Funniest Diabetic Moment? [Archive]

Shadow251

12-05-2008, 09:25 AM

I thought I'd open up a thread where everyone can share their funniest diabetes related moment.

Mine was in my pre-cal class. It was my friend's birthday and the teacher had cookies for everyone. She was handing them out and when she got to me I began to eat it. It was about that time that I noticed my friend looking at me and pointing.
the teacher asked why and I said that she was pointing at me because I had diabetes. (my friend was one of those that freaks out everytime I eat something sweet) Well, my teacher was shocked that I would eat a cookie if I had diabetes. I tried to explain that it didn't matter what I ate as long as I took my shot but to no avail.
when she was passing out seconds and got to me she just said I shouldn't have eaten the first one. So I decided to take matters into my own hand. while she was helping another student I snuck around the room and leaned over her computer to grab a cookie... She saw me as I ran back to my seat. everyone in the class was laughing. I sat down and saw her looking at me. I just stared directly at her and took a dramatic, triumphant bite into the cookie. she just laughed and sent me to the nurse.

hodgsonsurvivor

12-05-2008, 10:15 AM

It's funny now...not so funny at the time, but I once locked myself in a bathroom stall during a hypoglycemic episode. I felt like I had to potty and throw up, so I went to the bathroom before work. I had just arrived with my breakfast from McDonald's. I attempted to eat it but felt so sick. I got disoriented at some point and ended up sitting on the floor crying. I heard someone come in and tried to say "Help" but nothing came out. I then started sobbing because I thought I would just die in the bathroom because no one knew I was in there. But a friend heard me and went to get help. The funniest part was that my boss climbed underneath the stall door to come help me and wait for the paramedics. Until the day I left, several people teased me mercilessly about not locking myself in the bathroom anymore.

UpNorth

12-05-2008, 11:07 AM

LOL I can almost picture that in my head now:D

Tattoo azz

12-10-2008, 06:41 AM

errmmm ok here's mine

Last Xmas i was in Italy visiting my mum, anyhoo one night abt 3am i felt low so tested and i was 2.4! Got dressed after falling out of bed, crawled downstairs (so i wouldn't fall as i was shaking so badly) and opened the fridge to get some oj (this works quickly for me). Spilled the whole 2ltr carton on the floor and got some pineapple juice instead, i woke up 1 hr later and was told i had woke everyone up by shouting "I F###ING HATE PINEAPPLE JUICE!!"
We do some wierd stuff while hypo

art

12-10-2008, 06:55 AM

Somebody asking me how much time I had left until I died.

Art

yannah

12-10-2008, 07:45 AM

Somebody asking me how much time I had left until I died.

Art

lol.. and good lord.

xMenace

12-10-2008, 08:04 AM

*repeat*

Standing up in bed nude holding the ceiling up as it was about to crash on us.

Deetles13

12-10-2008, 03:56 PM

Well I dont think mine is that funny but its the only time i can think of. ... I am on the pump and i have the long tubing (48"?).. anyway i was working outside with my boyfriend and throwing sticks and shrubs into a pile from a small hill above. once, as I threw a pile over my tubing was tangled in a branch and pulled me with it. Nothing came undone, but it was a little confusing at the time.. like "whoa! how the heck am I being pulled?"

EeyoreButterfly

12-10-2008, 06:26 PM

Mine was when I was first diagnosed. I needed to test and our grad class was going on. Now, there are only 11 girls total in the program, so you can see everybody. I was attempting to be disecrete about it when one of hte other girls blurted out very loudly, "Do you have diabetes?" She apologized for just shouting out like that, and then the professor was saying something along the lines of, "Well, she isn't trying to hard to hide it." It was kind of embarassing.

mazea

12-10-2008, 07:02 PM

I don't know if this is too funny. But the other day I went to the apartment mailboxes and I couldn't figure out which number was our mailbox. I was standing there for 2 minutes and thought it must have been in the middle somewhere. I was looking in the middle of about 50 mailboxes lol

When I got back inside I tested my blood sugar and it was 2.5. Hypo- just as I suspected.

A_Darling

12-10-2008, 07:29 PM

first month in new dorm room, I'm drunk, stoned, and hypo when I realize that I need to take a leak. I get lost going 20 feet to the bathroom and end up pissing in the stairwell, from the third floor, ended in a nice little waterfall effect. Got back to the room, drank a bunch of juice and passed out. Roommate informed me of my actions the next morning, we laughed.............a lot.

Caravaggio

12-10-2008, 07:38 PM

Somebody asking me how much time I had left until I died.

Art

:eek: What was your response?

Diabetes and I are still getting acquainted, and don't have any funny story to share yet. :( But when that funny moment happens, I'll re-open this thread!

alicat61

12-10-2008, 09:44 PM

:) Hi,
(this was 20 years ago0
I woke up for work but decided to call in sick as my brother was visiting and was going on a trip out to the Islands.
So I went back to bed must of had a really low sugar as I jumped out of bed and put my hand in the ceiling fan Ouch this woke me up The shock must have caused a liver dump.(when i eventually tested was over 7mmols (126) )
I dragged my self to friends room he woke up to see me sweating and pale. He raced upstairs to get a sweet drink and his Mother (who kept saying I know shes sick shes off to the Islands:eek:)
Eventually they bought me a diet coke.Know I can laugh.
Silly me had dehydrated myself by sweating so much. I still went to the Islands but should have stayed in bed. The sea was rough and I was so seasick on top of everything else.
If I had of gone to work instead of been naughty none of this would have happened:D

CountYourselfIn

12-11-2008, 01:34 AM

This one is a maybe a lil more gross than funny, but I laughed.

Was at work, and had to test my glucose, and I guess I maybe hit a vein in my finger, cuz nothing was coming out, so I gave it a good squeeze...

... got a 7" spurt.

Fortunately I was wearing a black shirt, and noone saw it, or I'm sure I'm sure I'd have a gross new moniker like "Spurty".

Next I'll be taking this show on the road to Vegas. Plant myself out with the rest of the fountains and shoot from one hand to the next, with a pattern that changes every hour.

:thumbsup:

ant hill

12-11-2008, 02:51 AM

Was at work, and had to test my glucose, and I guess I maybe hit a vein in my finger, cuz nothing was coming out, so I gave it a good squeeze...

... got a 7" spurt.

LOL I had the same, I was sitting in the car and it's a warm day and I decided to test and had the meter set with strip and lanced. There was not much blood to get much of a test and just had another squeeze and WHOA!!! Blood was everywhere! so I kinda had two as I thought my blood is too thin and I was low. :confused:
I am also on Warfrin. :(

GeishaGirl

12-11-2008, 08:09 PM

Today! I had a horrible low in Rite-Aid while I was picking up gift-wrapping supplies. Got horribly horribly warm while I was paying for my stuff, and that's the last coherent memory I have. I remember talking to my mother at one point, and her threatening me to make me get some candy. I have a memory of eating two 3-Muskateers bars without tasting them. And, when I "came to" I was standing in the pizza place across the street waiting for my two slices of pepperoni to be ready.

Oh, yeah, I also had about $30 of holiday candy in my bag from Rite-Aid. Today was my last class at college, so I thought I bought it with the intention of sharing it -- I HOPE that was my intention!

