Most embarrassing moment with diabetes

secret_witch

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Oh wow isn't it strange hiow most of these are hypo related? Mine certainly are.

I had a number of bad hypos at high school (talk about the best time). I remember snippets of hypos of abandoning my matron (who was trying to sort me out) to go for a leisurly walk/stumble up the stairs and then being escorted down by a teacher who happened to be a diabetic too and figured out what was happening when he saw and spoke to me. I also remember a different time entering my class late and crying in the middle of the class before telling my teacher to 'shut up and leave me the f*** alone' . Luckily his sister (he later explained) is diabetic and wisely put 2 and 2 together instead of expelling me.

I another time and I think this was the last was whenI realised too late (just before it properly took hold) I was hypoing and was racing up the stiars to my locker o get my glucose and fell over my own feet and my skirt came up over my heaed exposing my knickers to my friends and school crush behind me. Crying ensued then too.

I mean in all of this I was lucky enough to have friends/teachers that were there to help and sort me out. I also was also lucky enough that for the people who started making fun of me whilst it was happening found out what was causing it they were so panicked it stopped them from teasing me afterwards.

Phew that was quite a bit. It's quite difficult to remember what happens during the bad hypos so I usually rely on snippets of memory and friend's recollections. Those recollections are usually quite cringeworthy.

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I recently I had some bloods taken.
I had the out of hours ringing me because of my blood glucose. They were worried I was diabetic as I had high glucose levels and they were going to get an ambulance. I then explained I have been diabetic type 1 for 16 years and the reason I was high was due to infection haha. It turned out my doctor had forgotten to put on the form I was diabetic.
I found it funny the out of hours doctors did not.

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foreverdelayed

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Was asked to show my injection sites to my old specialist nurse, being quite lean, I tend to use the old farter a lot. I wasn't to embarrassed as she was quite old and had probably seen it all anyway. However I wasn't expecting a student nurse, on her first day, to walk in without knocking. I don't know who was more embarrassed, me or her!

Also had a doctor leave her tannoy on when I was in about my dicky tummy. Thankfully a receptionist ran in to say before the conversation got too graphic!

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kezz01489

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Judgemental people, everyone is entitled to their opinion but when people don't listen they will never learn. I know that cause that's how I used to be.
My husband having to call ambulance whilst hypo in my sleep I woke up aggressive and wouldn't let him touch me. I was crawling into the corner of the bed calling them murderers rapists help they're attacking me. I watch too much csi.
 

Mr Happy

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I used to work in a pub and my friend behind the bar knew i was going low and tried to give me a mars bar. I picked up a box of about 30 mars bars, ran to the corner and made a barricade using tables. The lass in question, not knowing i had taken the mars bars, threw a mars bar over. I stood up, ripped my t-shirt like the hulk, and fired a mars bar prrfectly between her eyes before jumoing back behind the tables.

For the next 10 minutes, several of my mates hearing of the drama entered the pub. Each time my head shot up and a mars bar flew in their direction.

Embarrassing maybe, but my mates still giggle about it to this day!

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secret_witch

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Mr Happy said:
I used to work in a pub and my friend behind the bar knew i was going low and tried to give me a mars bar. I picked up a box of about 30 mars bars, ran to the corner and made a barricade using tables. The lass in question, not knowing i had taken the mars bars, threw a mars bar over. I stood up, ripped my t-shirt like the hulk, and fired a mars bar prrfectly between her eyes before jumoing back behind the tables.

For the next 10 minutes, several of my mates hearing of the drama entered the pub. Each time my head shot up and a mars bar flew in their direction.

Embarrassing maybe, but my mates still giggle about it to this day!

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That's brilliant! :lol: