Curse mixing up cokes!!

[Beckernj]

D: Have a 309 at the moment because I misheard my friend. Thought I just drank a liter of pepsi max...nope definatly normal pepsi lol. Mmmm I gotta say when I get this high I feel relaxed lol

[DCaplinger]

When I get that high, I get extremely sleepy. I usually end up taking a big correction bolus, and taking a nap. If relaxation is your symptom... enjoy it while it lasts. LOL.

EDIT: Because of situations like this, there is only one person I allow to get soft drinks for me, besides me, and that's my wife. I would never suggest someone would purposely try to cause me harm, but most people just aren't as careful as I would be. Best to avoid the danger altogether. BTW, how can you not tell the difference? I can't stand the taste of regular sugared sodas anymore. They just seem... nasty. Perhaps if they were made with sugar instead of HFCS, I might be able to tolerate them. I know when I drink Dr Pepper made with real sugar (hard to find, but worth looking for), I can tell a big difference in the taste.

Regards,

D

[AngelKitty]

You don't get to relax for too long with sugars that high - after a while you'll keep needing to pee!
I would suggest a correction bolus would be the way to go.

[art]

I went to the movies yesterday and after I got home I felt "out of sorts".
Got my trusty meter and bled a little. 294!!!!

I'm betting the diet coke, wasn't.

3 units and a nap. 2 hours after dinner 116.

I hate when this happens

Art

[davef]

I went to the movies recently, ordered a pepsi max and watch the guy pull/pour regular pepsi into the cup and hand it to me. I said "no I ordered pepsi-max", he turned away and pull another cup of pepsi. I said we seem to be having a communication problem here, I need pepsi max and not the regular stuff. His reply "we don't have pepsi max, surely have the regular stuff won't hurt" ..... I said it probably will hurt I have diabetes, give me a bottle of water.

I had a quiet word with the manager and explained the danger of giving somebody regular when the order sugar free, especially when the staff don't warn the customer. The manager was very apologetic, refunded me for all our purchases and I saw him speaking to all the staff. I would have been happy with him warning the staff, but I'll admit free popcorn tastes good!

[Jacque]

EDIT: Because of situations like this, there is only one person I allow to get soft drinks for me, besides me, and that's my wife. I would never suggest someone would purposely try to cause me harm, but most people just aren't as careful as I would be. Best to avoid the danger altogether. BTW, how can you not tell the difference? I can't stand the taste of regular sugared sodas anymore. They just seem... nasty. Perhaps if they were made with sugar instead of HFCS, I might be able to tolerate them. I know when I drink Dr Pepper made with real sugar (hard to find, but worth looking for), I can tell a big difference in the taste.

Regards,

D

Same for me. When I go to any public places like restaurants etc.., I now order unsweetened tea or plain water.

[poodlebone]

My boss buys cases of diet sodas and brings them to work. I always help myself. He bought some diet birch beer recently which we both liked. Last week I was drinking one with lunch and it tasted odd but I thought nothing of us. I went for a walk after lunch and took another sip when I got back. Yuck! Tasted awful. Looked closer at the can, saw it wasn't diet.

I try to avoid fountain drinks because they usually taste watered down to me and I can't really tell if it's diet or not. Non-diet canned/bottled soda leaves a horrible aftertaste in my mouth and all taste like cough syrup to me, probably thanks to the use of HFCS in all of them now. I don't know why I didn't check the can after my first sip.

[Beckernj]

Ya I can usually tell if it is diet or not but I was just thirsty and was having a good time so I didnt notice. Took a large correction bonus and went to bed. I got hyper as soon as I did tho and couldnt slee :/ lol mind started thinking way too quick about things I dont really care about lol.

[gettingby]

I was 13 when diagnosed and my younger brother was 8. He always wanted to do something to help so we declared him my official drink tester. Any time we went out, he would get my drink first to make sure it was diet. It made him feel like he was a big part of the process of taking care of me.:) To this day, at the age of 33, he will still ask if I need him to check my drink. Came in handy one day when we were out for dinner. I was suffering from a bad cold and nothing had any taste to it. He grabbed my drink as soon as the waitress sat it down. Sure enough, fully leaded pepsi. He explained to the gal that I definitely needed diet and she apologized and returned with a diet. My brother has this charm about him that makes him able to get a point across without seeming like an a**.:)

[foxl]

I cannot tell diet from not ... glad we buy in bulk, a brand that is exclusively diet! :D

My big worry is those restaurant, self-serve fountains ... NUH UH.

[jenb]

I was 13 when diagnosed and my younger brother was 8. He always wanted to do something to help so we declared him my official drink tester. Any time we went out, he would get my drink first to make sure it was diet. It made him feel like he was a big part of the process of taking care of me.:) To this day, at the age of 33, he will still ask if I need him to check my drink. Came in handy one day when we were out for dinner. I was suffering from a bad cold and nothing had any taste to it. He grabbed my drink as soon as the waitress sat it down. Sure enough, fully leaded pepsi. He explained to the gal that I definitely needed diet and she apologized and returned with a diet. My brother has this charm about him that makes him able to get a point across without seeming like an a**.:)

Cin - this story really touched me. Siblings ROCK!

Jen

[foxl]

I was 13 when diagnosed and my younger brother was 8. He always wanted to do something to help so we declared him my official drink tester. Any time we went out, he would get my drink first to make sure it was diet. It made him feel like he was a big part of the process of taking care of me.:) To this day, at the age of 33, he will still ask if I need him to check my drink. Came in handy one day when we were out for dinner. I was suffering from a bad cold and nothing had any taste to it. He grabbed my drink as soon as the waitress sat it down. Sure enough, fully leaded pepsi. He explained to the gal that I definitely needed diet and she apologized and returned with a diet. My brother has this charm about him that makes him able to get a point across without seeming like an a**.:)

Reminds me of Ratatuoille! Having a "taster" ...

[eyodir]

I'm surprised at how many of you claim you can't tell the difference! Even if I wasn't paying attention I can safely say I would know if my soda was diet or not with the first sip. Heck, I can tell the difference between a Diet Coke and a Caffeine-Free Diet Coke.

[DanG]

I'm surprised at how many of you claim you can't tell the difference!

I am surprised that so many of us with such a bad and terrible condition called diabetes eat such awful non food as diet soda. Soda is bad for health, then shove those idiot chemicals into an already sick body system that uses insulin to cope - I think there is trouble brewing. Those pharm companies have nothing but a fat bottom line in mind when they sell so much pharm generated aspartame and sucralose, etc. It is all such garbage. Eat whole foods guys. No HFCS, no diet sweetener. We don't need the pharm chemicals, and nobody will tell you what the pharm chemicals will do to your body - except the corrupt gov't whom you can certainly trust with your health - FDA approved sweeteners - pure scam. As Jim Jones - let's all drink the kool-aid now, folks - it is good for us all - then drop dead.

Okay, that is the end of my rant.

[Patient254]

I went to the movies yesterday and after I got home I felt "out of sorts".
Got my trusty meter and bled a little. 294!!!!

I'm betting the diet coke, wasn't.

3 units and a nap. 2 hours after dinner 116.

I hate when this happens

Art

Art - I would have to take well more than 3 units to overcome a 294. :eek:

[Beckernj]

Okay, that is the end of my rant.

O.o **** lol. I am still 18 and I'm 6ft 3 140lbs with perfectly healthy everything other then pancreas lol. Not everyone *needs* to eat healthier, some of us with amazing metabolisms can get away with anything lol

[Rips]

Like to add my 2 cents...

Had diabetes 18 years now. When I was first diagnosed I went to get a glucose detection tape dispenser that was supposed to be used to check urine for sugar. I would just put a drop of my coke on it to test. Green meant the restaurant made yet another mistake (maybe 30% of the time they would mix).

I sometimes use pee strips. Cant find that tape anymore. Or I do the wife thing (please taste this for me).

The other problem I am running into now is some coffee shop drinks use a syrup that is loaded with sugar and they do not tell you this. I've recently emailed Tim Hortons complaining about this as the do not have a diet ice cap or ice coffee.

One last tip is to have someone repeat your order back to you before taking it. If they do not say "Diet Coke", I make them fill it in front of me with diet.

[ant hill]

I was 13 when diagnosed and my younger brother was 8. He always wanted to do something to help so we declared him my official drink tester. Any time we went out, he would get my drink first to make sure it was diet. It made him feel like he was a big part of the process of taking care of me.:) To this day, at the age of 33, he will still ask if I need him to check my drink. Came in handy one day when we were out for dinner. I was suffering from a bad cold and nothing had any taste to it. He grabbed my drink as soon as the waitress sat it down. Sure enough, fully leaded pepsi. He explained to the gal that I definitely needed diet and she apologized and returned with a diet. My brother has this charm about him that makes him able to get a point across without seeming like an a**.:)
Aww Cindy :D, An't love grand!!! That was gorgeous. I have had the same problem with ordering soft drinks (Soda pop) and if you don't watch it you will get the leaded dose. LOL :D:T

Cin - this story really touched me. Siblings ROCK!