All in all, I "lost" about 20 minutes.

A_Darling

12-11-2008, 08:14 PM

All in all, I "lost" about 20 minutes.

you didn't lose 20 minutes..........you time-traveled in to the future.

Shadow251

12-12-2008, 01:22 PM

I enjoy spurters cause they make me laugh. I have some really good spurter stories. One time I sat down in a store cause I thought I was low and my little bro decided to sit next to me... Let' just say that wasn't a very wise decision... I pricked my finger and squeezed It shot up about two feet in the air and rained down on my brother(he was wearing khaki shorts). He got really mad :p

another time we were at dairy queen and there wasn't any room in the trunk and I ended up having to hold an extra carseat in my lap. I was about to eat so I did all my testing on top of the carseat. turn's out I had a spurter and when I squeezed my finger blood shot out and hit me in the eye(blood burns). I had blood all over my face. (the most pain I've ever gone through for a blizzard)

Scrabblechick

12-12-2008, 02:36 PM

Although I'm sure it's just a matter of time, I haven't had any real funny episodes with the D. As I said: just a matter of time. LOL.

However, I have certainly laughed with you all (not AT you), upon reading your stories. I think John's is my favorite, though. Standing naked on the bed, holding up the ceiling. Classic. And another poster here had a hypo at work and got her phone and banged the receiver against the base as she went singing up and down the hall. Or something along those lines. I may not have all the details correct. That one gave me a chuckle, too.

Tattoo azz

12-12-2008, 04:17 PM

Don't think you won't get any wierd behaviour when high either, i remember when i was 9 being WAYYYY off the scale and trying to hit the lions, sharks, giants, dwarves etc off my bed. My mum said i was punching my balled up duvet cover and shouting "JUST GET OUT OF MY ROOM"

pandeia

12-12-2008, 04:41 PM

i started laughing uncontrollably in the middle of the night. i got up, walked to the living room, and saw my brother sitting bolt upright looking around wildly... i asked him what was wrong, he got up, got some juice, and told me to drink it. when i came to my senses, he said he saw me coming down the hallway pale, shaking with laughter, and sweating, and it sacred the poo out of him because it reminded him of the movie, The Grudge.
lol :D

gettingby

12-12-2008, 06:59 PM

I passed out from a low bg. I awoke to paramedics bending down over me. I looked the male in the eyes and said "You have the most beautiful eyes". He just laughed and said "We've got her back".;)

beau91

12-12-2008, 08:07 PM

I'm in the drug store ,start shaking a bit ,I know i'm Hypo go to the fridge and i Get a kind of milk shake to the taste of Irish cream .Check the carbs 7 gr .I say that's not to bad The bottle is about 300 ml "Start to drink .It tasted creamier than i thought .finished the bottle No more Hypo but I say there something about this drink. So checked the bottle it's coffee creamer ,look again at the carbs 7gr but for 1table spoon now i needed insulin .No wonder the taste was creamy Bye Ricky

ant hill

12-13-2008, 01:55 AM

I passed out from a low bg. I awoke to paramedics bending down over me. I looked the male in the eyes and said "You have the most beautiful eyes". He just laughed and said "We've got her back".;)

Gee I wish I was the paramedic. LOL

CountYourselfIn

12-13-2008, 04:44 AM

I pricked my finger and squeezed It shot up about two feet in the air and rained down on my brother(he was wearing khaki shorts).

That's savage and awesome at the same time.

I don't know how I'd react if suddenly I was showered in my brother's blood... probably give him the metal sign ( \m/ ) and start nodding really slowly. :evil:

isiscrystal

01-09-2009, 09:15 AM

HAHA that's too great

isiscrystal

01-09-2009, 09:16 AM

Mine's not that funny, but...when I was younger a girl found out I was diabetic, and she said, "Have you ever eaten cake?"

hodgsonsurvivor

01-09-2009, 09:51 AM

This one is long and maybe funnier than the first one I posted. :) The other one was just more recent.:D

So, one morning I woke up and was disoriented. :confused: I had just started "dating" this guy who had stayed the night. I was upset because he didn't leave like he was supposed to and I had "overslept". :mad: I knew that I would need to call my job to let my supervisor know that I would be late, so I did. Between dialing the number and Frank (my supervisor) picking up the phone, brain function ceased. I began to ramble something like "I don't know what's going on. I'm confused. I don't know what's wrong with me!" Immediately, Frank goes in to panic :eek: ...he's already figured out who I was by my voice. He calls another one of my co-workers to the phone and she started trying to help me over the phone. Well...you all probably know how well that works. :o So, she asked if there was anyone with me. I was too embarrassed to say that I had a man over! :o But, self preservation kicked in and I gave the phone to him. She must of told him to find some sugar and feed it to me. He rips open several packets of equal and splatters it in my face.:( He gives me the phone and I hear them say that they've found my address and they're sending an ambulance. I said, "NO!!!" Frank says, "Why?"

My response...

"Because, I'm N-A-K-E-D!!!"

So embarrassing. :D

In any case...new boyfriend dressed me before they came. When I was alert and brain function has returned...I found out that no one changed my baby and there was poop smeared everywhere. And you know how the paramedics will ask you questions to see how you're doing? Apparently, I got the date and the president wrong. But I knew where I was!:D

Eri's mom

01-09-2009, 02:21 PM

Well, Eri has growled at me during a hypo...and doesn't remember it.

mccord89

01-10-2009, 03:47 AM

Okay, I find this really funny.

I was in DKA REAL bad in the summer of 2007, and my boyfriend Bobby and I had only been together about a week and I had only known him about two weeks when this happened.

For whatever reason, I didn't want ANYONE but him to take me to the hospital. He was working over an hour away in Cleveland at the time, but I insisted he come. At that point he had no experience with diabetes and didn't understand it, and just wanted me to go by ambulance. I should have, but the DKA made me crazy and I just wanted him.

Anyways he rushed from work and I was at my aunts house sicker than I had ever been. I had NEVER been to an adult hospital for my diabetes before (I had just turned 18!) and he decided to take me to Akron General. I was FREAKING OUT because I wanted to go to Children's Hospital, but I didn't realize I really couldn't go there.

We got there and they took me back, and while they were getting the I.V. in and everything I guess I really flipped out. He says that I was screaming at the doctors and cussing at them and telling them to get the F*** away from me. He said I was growling at them and him too. My eyes were rolling back into my head and I was cussing them out because they wouldn't let me get up to pee, haaa that I do remember.

But I don't remember this AT ALL. But god does it make me laugh to hear him tell it. It gets funnier every time I hear it.

I feel bad, poor guy didn't even really know me and here I am having him leave work early to take me to the hospital.

KCP

01-12-2009, 04:39 PM

oneluckyplay

01-21-2009, 08:32 PM

I went low while sleeping, my daughter called 911, before they got there i was starting to come around and told my daughter i was fine and i didn't need anyone to check on me. The paramedics showed up a couple minutes later found i was ok and went downstairs to leave. I looked at my daughter and said if all the paramedics look like that then you can call them everynight. She immediatly ran downstairs. She came back a few minutes later and said I have date for tommorow night. I couldn't help but laugh.

RedRD

01-21-2009, 08:44 PM

I've not laughed so hard at any other thread...sick sense of humor, I guess.

