number of test strips and insulin for patients. I've told of my personal experience with a loved one that died in assisted living from outrageously poor diabetes treatment, who's life probably could have been greatly extended if Medicare had only covered Dexcom a few years earlier... advocating that anyone with a family member in similar circumstances not take their proper care for granted, and get a Dexcom if at all possible. So how dare you accuse me of not being concerned, and expressing it, for those suffering with this dreaded disease. Really... childish is you insisting that everyone needs to celebrate with you. That this should be a party for you. If I've somehow crushed your "hopes and dreams"... they were pretty fragile, and don't blame me for that. I think you've just illustrated my earlier point. I appear to have way more conviction than you do about Afrezza if my discussions about finances, here on a forum about investing, has done that to you. The finances of MNKD are actually a crucial aspect of getting Afrezza to patients. If you really care about the disease and patients dealing with it, then you to should actually be concerned about MNKD's finances, not wishing to sweep them under the rug and celebrate. And thank you for the end of the conversation, as when your true feelings eventually come out they are pretty offensive. I would appreciate no further personal comments. I will do the same. DBC, Thanks for you common sense here. I want to hear both the good and the bad, so long as both are relevant to the dialogue and not a lame argument, illogical fallacies, red herrings and the typical BS you read at SA. Nothing wrong with civil discourse. I'm getting educated about diabetes along the way. Besides, you and I both know that the BOD at MNKD look at both the threats and the opportunities. If they didn't, they wouldn't be making the kind of positive steps they have, i.e.; Dr K, authorization for more shares, testing ad markets, studies, etc. to address the threats. I'ms are there is a vision and timeline Mike has shared with his staff and they are either "on the bus or off the bus". Best regards - |
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Feb 22, 2018 18:00:15 GMT -5
If you're yelling about a disease that is very poorly treated in the US... where our healthcare system is failing patients... then by all means, no need to even ask for forgiveness, it will take some yelling to change things. If you're yelling at me about it, you are simply lashing out in bizarre emotional ways. Over and over again here on proboards I've expressed my belief in Afrezza as a major breakthrough, my profound disappointment with insurance companies blocking payment for it. Just today in a thread with some actual useful discussion (no I don't really think the two of you venting that you think I'm a bad person is useful), I was discussing the science of why I thought Afrezza should precede basal insulin in treatment progression. I've actually spent countless hours educating myself on diabetes... way beyond what I'd do if I were only interested in this as an investment. I may not know everything, but I have contributed a lot of information to this board including giving links to scientific articles so people here could understand the disease better. Not only advocating Afrezza, here on proboards I've expressed my outrage over insurance companies limiting the number of test strips and insulin for patients. I've told of my personal experience with a loved one that died in assisted living from outrageously poor diabetes treatment, who's life probably could have been greatly extended if Medicare had only covered Dexcom a few years earlier... advocating that anyone with a family member in similar circumstances not take their proper care for granted, and get a Dexcom if at all possible. So how dare you accuse me of not being concerned, and expressing it, for those suffering with this dreaded disease. Really... childish is you insisting that everyone needs to celebrate with you. That this should be a party for you. If I've somehow crushed your "hopes and dreams"... they were pretty fragile, and don't blame me for that. I think you've just illustrated my earlier point. I appear to have way more conviction than you do about Afrezza if my discussions about finances, here on a forum about investing, has done that to you. The finances of MNKD are actually a crucial aspect of getting Afrezza to patients. If you really care about the disease and patients dealing with it, then you to should actually be concerned about MNKD's finances, not wishing to sweep them under the rug and celebrate. And thank you for the end of the conversation, as when your true feelings eventually come out they are pretty offensive. I would appreciate no further personal comments. I will do the same. DBC, Thanks for you common sense here. I want to hear both the good and the bad, so long as both are relevant to the dialogue and not a lame argument, illogical fallacies, red herrings and the typical BS you read at SA. Nothing wrong with civil discourse. I'm getting educated about diabetes along the way. Besides, you and I both know that the BOD at MNKD look at both the threats and the opportunities. If they didn't, they wouldn't be making the kind of positive steps they have, i.e.; Dr K, authorization for more shares, testing ad markets, studies, etc. to address the threats. I'ms are there is a vision and timeline Mike has shared with his staff and they are either "on the bus or off the bus". Best regards - Thanks I also suspect Mike is the type leader that can hold things together and keep the team focused when the plan and timeline have unexpected twists and setbacks, as almost always happens. I've only once worked in a company as large as MNKD, but I think they have recently been facing challenges similar to a startup company. From this distance at least, to me it seems Mike has the qualities of the successful entrepreneur CEOs I've known. Though on a couple of occasions I might have questioned his actions, I'm certainly glad he's on board. Still think the road ahead might be rocky one, likely both for company and for shareholders. Hope for the best, prepare for being tested. |
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Post by hellodolly on Feb 23, 2018 8:38:16 GMT -5
DBC, Thanks for you common sense here. I want to hear both the good and the bad, so long as both are relevant to the dialogue and not a lame argument, illogical fallacies, red herrings and the typical BS you read at SA. Nothing wrong with civil discourse. I'm getting educated about diabetes along the way. Besides, you and I both know that the BOD at MNKD look at both the threats and the opportunities. If they didn't, they wouldn't be making the kind of positive steps they have, i.e.; Dr K, authorization for more shares, testing ad markets, studies, etc. to address the threats. I'ms are there is a vision and timeline Mike has shared with his staff and they are either "on the bus or off the bus". Best regards - Thanks I also suspect Mike is the type leader that can hold things together and keep the team focused when the plan and timeline have unexpected twists and setbacks, as almost always happens. I've only once worked in a company as large as MNKD, but I think they have recently been facing challenges similar to a startup company. From this distance at least, to me it seems Mike has the qualities of the successful entrepreneur CEOs I've known. Though on a couple of occasions I might have questioned his actions, I'm certainly glad he's on board. Still think the road ahead might be rocky one, likely both for company and for shareholders. Hope for the best, prepare for being tested. I don't know what happened in that last sentence but, you got the gist of it. It was supposed to start with, "I'm sure there is...". I haven't worked in the private sector, ever. I've been in public service and have worked in agencies as small as 300 and now, as big as 3,000. They all have organizational values, a mission statement, a vision statement, goals, objectives, methods in place to measure performance, etc. Although I don't sell 'widgets' I provide services, nonetheless. Having risen into the upper echelons of public service, we get together and lay out the 5 year and 10 year plans for the organization and one of the exercises as includes the SWOT analysis. It's very helpful, if management uses it...even if the findings are hard to swallow. If Mike is using his framework to guide him, and making the necessary adjustments down the road (i.e.; marketing to their strengths), he can live with himself. If he's successful and MNKD becomes the turn around story of the century, because of the product and the management, he will likely move on to much bigger challenges and MIKE C and NMKD will be another case study at Harvard Business School. In the mean time, it's one day at a time...slow and steady. |
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