Jen

Yes Jen, I was laughing so hard as coke as leaded petrol, I am laughing with the tears. Thanks Cindy. :D

[Marinda]

Similar thing happened to me at the local sno-cone stand... thought it was a sugar-free, but turns out it was a full sugar jumbo cherry... i was at 417 and i'm only on a long acting insulin so i had to just ride it out, cursing the careless kid that made it... drink lots of water to help filter some of that glucose out!

[gigiwong]

Like to add my 2 cents...

Had diabetes 18 years now. When I was first diagnosed I went to get a glucose detection tape dispenser that was supposed to be used to check urine for sugar. I would just put a drop of my coke on it to test. Green meant the restaurant made yet another mistake (maybe 30% of the time they would mix).

I sometimes use pee strips. Cant find that tape anymore. Or I do the wife thing (please taste this for me).

The other problem I am running into now is some coffee shop drinks use a syrup that is loaded with sugar and they do not tell you this. I've recently emailed Tim Hortons complaining about this as the do not have a diet ice cap or ice coffee.

One last tip is to have someone repeat your order back to you before taking it. If they do not say "Diet Coke", I make them fill it in front of me with diet.


What a good idea of testing softdrinks!!! I always dream for some test paper which can indicate whether the softdrinks are diet or not.

I can easily tell the difference between canned Coke Light (aka Diet Coke) and regular one, but now, Coke Zero becomes a nightmare of mine. I think Coke Zero tastes so 'real' as I can't tell the difference!!! For coffee, we don't have diet-syrup here so I'm already adapted to unsweetened coffee for long.

It's just so difficult to explain to normal people why having a diet softdrinks and regular one make such a big difference to some persons. Sometimes when I will ask again when they deliver me the coke, and if they hesitate for a milli-second, I'd ask them to get another one for me. It sounds that I'm so mean but my close friends would understand that.

[DanG]

O.o **** lol. I am still 18 and I'm 6ft 3 140lbs with perfectly healthy everything other then pancreas lol. Not everyone *needs* to eat healthier, some of us with amazing metabolisms can get away with anything lol

The issue is * Y O U R * health - not a *needs* to eat healthier.

Diet sweetener is harmful, pure and simple.

Diet sweetener has been given a free ride for 30 years and that free ride will come to an end sometime - for you as the guinea pig and for the industry that has gotten a wave for 30 years.

Diet sweetener is a convenient moneymaker for an industry that does not need any help from my wallet and you should be aware that it is * D A N G E R O U S *

Stay healthy Beckernj and others - use 15 calories per spoonful of pure cane sugar (how many carbs is that?) - do not use the common HFCS (high fructose corn sweetener) in all the soft drinks (although I see Pepsi Throwback has cane sugar now) - and drink a couple swallows of an enjoyable sweetener. Enjoy some healthful swallows of sweetened drink if you must, but make it healthful - not harmful.

Check it out - diet sweeteners have many contradictions that are buried by their manufacturers - the manufacturers are the same pharm companies that will provide your chemical drugs to heal your diet sweetener maladies when they arrive - diet sweeteners will hurt your health.

Diet sweeteners cause more problems than any amount of goodness you think for the moment you are getting.

A forum such as this for insulin users to run and be without knowledge about diet sweeteners is appalling. Educate yourselves. Diet sweeteners are not without cost to your health. Diet sweeteners are dangerous to your health.

I am speaking as a user of insulin for 35 adult years of life - I was 22 when the emergency room put me on lente insulin (do the math to find that I am a grampa in your midst). When I want a sweet drink, I have always gagged at the taste of diet sweeteners whenever I taste them. I drink water ONLY if I need to drink something without caloric or carb loading, otherwise I drink a few swallows to enjoy the sweet drink and increase the bolus insulin to cover for the sugar and carb loading in the sweet drink.

Diet sweeteners are bad for you P E O P L E. Wake up.

Again, R A N T... has ended, now.

[mazea]

I love diet coke, but hate real coke, and don't like coke zero because it tastes like real coke. lol

So I feel lucky in that I would probably know the difference between something that would give me seriously high blood sugar levels and something that doesn't raise it at all.