When I was pregnant (the 1st time), I kept my BG way low, and would drop verrry quickly (many know this fact). I worked at a hospital at the time, and was in the nourishment room raiding the juice, and pnut butter/graham crax stash. Before I could find any, my BG was dropping way low. A nurse could see me through the closed door's window. I was stumbling around, crashing into everything, bouncing off the wall, thinking "can't somebody see that I need help?"

She finally realized what was happening, and came to save me with a wheelchair (and a snack).

She thought I was "leveling" the refrigerator.

mell1682

01-21-2009, 08:59 PM

monicatheegreat

01-28-2009, 01:01 AM

KCP

01-29-2009, 10:01 PM

Aww, they arent horrifying but i can see how you'd think they were ;)

hodgsonsurvivor

01-30-2009, 10:42 AM

I'm new but all I can say is reading these stories seriously made me want to faint. I have an active imagination, so in go the words and my mind has the images...

These stories seem horrifying! I hope someday I am comfortable enough with this that I think this is funny!

It's not funny at the time...hypos can be really scary...to the extreme sometimes. But, like almost everything else in life, after you've survived, looking back, you can see some humor. :)

xMenace

01-30-2009, 10:57 AM

Nicole's story just triggered a memory of Dx day. After fainting, being helped into bed, and put on an IV the doc came in. As he was leaving I asked him how I was supposed to go to the bathroom hooked up and strapped in like I was. All he said was "Don't worry. We're going to put a plug in you." and left. OMG! The things that go through a 14 yr old males mind after a statement like that!

gettingby

01-30-2009, 07:48 PM

I hope this doesn't sound rude but I gotta ask............
John, have you had to try to hold any more ceilings up lately?;)

xMenace

02-01-2009, 03:12 PM

I haven't been below 3.2 mmol since before xmas :)

MsLavender

02-02-2009, 10:57 PM

I was freshman in highschool (my blood sugars was horrible at this age) I wanted to be on the Jrotc drill-team so I had to get a physical. The nurse I guessed missed the part when I answered that I was diabetic. So, I'm called out of class to go to the Health Clinic that was on Campus. They sat me down and was telling me "we found something you and your parents need to check out" I'm like OMG. They're asking can my mom come in right away. I go just tell me! They go we think you may have diabetes all serious. I go " no I do, since I was 5, what is my blood sugar high?!":mad:

Public Schools gotta love em'

gettingby

02-03-2009, 06:31 AM

I haven't been below 3.2 mmol since before xmas :)
Woo Hoo !!!!!!!!!!
:party:
:party:

davef

02-03-2009, 06:41 AM

It really wasn't funny at the moment, nor did I understand what it meant but I saw the looks people gave my mom ( I don't think she understood what she was actually saying) when I was first dx. She used to yell in the store if I walked too far away from her "Mellissa! Are you high? MELLISSA!! Are you HIGH?" My poor mom was such a worrier when I was first diagnosed. She is still very much the same way :D

I can relate to that, but it was me saying it. I was out shopping with the family and had tested before getting out of the car, found I was a little higher than I had expected and so I was in a bit of a grump. We were in a book store and my wife asked me what was wrong with me, I said "Nothing, I'm just a bit high", wrong thing to say in a quiet store, the looks I got!

hodgsonsurvivor

02-03-2009, 08:33 AM

Mine may be a little sinister...but the "high" stories reminded me of it.

I had these neighbors who did drugs. I was always more naive than the average person, so they leeched on me real quick. The husband convinced me that he needed a ride to try and sell his microwave so that they could pay their gas bill. (It was about midnight. I took pity because we had gas appliances and they had small children...and I didn't know they were using.) In any case, we got pulled over by some cops and they asked if they could search my car. I said "yes" and was baffled at why they would suspect that we were trying to purchase drugs. In any case, they searched my car and found my syringes. OMG!!! Why did it not cross my mind that I had those in my car? lol They asked me a bazillion questions, shined lights into my eyes, and searched my arms for tracks! Then they found the vial of insulin. lol I guess it had rolled under the seat. :o

They gave me some advice...stay home and don't let people talk you into going places you don't wanna go at 1am. lol

gettingby

02-03-2009, 09:08 AM

Cole Trickle

02-03-2009, 04:06 PM

Some good stories...lol

I will start with this one.

This was the 2nd severe hypo episode I ever had.

I think I was around 17. We partied pretty decent back in high school and obviously alcohol can have different effects on a diabetic. I remember the Doctor telling me that Alcohol is sugar and that it can really throw your BS out of wack. We got back from a good party and like always I tested my blood/took a shot of extra insulin to counter act the beers and fell asleep.

I was revived (Think snap your fingers and your back magic trick style) and I was out side strapped to a flat board surrounded by paramedics and neighbors. The worst part was I was only wearing boxers and I think my junk was hanging out. The house across the street was filled with 2 pretty hot teenage girls that happend to be close by. Paramedic asks if I am O.K. and then says maybe we should get him a blankie it seems to be pretty cold outside......I can still hear the Laughter from the masses :D :eek:

iStone

02-03-2009, 04:11 PM

I honestly can't think of a single thing that is funny about diabetes. It has ruined my life. NOT FUNNY.

lorilei

02-03-2009, 04:16 PM

diabetes hasn't ruined my life, just thought it did...just put a big bump in the road...i will need to keep an open mind and find a funny moment at some point...so far most of my funny diabetic moments have been in chat...it is safe there i suppose...

i did love one of the first silly threads i read here about the free mini one touch...where people here wanted purple to match there such and such or green like horny m&m's...that is where i began to find a sense of humor in all of this and where i realized what great people we had here..thank you for that thread and all of the threads that make us laugh...

Cole Trickle

02-03-2009, 05:40 PM

I honestly can't think of a single thing that is funny about diabetes. It has ruined my life. NOT FUNNY.

The first couple of year I was a Diabetic were very tough. (14-16) I am the only type 1 diabetic in my imediate family and my parents were going through a divorce at the time.I withdrew and spent a solid year in my room sleeping.(Depression)

I felt as if the world was crumbling around me and I was being punished. I woke up one day and decided to start enjoying my life and stop pointing fingers for the cards Id been dealt.(I can honestly say that Diabetes has not held me back one iota since that day)

I had alot of misconceptions of how I thought people viewed me. When it came down to it they were still the same people and I was the one that was different and withdrew.

If you can't make light of a serious situation and share your experiences with people that share your illness you will continue to head down a slippery path.

I would love to hear your story and I am here for support if you need it.

Brandin

gettingby

02-04-2009, 08:56 AM

I honestly can't think of a single thing that is funny about diabetes. It has ruined my life. NOT FUNNY.
iStone, I can understand your ideas but in order to survive, you have to find a way to deal with diabetes. Finding humor in it helps.

ant hill

02-04-2009, 08:22 PM

iStone, I can understand your ideas but in order to survive, you have to find a way to deal with diabetes. Finding humor in it helps.

