Stupid Non-Diabetics...

[PinCushion]

I went to the movie's with my mommy tonight (I know, I know...but I'm broke :-P) and the stupid guy behind the counter gave me a regular soda instead of diet!!! I really didn't want, or need a 400 today. dangit. I guess I'll bring my own sodas from now on.

[Funnygrl]

I only order soda if I can

A) Get it in a bottle/can
B) See them filling the cup

Otherwise it's wawa for me.

[someone]

The best way to take care of this issue if you absolutely have to have soda is to just order regular and bolus for it. :) The best way for me at least.. they are never going to give you diet when you ordered regular.

[Funnygrl]

The best way to take care of this issue if you absolutely have to have soda is to just order regular and bolus for it. :) The best way for me at least.. they are never going to give you diet when you ordered regular.
I bet with my luck they would probably give you a diet and you'd have an extra 10 units of insulin floating around. Gah, you can't win.

[lilituc]

I can tell the difference between regular and diet, luckily. If you can't, though, you could carry Diastix and test the soda. Or you can test it with most bg meters, but that can get expensive.

[thomasb]

test the coke with bg meter? how?

[lilituc]

Well, I have an Ultrasmart. So, I put in the test strip, tell the meter it's control solution (so it doesn't affect my results), pull the straw out of the drink and sidle it up to the strip so it sucks in the liquid. Regular shows up as HI or like 700 something. Diet is Error.

[JasonJayhawk]

Well, I have an Ultrasmart. So, I put in the test strip, tell the meter it's control solution (so it doesn't affect my results), pull the straw out of the drink and sidle it up to the strip so it sucks in the liquid. Regular shows up as HI or like 700 something. Diet is Error.

Beware that this doesn't work with all meters (and shouldn't work with the OneTouch) unless the drink being tested has glucose in it.

Most soft drinks have sucrose (table sugar), which will not identify the glucose.

In order to break down the sucrose into glucose, you can mix saliva with it, and then perform the test on a glucose meter.

Of course, if you pay for glucose test strips out of pocket, blowing $1 on a glucose test to see if a drink is diet or not probably isn't worth it. Chemstrip tests would be more economical in this route!

[nneighbour]

Diastix are your best bet. I use these. Using a meter will not work if there is ice in the drink.

[CaptainMike]

The best way to take care of this issue if you absolutely have to have soda is to just order regular and bolus for it. :) The best way for me at least.. they are never going to give you diet when you ordered regular.

I agree with funnygirl.
I would not assume this, as someone who drank regular soda (and never ordered a diet) for 30 years prior to diagnosis, I have received a diet by mistake more than 30 times at least.
I hope your hypo awareness is good or that you can DEFINITELY taste the difference , I know I can.
Just be careful out there.

Cheers,
Mike

[poodlebone]

Beware that this doesn't work with all meters (and shouldn't work with the OneTouch) unless the drink being tested has glucose in it.

Most soft drinks have sucrose (table sugar), which will not identify the glucose.


Actually, almost all soda has high fructose corn syrup, not even sucrose. The labels will usually say "sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup" but you can bet the "and" part never applies. HFCS is cheaper than sugar (sucrose) and it's sweeter than sucrose so you have to use less of it. Soft drink companies want to use the cheapest ingredients possible, so it's all full of HFCS now.

I can definitely tell the difference between bottled/canned diet & regular drinks but it's trickier with fountain sodas. All fountain sodas taste awful to me. Regular canned/bottled soda tastes like cough syrup to me after 20 years of not touching the stuff. I've used it a few times over the past 20 years to treat lows and I think I'd rather have those awful orange BD glucose tabs instead. I HATE those BD tabs.

[andypoo]

Beware that this doesn't work with all meters (and shouldn't work with the OneTouch) unless the drink being tested has glucose in it.

Most soft drinks have sucrose (table sugar), which will not identify the glucose.

In order to break down the sucrose into glucose, you can mix saliva with it, and then perform the test on a glucose meter.

Of course, if you pay for glucose test strips out of pocket, blowing $1 on a glucose test to see if a drink is diet or not probably isn't worth it. Chemstrip tests would be more economical in this route!


What does the saliva do? I wish that was how we could test our bgs,instead of the blood. LOL

[Funnygrl]

What does the saliva do? I wish that was how we could test our bgs,instead of the blood. LOL
Saliva contains an enzyme that breaks down carbohydrate.

[duck]

Most theaters don't allow outside food in for a show, you may get stopped which will cause more consternation than it is worth.

If it were me, I'd taste the soda before leaving the concessions. If they don't get it right, make them get it right. I don't take any flak over asking for a refill if I think I got regular. If I get flak, I ask for the manager--it's not like my requesting diet vs. regular is making kids starve somewhere else in the world. And if I pay $9 for a fracking soda, they better get it right!

[nneighbour]

The problem isn't always the person filing your cup that is making a mistake, in fact, they may have no clue something is wrong until they get complaints. It's pretty easy to mix up the lines when changing the BIB (bag in box) of syrup if the person doing this isn't paying attention or does something stupid like try to change more than one at a time.

Many theatres will allow you to bring in your own food/drinks if there is a medical reason as well.

I worked in a theatre and we had a man that came in once a week and whenever he got his diet cola, he simply told us that he was diabetic and that it MUST be diet. We knew this and always careful to give him what he requested.

[duck]

The problem isn't always the person filing your cup that is making a mistake, in fact, they may have no clue something is wrong until they get complaints. It's pretty easy to mix up the lines when changing the BIB (bag in box) of syrup if the person doing this isn't paying attention or does something stupid like try to change more than one at a time.

Many theatres will allow you to bring in your own food/drinks if there is a medical reason as well.

I worked in a theatre and we had a man that came in once a week and whenever he got his diet cola, he simply told us that he was diabetic and that it MUST be diet. We knew this and always careful to give him what he requested.

Probably want to call ahead in the USA--I worked at a theater in the early 90's and they were Nazi (sorry for a semi-inappropriate word) about external foods...but if a manager was given a "medical" reason, they'd let it go of course. BUT, I had one manager (the jerkiest of the all, BTW) mention to me that a "responsible diabetic" wouldn't be drinking diet soda. So ignernce runs deep, and you never know when you'll run afoul of it...

(and yeah, I was fanatical about making sure the BIBs were always hooked correctly!)

[DeusXM]

Actually, there's a much cheaper, easier and quicker way of testing soft drinks to see if they're diet or not. And you don't need a gadget.

Just dip your fingers in your drink and then rub them together until they dry. If your fingers are all sticky, then you've got regular. If they're fine, you've got diet.

[thomasb]

Interesting. I shall have to try that.

[Doug]

Actually, there's a much cheaper, easier and quicker way of testing soft drinks to see if they're diet or not. And you don't need a gadget.

Just dip your fingers in your drink and then rub them together until they dry. If your fingers are all sticky, then you've got regular. If they're fine, you've got diet.
2 sticky:top: :top: thumbs up for the common sense approach

[HiImDan]

I was at a restaurant with four other diabetics, we all ordered diet cokes and the waitress brought us regular cokes. I explained "we're diabetics" and she walked to the back and turned around and gave us back our regular cokeshttp://bestsmileys.com/angry1/16.gif. Needless to say, I had words for the management.

[thomasb]

Ah, i am just waiting for that to happen to me. I have already planned what to say. Or for someone to make a remark on me injecting at resturants. I could do with some venting...

[NoelD]

I'd bet if some company got sued for it they'd start paying more attention to it.......