Indeed Cindy, Diabetes is serious business but if we were to stick to our diet and do all the right things then it can be boring. :(

There is one day that I was given a slice of cake and I said thank you and I decided to bolus, Shocked was the lady that gave me the cake and said are you a drug addict? and my reply is I get high from eating your lovely cake. :D:T So what in that injection? Insulin. :)

I could be a little better joke than this one. ;)

gettingby

02-05-2009, 04:58 AM

Indeed Cindy, Diabetes is serious business but if we were to stick to our diet and do all the right things then it can be boring. :(

There is one day that I was given a slice of cake and I said thank you and I decided to bolus, Shocked was the lady that gave me the cake and said are you a drug addict? and my reply is I get high from eating your lovely cake. :D:T So what in that injection? Insulin. :)

I could be a little better joke than this one. ;)
That's funny Peter.

I was at work one day and we had a new employee. My bg was low and a friend asked "Are you low?" I replied "Yeah, I'm low". The new gal then asked "Oh hon, why are you so depressed?" My friend and I were rolling. :rofl:

Cole Trickle

02-05-2009, 11:43 AM

The last time I had a paramedic involed low blood sugar.

I have always been quite aware of how my body feels in relation to highs and lows. Strangely between the ages of 19-23 I stopped waking up in the middle of the night when my blood went under 70.

I have had 5 pretty bad non responsive diabetic commas in my life. 2 Were from the age of 14-18 (I account this to misinformation) and 3 were between that 19-23 y/o time frame. Honestly there was no real medical reason why this happend. I have always tested 4-5 times a day and my blood rarely gets out of wack.

The event happend when I was about 21 y/o. I had been dating a new girl for about 6 months. shhe was fully aware that I was a diabetic and had been through a couple of non black out lows. She was staying over on a sunday night and my blood crashed while sleeping and I didn't wake up. I was once again woken by paramedics and a iv in my arm...goodtimes

When I came too I was surrounded by fireman,paramedics, my roomates and 2 2 liter bottles of Diet soda on my night stand. Apparently the girl that was staying the night had tried to help me and ran tyo the fridge and grabbed some soda because she had seen me do that when needed in the past. The Paramedis and I started cracking up when the frazzeled blond said I tried to give him soda to help out:D

I should mention she was very hot and not the smartest tool in the shed...lol

My roomates called in sick to work and used me as an excuse. I went to work and was only 10 minutes late:eek:

BTW...That was my last black out episode and that was nearly 10 years ago. (I have regained my spidey sences ..lol)

Delphinus

02-05-2009, 12:51 PM

Indeed Cindy, Diabetes is serious business but if we were to stick to our diet and do all the right things then it can be boring. :(

I agree, if you can't laugh, what's the point?

We can't fix this, it's always gonna be there, but we can make it more bearable.

Watch this vid.

YouTube - Léon - The Professional: Gary Oldman - Drug Scene HD (Luc Besson, 1994) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMc3eAR7Hpo)

When a new guy started at work with me, a week after my diagnosis, I did what Gary Oldman does at 00:19 in that clip while I was injecting.

Buddy just looked at me. Was a total LOL moment. Ya had to be there. :D

- Jason

robbytype2

02-05-2009, 01:16 PM

o.k before my diagnose i was getting very ill , i was urinating like mad , the wife and i were out shopping for furniture we got into the car to go home and ,,,pow it hit me at the worlds longest stop light ,,,i was shaking tapping feet o.m.g i was going to wet my pants i just knew it ,,my wife was laughing i was like stop laughing iam going to wet my pants ,,the light turned i shot across to a fast food place ran in as i was hitting the restroom door i was pulling it out ,,it was getting ready to go ,,bam i hit the door ,,,bam someone on the other side fell down (oops) i came threw the door ..o.k now i am a stocking guy with tattoos all over in the car i had taken off my shirt and was now wearing a " wife beater" it was hot out , so i was coming through the door un zipped with hand pulling it out very fast , the poor young man was a employee there now he was on his back as i burst in :eek: he looked at me in horror and started back peddeling across floor eyes bugging out of his head ,,i got to urinal and said sorry it was emergency ,,that poor kid said jesus man after you knocked me down i saw you had your huhmmm in your hand i thought you were going to rape me :eek: poor kid too much t.v lol but guess he was afraid till this day when i think of the look on his face i cant help but laugh can only imagine his side of the story lol

fgummett

02-05-2009, 01:20 PM

I wish they had security camera footage of that... what a riot! :D

xMenace

02-05-2009, 01:53 PM

My dinner is all over my monitor :laugh:

robbytype2

02-06-2009, 06:02 AM

sorry kids i just had to throw that in there, true story ,,, i was not going to post it since it was in young adults lol not so young

Delphinus

02-06-2009, 03:39 PM

sorry kids i just had to throw that in there, true story ,,, i was not going to post it since it was in young adults lol not so young

Robby,

I forgot what part of the forum I was in when I posted myself. :D

- Jason

Shadow251

02-06-2009, 08:16 PM

I think we can handle it... lol

Jamison

02-08-2009, 01:25 AM

Yesterday, I got pulled over by a cop because I went to an empty parking lot with my girlfriend but then the cop was there busting someone else so I left and then I was making a left at a light. I pulled out halfway and then when the light turned red and the rest of the oncoming cars stopped turning, I went. He then pulled me over and made me get out of the car and he searched me and the car. I forgot my glove compartment was full of needles! He had his hand on his baton and started approaching me and I just realized and I screamed "WAIT! I'M DIABETIC! THOSE NEEDLES ARE FOR INSULIN". He had no idea what the f*** insulin is so he turned to his backup. Did I mention he called for backup?!?!?! They turned back around to me and said "okay, i'm just going to write you a warning this time". If that's not funny, I don't know what is.

snakey

02-08-2009, 05:12 AM

I dropped a syringe while in a public rest room (I was in a stall) preparing to eat at the food court. When I exited there was a security guard there who started to ask me questions. What happen was someone ran to the security because a person with a syringe could only be up to no good. Funny now but not then.

yannah

02-08-2009, 05:30 AM

I had a PCP with a very dry sence of humor when I was first diagnosed. I came into his office with a list of very wierd, not your usual symptoms, complaints. I said I had chronic diarreah for 5 months and ammodium was no longer helping, that I had gained 60 lbs since I started taking zyprexa, and that all I wanted to do was sleep, and that I had fungus in two tonails and two thumb nails. He didn't say anything, just had the nurse draw blood, came back two minutes later and told me I had diabetes and my blood sugar was 381.

I said - I don't have diabetes and "don't you have to run a fasting test or a second test tomorrow or something?"

a few seconds went by...and he looked at me and said.....

"NO"

that was it. I still laugh when I think of the look on his face when he just said "No."

maybe you had to be there....it wasn't funny to me untill I learned all about diabetes...

Markymarc206

02-09-2009, 07:28 AM

This is kind of funny, about two years ago I was laying on the couch, trying to get some shut eye when I swear I kept seeing thing. I checked my sugar and it was very low 20 mg/dl I jumped up and as soon as my feet touched the floor I toppled over knocking down a bunch of stuff waking everyone up. When they came out to the kitchen I was drinking OJ out of the container and they were like " What on earth are you doing " hahahaha

Hopenopus

02-14-2009, 08:53 AM

I was working in the repair shop of a water treatment plant. A salesman had come to the shop trying to sell us something and he left his standard bribe of a couple dozen glazed donuts. The other guys had things to work on out on the plant site leaving me alone at the shop. They offered to take the donunts away so I would'nt go nuts and run my sugar up. I let them know that me being a grown man the donuts were safe. Anyway, one of the guys came back for something he forgot and the 5th donut was in my mouth the 6th I stuffed down my shirt, I had glaze on my face and shirt.the guy told me to go look in the mirror and see if I saw a grown man in there anywhere. Jim

angelamerrill73

02-16-2009, 08:40 AM

Hi. As the mother of a boy with Type-one I have had more than a few funny moments, along with all the heartbreak (Like the time Steven, newly diagnosed, had been super emotional for some weeks suddenly said "I don't want to die!" After explaining as much as I could that this was manageable and he was not going to die I finally asked him point-blank, "Why do you still think you are going to die?" He looked at me like I was stupid and said, "Mom, DIE- abetes!?" OMG. I almost cried. He had been sitting with this for months and thought I was lying to him. Heartbreaking)

Anyways...this story helps make up for those moments...

I ran into the mother of one of my son's friends at the gas station one day and asked about her son,Alex, who had some troubles in school recently. After a few minutes of chatting she laughed a bit and asked, "So how is Steven's nose?" This surprised me because most people ask about his diabetes and I have an answer ready by the time they ask. "His nose?" Apparently it was snack time in his 1st grade classroom and Alex had some gummie snacks. Steven, ever the jokester, sneakily reached over and pretended to grab one of his gummies. Alex noticed at the last moment and screamed "NO!!! You have diabetes! You'll die!" and he hauled back and smacked him right in the face, bringing him to the floor, wrestling the gummie from his hands. I could not stop laughing. Steven had never mentioned the incident and when I asked him about it later he laughed, too. "Yeah, he was trying to be my friend, but he has some issues!"

-Angela

angelamerrill73

02-16-2009, 08:51 AM

My doctor came back immediately after a urine test and said he had diabetes and that the specialist was waiting at the hospital for us and to expect to be there for at least 3 days.(This was expected to be a quick appointment, home for supper and a bath and an early bedtime. I took off almost a week.) "His urine is full of sugar. His BGL is over 600" I was hysterical. Crying and pleading."He just has a juice and a fruit roll-up. That has got to be it, right?" She was very good. She explained that a non diabetic could eat a pound of chocolate and never get higher than 120." I was devastated but looking back I laugh at how quickly I went right to denial, despite being a very rational person...

angelamerrill73

02-16-2009, 08:58 AM

That's funny Peter.

I was at work one day and we had a new employee. My bg was low and a friend asked "Are you low?" I replied "Yeah, I'm low". The new gal then asked "Oh hon, why are you so depressed?" My friend and I were rolling. :rofl:
LOL! Sometimes as my son is running across the pizza place (or some such) on his was to the bathroom for the 3rd time I forget where I am and call after him, "Are you high?" OMG...the looks I get!

c_wilson

03-16-2009, 10:23 PM

I was with my gf (she didnt know i was diabetic then) an dbrought my finger pricker out. She was like nice pen and i was like yeah not really. When i pricked myself she was lik OMG why did you do that and i was like im diabetic. She still feels bad too this day if i bring it up against her.

jlaracuente

03-16-2009, 11:41 PM

Sorry! I find nothing funny about Diabetes and have no humorous tales relating to the disease.

foxl

03-17-2009, 08:24 AM

I do! Humor is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. I am enjoying these great stories and hoping to have my own soon!

I guess so far the funniest was my kids last night who after six WEEKS finally noticed I am not sharing their weekly pizza with them. They were very earnestly discussing my diet and the 8 year odl was telling the 5 year old, "No, Mom CAN'T HAVE pizza anymore."

I just as seriously began telling them that there is nothing I cannot have, it is a matter of how much and how often, is all ... and realized I was talking to LITTLE KIDS!

jlaracuente

03-18-2009, 11:46 PM

Let's see. Hmmmmm. :hmmmm2:
Sorry, I still see nothing funny about Diabetes.

Subby

03-19-2009, 12:46 AM

Your loss, jlaracuente.

cwathne

03-19-2009, 09:23 PM

I was at work one day and we had a new employee. My bg was low and a friend asked "Are you low?" I replied "Yeah, I'm low". The new gal then asked "Oh hon, why are you so depressed?" My friend and I were rolling.

LOL! Sometimes as my son is running across the pizza place (or some such) on his was to the bathroom for the 3rd time I forget where I am and call after him, "Are you high?" OMG...the looks I get!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Patient254

03-19-2009, 09:41 PM

No one ever thinks this is funny but I think it's hilarious so I'll repeat it again. I told my doc in the city where I used to live that I wanted to be checked for Cushing's Disease (diabetes can be a complication of this - so that's how it relates) and he said, "Oh yeah, I already diagnosed you with that because of your hump." I about busted out laughing. I think I said, "What hump?"

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/8/7/f/87fcb030827d0bf24db3038eb6b5c1b6.jpg

foxl

03-20-2009, 08:45 AM

jlaracuente

03-20-2009, 09:26 PM

I guess you could find some humor in almost anything, as in when you try to squeeze blood from a rock.

Subby

03-20-2009, 10:06 PM

Sorry! I find nothing funny about Diabetes and have no humorous tales relating to the disease.

Let's see. Hmmmmm. :hmmmm2:
Sorry, I still see nothing funny about Diabetes.

I guess you could find some humor in almost anything, as in when you try to squeeze blood from a rock.

This is verging on unpleasant heckling. How about next time you just pass the thread over and respect people's right to swap stories and let off some steam without the sour grapes attitude inserted.

ant hill

03-21-2009, 06:45 AM

Perhaps I could lift this thread a bit me harties!! ;)

I was thinking of a early lunch and went to my locker in the change room to get my kit and I just tested and draw up my actrapid and the boss just caught me having a early knock off for lunch. :o Just as she about to tell me off as I had the insulin drawn, She did an about face and walked out the door and screamed. OMG! What have I done? :confused: I swear I didn't hurt anyone.
It seam that I would have had a colt44 in my hand. LOL :D:T

newmominks

03-23-2009, 03:39 PM

That's funny Peter.

I was at work one day and we had a new employee. My bg was low and a friend asked "Are you low?" I replied "Yeah, I'm low". The new gal then asked "Oh hon, why are you so depressed?" My friend and I were rolling. :rofl:

I have the same kind of story! I was running the mile in gym class - maybe 4th/5th grade and on the 2nd to last loop I told the substitute gym teacher I needed to see the nurse 'cause I was feeling low. She asked me why I felt so depressed and decided it would be better if she pulled me out of the mile to discuss my feelings than letting me go to the nurse. Thank goodness for friends - they told the funny substitute that I had to go to the nurse for my diabetes.

I have tons of these stories. I've had type1 since I was 2 (29 now) and played tons of sports. Diabetes can be hilarious when you look back at all the funny situations you can get into w/ low bloodsugars!

Marcia K in Fl

03-23-2009, 04:45 PM

I found some of these funny and appreciated them.

To Patient254-
Do know that a hump is part of the diagnosis for Cushings. It is called a buffalo hump and most people with this disease have hump in the neck/back area. I am not sure if you understood that-if you did then lol at me. If you didn't-well now you know.

You have to laugh-it is the best medicine.

jimhuck

03-23-2009, 05:49 PM

TOTALLY not funny at the time, but my wife sent me to the grocery store to shop. I went hypo while shopping, and became incredibly frustrated that I couldn't find celery. I wandered around the store for a half hour in a stupor, and finally was so frustrated that I sprinted towards the door, knocked over a watch display, and ran smack into a man with a prosthetic leg.

All I remember is being tackled my some store employees and being held down until the police came. My wife and the employees told me after the fact that the man's leg had come off and he needed help putting it back on.

The store was very gracious. The man...not so much.

He wanted to sue everyone, but fortunately, he didn't have much of a leg to stand on.

*PUN*

Barbadosgal

03-23-2009, 06:36 PM

Going to the bathroom at work after taking Metformin and eating bacon at breakfast. (Without getting into the sordid details of some of Metformin's side effects aka gas and.....well you know what happened here). A client was waiting outside of the door to go to the bathroom and rushed right in after me. I could have DIED of embarrassment at the Metformin well.....odour left behind for him! Needless to say I could not get away from the embarrassment since he was in the board meeting that I was also in! :eek:

I was dying to try to explain myself - I am a diabetic, its my meds, i swear! - but that would have been very inappropriate now wouldn’t it ehehehhehe.

foxl

03-23-2009, 07:57 PM

Ahhhh! I needed this thread tonight!!!

xMenace

03-23-2009, 08:14 PM

A client was waiting outside of the door to go to the bathroom and rushed right in after me.

Perhaps your client is diabetic too! :eek:

xMenace

03-23-2009, 08:18 PM

Barbadosgal

03-23-2009, 09:45 PM

He wanted to sue everyone, but fortunately, he didn't have much of a leg to stand on.

*PUN*[/QUOTE]

LMAO!!!!! You have got to be kidding. You hypo maniac you.

tiffanyfaith86

03-27-2009, 01:30 PM

i had the same thing happen in the car. I was going to wal mart with my sister and had to test because we usually take a good 2 hours even when its just a trip for milk, we come out with the whole store. :) so i had it all ready to go as well and i lanced and same thing, nothing came out and i know i had felt it go pretty deep. So i squeezed again and my sister was looking over right at the right time and it just shot out. We were both like eeewww! and then realized it almost got her in the face.. lol

tiffanyfaith86

03-27-2009, 01:31 PM

oh.. ended up being 78

ant hill

03-27-2009, 04:28 PM

oh.. ended up being 78

I'll try that, Go and do some serious shopping to lower the BG. :D LOL

ELK92

03-31-2009, 04:30 PM

This definitely helped brighten my day a little. I think my best moment was when a friend and I went shopping at the day after Thanksgiving sales. I tested my BG and it was over 300. We walked into a big department store, filled with people, and we started walking in different directions. She yelled at me "where are you going?" and I yelled back "Oh, I'm high. I'm just going to head to the bathroom and shoot up real quick!"

Of course she knew I meant I needed to give a shot of some insulin, but oh my the looks from some people were hilarious! One of the security officers even followed me to the bathroom and then kept an eye on us around the store. Aaah, good times.

lark 27

03-31-2009, 04:51 PM

In my college days I went with friends camping in the mountains of California. All the hiking led to waking up with a low BG at about 1a.m.. Due to concerns with bears we had all the food in a bear cannister on top of a giant boulder (10 feet tall). I had reserved one energy bar in the tent and ate that but the BG was pretty low so I left the tent not wanting to make the friends in my tent or the girls in the other tent. I managed to clim on top of the boulder and get the food cannister, but it requires a coin or knife to unscrew a latch. I of course had nothing to do this with. I climbed down and tried to use rocks on the ground and the button on my shorts and finally my thumbnail did the trick but after a lot of effort. I treated the low BG and went back to bed thinking I had disturbed nobody. The next morning I laughed out loud when the girls told everyone how they heard a bear that must have been messing with the cannister about 1 a.m. last night.

Peace, love, and good A1Cs to all,
Lark

goochsmooch

04-08-2009, 02:06 PM

I got a couple:

Once in Junior High, I was eating a granola bar to cure my hypo in class (against school rules for non-diabetics). The substitute teacher turned on this ominous voice and thundered "Just WHAT do you think you're doing!?" Through a mouthful of Quaker oats, I explained "I have Diabetes", to which he says, "Oh, you're lucky". REALLY!? LUCKY!? Well, I just let this fella have it: "Yeah, you're dead-on. Every morning, as I stick myself with insulin and put back bland Cheerios, I thank God for this gift and my great fortune. Thanks for the reminder." The poor bugger couldn't backtrack fast enough and I got more than a few pats on the back after class.

Another classic was when I got home from the bar late one night when I was about 18. I had the latest Nickelback song just cranked and I was drawing up my nighttime insulin when there was a knock on the door. Not thinking twice about the syringe and insulin bottle in my hand, I opened the door to 2 angry cops investing a noise complaint and a citizen who was doing a ride-along with them. The cops were ready to pounce when they saw what MUST be illegal narcotics and they weren't buying my "diabetes" story. Fortunately, the lady who was on the ride-along was my Jesus-freak neighbour from a fews years back and she was able to vouch for me. I nearly got a full strip search of myself and my apartment!

Good times with broken pancreases eh guys!

jshuffle

04-08-2009, 02:49 PM

The day after diagnoses, I was sent to a 2 week diabetes camp (being 13 it wasn't bad at all, and I was able to stay out of the hospital and hop right into diabetes lifestylings). Anyways, the morning that I was leaving for camp, my mom made breakfast for me which consisted of 1 carrot and 10 grapes.

Upon arrival to the camp, I was able to meet one of the directors. He asked what I ate that morning and I responded with 1 carrot and about 10 grapes. He looked shocked and responded "you're in good hands now, we'll feed you here".

Note: I was about 95 lbs at the time, had lost 25-30 lbs over the course of a few months. A shrimp you could call me.

The day before that, I was diagnosed. My dad, being a physician, and a friend, being diabetic, were able to converse on the phone about my "condition". My dad called my friend and told him that he had good news. In response my friend responded, "a cure for diabetes!?!". My dad told him no, but even better that I had diabetes. He told us to come on over and gave me a crash course in diabetes management.

I'm sure I have a few more stories, but cannot quite think of any more now... More to come later!

mattp2007

04-19-2009, 05:02 AM

Though i havent had it long so far the funniest moment is wakeing up in the ICU and on day one within the first hour i was cracking jokes about how i had "the beetus" and when i would get to meet Wilford Brimley

jjordie

04-19-2009, 10:10 AM

Thanks to all for this humour.

When I first started Metformin, which gave me lots of flatulence, my teenage
grandchildren always laughed and refused to believe it was anything to do
with my medication. They insisted it was because I was an 'old lady' and didn't
know any better! :eek:

roddick

04-19-2009, 10:01 PM

What was the funniest moment in my life? well there are many. Well we are a family of diabetic patients. My father when he was old once on an occasion took a sweet desert. After that we went for a check up and found the Glucose levels high. I joked him saying that the nurse just found remains of the sweet you had yesterday.
We all had a great laugh with my father enjoying every moment. Many similar moments in my life too

aleshamuffin

04-24-2009, 11:00 AM

I have a couple:

The time I was hypo and wanted to treat it with russian fudge. Only problem is? we didnt have any. SO i went to the kitchen, and I had no idea how to make fudge, but i gave it a dam good go!
It ended with me in the middle of the kitchen floor with a pot of milk and golden syrup.I know this because me sister, who was 4 at the time, came in and saw me unconscious and went to her father and said: Dad, Kc is dead. She on the floor, dead.
To which my stepfather came running of course.
.
I must say first this one story made burst out laughing...im not sure why it was just hilarious to me. I must say thank you to all of you who have shared a story i went through and read them all being a new diabetic i just thought i was crazy all the little weir things i have done and now i see it is normal. Okay i have two quick stories they are no where near as funny as some of these but i can see them in my head and they still make me chuckle. The first one was last night and the other is a week or two ago.

#1.Last night my sugar was way low, im am not sure how low because I was a little out of it, i would have to check my meter. So I told my bf he needed to go downstairs and get me something for my sugar before we went to bed, because my sugar was really low. I was shaking and more pale then usual so he was worried he ran down stairs he came back after about 20 minutes....he had rice, kielbasa, toast, oj and nachos,i burst out laughing i took a small bite of the kielbasa couple sips of oj thanked him and went to bed...
#2 A week or so ago we went out to eat, keep in mind i am fairly new to this while diabetes thing and i had not eaten all day and it was 6pm so I was HUNGERY.. so I thought It would be a good idea to eat 2 plates of Chinese food then go and get dessert(i have no pills or insulin or anything yet long story most of you know). After about 35 minutes I felt dizzy like i was going to fall down, and i was really hot, i checked my sugar.It was 315 already. So i said sh!t really loud and my bf was like what are you okay whats your sugar, i told him it was 315, he said after oh thats not that bad is it? so i yelled oh not so bad huh glad you so smart ...lets test you sugar after that meal.( he is afraid of tiny needle like things and he calls my lancets tiny swords of doom) he was like no no thats just fine believe....OH you thats bad, do we need to take you to the doctor or do you need to run around the car or....so....are you going to be okay.

I hope its not boring to any one but i thought it was funny a little later and this morning but last night i wanted to through all the food at him..

genie86333

04-25-2009, 11:36 AM

I was shaking and more pale then usual so he was worried he ran down stairs he came back after about 20 minutes....he had rice, kielbasa, toast, oj and nachos,i burst out laughing i took a small bite of the kielbasa couple sips of oj thanked him and went to bed...

heehee...very sweet (and funny) but you might want to let him know, just in case, that next time just bring the OJ as in 20 minutes you might have crashed even lower...

By the way, swords of doom had me LMAO.

yannah

04-25-2009, 12:31 PM

aleshamuffin

04-28-2009, 09:54 AM

when i was first diagnosed I told my friend I had diabetes - she said "big deal, you have diabetes" then I told my sister - she said "so loose weight and cure it, people do it all the time"

god is that funny when i think about it now.

Yeah most of my family is doing that to me now, but I am still in the stage where it is really pissing me off. If all i had to do is loose weight then it would be gone already. Also some of my friends parents are saying they dont believe i dont know what type i have and that you cant come home from the doctors and be like ..oh i have diabetes. But thats what happened I cant help it.
Also similar (no offense to my grandmother or to spiritual people) my grandmother she is really spiritual she told me if i prayed to god and the universe it would just go away. I cried and told her if it worked like that i would have never got it in the first place. Diabetes runs ramp-id in my family so i would pray every day from the time i was like 7 not to get it. See how well that worked.....(now i just pray it doesn't get worse, like those people who loose limbs)

dr.sweet

04-29-2009, 11:17 AM

lol my cousin was at school with me , and the teacher didn't know that he had diabetes . so, he went to the bathroom for the first and second time at the same period and the teacher didn't do anything about it but when he asked for the third time the teacher denied and was not believing that my cousin has diabetes the way the teacher and my cousin arguing was so funny that i laughed and laughed until the teacher kicked me out of class

tiffanyfaith86

04-29-2009, 02:55 PM

Yeah most of my family is doing that to me now, but I am still in the stage where it is really pissing me off. If all i had to do is loose weight then it would be gone already. Also some of my friends parents are saying they dont believe i dont know what type i have and that you cant come home from the doctors and be like ..oh i have diabetes. But thats what happened I cant help it.
Also similar (no offense to my grandmother or to spiritual people) my grandmother she is really spiritual she told me if i prayed to god and the universe it would just go away. I cried and told her if it worked like that i would have never got it in the first place. Diabetes runs ramp-id in my family so i would pray every day from the time i was like 7 not to get it. See how well that worked.....(now i just pray it doesn't get worse, like those people who loose limbs)

Oh wow, i can relate too, alot of people at work tell me eat right, exercise, or just dont test and dont worry about it and it wont hurt ya. even just 2 days ago a fellow diabetic but type 2 that hasnt tested for years just when he dont feel good he'll take his pills, asked me why dont you just not test and your numbers will get better because your body wont get panicked.

I still dont find it funny either. when i tell my mom what they say, she laughs and says you do eat good and exercise and you gotta test. But when i go low, she tells me "stop taking your insulin" i tell her i cant, last time i did close to that (only taking half my basal) i went to 400s and 503 highest.

Timmy Mac

05-10-2009, 08:16 PM

Its kinda funny now, but it was REALLY scary then.

about 6 months ago, my prescription for humalog pens ran out and had to get it in a vial. For some reason, I put it in the same place in the fridge that my lantus vial is in. I did my normal bed time routine, ate a snake, took my shot and went to bed.

about 2:00AM I wake up with a low blood sugar. I started thinking "how am i low?" and then the image of me drawing insulin out of a vial with a red cap came to my mind. Oh ****! i had just taken 30 units of humalog, thats more than i usually take in a full day!

I went down stairs and checked my BG it came up as 25. I crawl up the stairs and knock on my parents door and told them the news, and i think my parents have never gotten up that fast in their lives.

After a few quick calculations, i realized that i had to eat 300 CARBS to make up for what i took, my parents made me about 3 sandwiches and a smoothy with a full cup of sugar in it.

It finally came back up but then my BG was 200+ all day the next day

Beckernj

05-11-2009, 05:04 PM

Lol well I dont have alot of funny stories, only been diagnosed for about 6 months. Eh Well when I was diagnosed I had a urine sample done and they said.....lets test your BG. So they tested it and the meter said error:

My doctor looked off into space for about a mins and said....well looks like you broke it! I went to the hospital after being told my BG was 652. They called ahead and told them my situation.

When I got there they were expecting someone passed out/vomiting all over the place or in a coma. I walked in casually and was like....what?? All the help for me??? lol. Had a few of em laugh but spent the rest of the day with lots of blood being drawn and needles and....ughh....I hate needles to this day even after having to deal with them so much.

Timmy Mac

05-14-2009, 06:54 PM

...spent the rest of the day with lots of blood being drawn and needles and....ughh....I hate needles to this day even after having to deal with them so much.

When I was diagnosed 11 years ago they had to keep me in the hospital for a full week. They were checking my blood like once an hour(and doctors dont have their lancers set to where you like it...always like 3 levels higher). Then they were wondering why I was so mad the next morning after being woke up at least 5 times to get stabbed during the night (I was 5 years old too)

lorilei

05-14-2009, 09:53 PM

after many months with this thread circulating..maybe not outrageously funny but apparently i frequently use euphamisms related to D...like Oh sugar...and that is sweet! recently pointed out by a close friend...guess some things are never far from your mind...

tiffanyfaith86

05-15-2009, 09:50 AM

thats cool. Me and one of my co workers thats a type 2 always ask eachother, "are you sweet?" and its always "just sweet enough" or "to sweet" or "Not to sweet today" :T

Shadow251

05-21-2009, 04:12 PM

Shubert

05-21-2009, 05:21 PM

Who else hates it when someone get's mad at you for taking your shot in front of them? (especially when they say you should go to the bathroom)

kind of off topic but it might lead to some funny stories...;)
Yeah, I've gotten a few looks from some people when they see me at the next table in a restaurant taking my shot. Apparently I'm a freak show to these people. I haven't had any security or cops called on me yet, although I would probably be the only one laughing if it did happen. :)

Shubert

05-21-2009, 05:46 PM

Actually, just realized a funny moment just happened. According to Wal-Mart, getting diabetes costs $23.67.

foxl

05-22-2009, 08:22 AM

Yeah, I've gotten a few looks from some people when they see me at the next table in a restaurant taking my shot. Apparently I'm a freak show to these people. I haven't had any security or cops called on me yet, although I would probably be the only one laughing if it did happen. :)

GOOD FOR YOU!

..................................

mmissanne

05-22-2009, 11:05 AM

Blank mind episode.

I am home alone often so I always make sure that a phone is nearby and within reach of me in case I go hypo. One day while on the phone with my daughter; I said to her "hold on I have to find the phone; it is not on the table where I normally keep it". Daa! (of course it wasn't there because I was on it.) :stupido3: LOL

Shadow251

05-28-2009, 09:17 AM

Actually, just realized a funny moment just happened. According to Wal-Mart, getting diabetes costs $23.67.

*sigh* I wish diabetes only cost that much...

Canyon

06-08-2009, 08:29 AM

My funniest diabetic moment...

My endo wants me to rotate injection sites--so I don't build up insulin resistance in any particular part of my body.

I dropped my trousers, and gave myself a shot in my backside--and had a coworker walk in on me...

I was embarrassed. :T

stressedout

06-11-2009, 08:54 PM

I'm new here and still learning my daughters diabetic lows and highs. You guys are making me laugh like crazy. Thank you for the laughs. When we first took her in to find out what was wrong she was over 800. Everyone was shocked and I had no idea what that meant. Now I know and the other day I caught myself (in the book store, with lots of ppl around) asking my hubby if he thought she might be high. My daughter is 9. So I'm sure I got looks and didn't even notice. But reading these stories will make me pay more attention. (I'll probably still do it if I need a laugh!)

xMenace

06-11-2009, 09:36 PM

CountYourselfIn

06-12-2009, 07:06 AM

Mkay0626

06-16-2009, 05:54 PM

Ok soo this is kinda funny in a way haha... So I was in bed sleeping one morning and my mom had to come in my room and wake me up cause it was time for school.. this was like 2 years ago btw im graduated but anyways she tested my blood sugar cause i was so out of it i tripped and stubbed my toe on a chair and i ended up bruising my knee very badly... She wont let me live it down

NZCT

06-24-2009, 09:19 AM

Who else hates it when someone get's mad at you for taking your shot in front of them? (especially when they say you should go to the bathroom)

kind of off topic but it might lead to some funny stories...;)

I was in a cafe with my mum and grandma, shortly after some needle dick doctor proclaimed my grandfarther had diabetes(really his bloodcells were killing each other) I was charged with holding the couch, when all of a sudden two woman come along and take the oppersite couch, rude but fair really. We put up with it anyway, then as i was getting ready to go to the bathroom for a shot of insulin before indulging in a nice bit of mudd cake, this ugly woman flops her boob out to breast feed her kid, no asking if she could or anything just plops out her boob, I sit back down and quite blantently stare untill she finishes, she didn't seem to care how rude she was being or how rude i was being staring in disgust. So I drew up my insulin (having missed my morning shot i had to take two, insulin pens) and proceeded to give myself an injection. Next thing all anyone in this busy city cafe hears is this lady shriek out "OMG HE'S AN ADDICT" while pointing, gasps all round, I calmy finish and draw up my second shot and proceed with it. ALl the while people just gasp and stare. Once finished i quickly proclaim
"SHE FLASHED HER BOOBIES AT ME" oh yeah and im a diabetic you jumpy pricks.

Everyone went silent and the brestfeeding mother left

foxl

06-24-2009, 09:40 AM

okay -- THAT'S good! :D

(and okay, I am pro public breastfeeding).

tiffanyfaith86

06-24-2009, 10:57 AM

I was in a cafe with my mum and grandma, shortly after some needle dick doctor proclaimed my grandfarther had diabetes(really his bloodcells were killing each other) I was charged with holding the couch, when all of a sudden two woman come along and take the oppersite couch, rude but fair really. We put up with it anyway, then as i was getting ready to go to the bathroom for a shot of insulin before indulging in a nice bit of mudd cake, this ugly woman flops her boob out to breast feed her kid, no asking if she could or anything just plops out her boob, I sit back down and quite blantently stare untill she finishes, she didn't seem to care how rude she was being or how rude i was being staring in disgust. So I drew up my insulin (having missed my morning shot i had to take two, insulin pens) and proceeded to give myself an injection. Next thing all anyone in this busy city cafe hears is this lady shriek out "OMG HE'S AN ADDICT" while pointing, gasps all round, I calmy finish and draw up my second shot and proceed with it. ALl the while people just gasp and stare. Once finished i quickly proclaim
"SHE FLASHED HER BOOBIES AT ME" oh yeah and im a diabetic you jumpy pricks.

Everyone went silent and the brestfeeding mother left

OMG! That made me laugh! LOL

rubber314chicke

06-25-2009, 08:30 PM

Actually, just realized a funny moment just happened. According to Wal-Mart, getting diabetes costs $23.67.

Coincidentally I think that is how much my parents paid for the pizza the day I was diagnosed....

Anyways, my funny story is about my in car instructor. I get in, hand her my permit, and she goes "oh, what is this medical thing I see here" so I hand her my medical card an explain hat I have diabetes. Yadda yadda, so we drive for 2 hours, then take a break at Wendy's. I didn't think to bring insulin and I didn't have my pump on then, so I only got a small fry and a diet coke (I calculated I'd only end up at 200 which is better than being low behind the wheel) So we are eating, and she proceeds to tell me that there is a cure for diabetes, and something like that (I stoppled listening after she said there was a cure) and she said that some people don't get it because they get used to everyone feeling sorry for them, kinda like some people that have MS (she also sasd there was a MS cure) I then tell her that Type 1 diabetes is incurable currently, and so is MS, and she then says, oh no, some nurse that comes in to talk during class told us about this.

And then she also pointed out every little detail as we were driving. Like all the birds she wanted me to see while I was driving a narrow windy dark non lit road. And then she told me stories about some lady that got shot and some police chief that got arrested for some weird stuff in the metroparks we were driving through, and then she said she was gonna show me a place where I could bring my parents or girlfriend when I get my license.

Longest 4 hours of my life.