Diabetic nonsense

[Sarah69]

I don't know if this is the right heading to put but I'd like to hear the most ridiculous thing another diabetic has said. I have two, once I was in a supermarket toilet and a woman came in went into a cubical leaving the door open saying she had to because she was a diabetic! The other which I was told on Saturday was, she had to be in bed by 7pm because she was a 'sugar' diabetic. Has anyone else heard any silly stories like this?

 

[Engineer88]

Diabetics can only have tesco value squah O-o
(while i was in tesco squash isle, I gently corrected the older lady)

 

[Hooked]

A guy at my cousin's place of work explained to his fellow employees that if he went hypo he had to have a can of coke. It had to be coke apparently as it was the fizz that helps get diabetics out of hypos. When my cousin questioned (knowingly) that was it not the sugar in the drink that helped raise blood SUGAR levels; he insisted no, it was the fizz and it MUST be coke. :crazy:

 

[zztopbanana]

I was diagnosed Type 1 in April of this year following a seizure (unconscious) and emergency admittance to hospital - blood sugars read 29.8 in the ambulance, apparently, and I was in for 10 days.

HbA1C the week after discharge was 134 and I was educated for hypos, ketones, carrying a glucogen kit, dextrogel, insulin, biscuits, lucozade, jelly babies blah blah blah - the usual stuff.

But, my older sister told me that I don't need to carry 'stuff' with me at all as it's not a serious illness because a couple she is friends with have both been Type 1 diabetic for over 20 years and they've both 'got it' as bad as 'it can be' but they're both absolutely fine and the wife, Jane, knows all there is to know about diabetes. And they both work on opposite shifts and 'black-out' on a regular basis (???). Oh, they both drive too, apparently (....yes, even though they black-out regularly). Oh, and the husband 'sorts himself out' when he 'blacks-out' (at least twice a week) - how does that work ???

I don't even argue with her - I just tell her I wish I'd have known of her friend Jane while I was in hospital, as I could have saved myself a lot of time post-discharge by going to see her, rather than the numerous (and still ongoing) diabetes outpatient appointments, numerous (and still ongoing) neurological appointments and scans, various Professors, Doctors, Consultants, specialist Nurses, dieticians, not to mention the almost fortnightly blood tests and blood-pressure monitoring. Oh, almost forgot - opticians, too.......

I readily confess I was ignorant about Diabetes before April, but, as all (or most of us) know, it is a learning curve and lifestyle change we either take on-board or die.

And my advice to anyone who cares to listen is simple: 'do what the medical professionals tell you' - they're medical professionals for a reason, you know.

 

[SamJB]

This is already turning out to be a good thread!

I heard this from someone else at a DUK volunteer meeting. He was having first aid training and the trainer was a Type 1 diabetic too. One of the topics was what to do if a diabetic was unconscious. The trainer said that you should give them insulin as they were probably high. That is just dangerous! Luckily the diabetic attending the training couldn't contain himself and had to tell her that she was wrong - good on him!

 

[audsital]

I was in the changing room at work injecting my insulin when one of the other staff came in and when she saw me she said "what are you doing that for,you don't need to.I'm diabetic too and i take the pills they're great, just ask the doctor for them"..... i wish!

Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

 

[hale710]

I've noted this in another thread, but I have a colleague who is T2. She proudly announced that she's diet controlled. Yet I'd just watched her devour fish and chips for lunch, then had a huge slab if cake in the afternoon?!?

 

[anna29]

Hi All .

Good thread and topic here

Two old ladies [one whom was diabetic ] in a café couple of years ago said to me
Ooooh you're 'a Diabetic' :?:
You cant have any more sugar EVER again can you?
Made me feel :x and :crazy: hearing this one !!!
[never forgotten it either]

Some really good posts in this thread with interesting points :thumbup:

Anna .

 

[IanD]

I don't get offensive remarks about my diabetes - only questions. When I've held my own in tennis or table tennis, what can they say? And when I refuse cakes & savouries they ask why.

 

[noblehead]

Too many to list, some funny and some not so funny

 

[SamJB]

Oh go on Noblehead!

 

[whompa73]

Been told today by my manager (who I think is a total ????????. And I let him know I think he is a total ?????? Nearly put proper word inthere then lol) that I should eat plenty of fruit every day Especially bananas as that is what his farther does when he goes low . His farther is type 2 like me but diet only controlled so how he is going low I dont know . But yes I can accept if someone who is on insulin is going low a banana may work however it seem he thinks being diabetic means you bgs drop not rise

 

[punto53]

Well what a fantastic read !! I've now seen it all so funny

 

[douglas99]

Been told today by my manager (who I think is a total ????????. And I let him know I think he is a total ?????? Nearly put proper word inthere then lol) that I should eat plenty of fruit every day Especially bananas as that is what his farther does when he goes low . His farther is type 2 like me but diet only controlled so how he is going low I dont know . But yes I can accept if someone who is on insulin is going low a banana may work however it seem he thinks being diabetic means you bgs drop not rise

Maybe his father is on a Gliclazide.

 

[tracyann1]

Don't people have funny ideas. When I was diagnosed I told my work colleagues and the first thing one of them said was "Oh my god I cant imagine never eating sugar and chocolate again!" Also when they were handing sweets and cake round I'd get " Oh well we won't ask you if you want one because you cant have them" They just take it for granted without even bothering to find out. :eh:

 

[Squire Fulwood]

It's bad enough having other diabetics having a pop at you. Mind you that means they have been listening to their HCP's and not discovered this site yet. But I digress.

NHS Choices have an absolute gem in their "Living with Type 2 Diabetes" page.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Diabetes-t ... -with.aspx

It says

"Healthy eating

It is not true that if you have diabetes you will need to eat a special diet. You should eat a healthy diet high in fibre, fruit and vegetables and low in fat, salt and sugar.

Different foods will affect you in different ways, so it is important to know what to eat and when to get the right amount of glucose for the insulin you are taking. A diabetes dietitian can help you work out a dietary plan that can be adapted to your specific needs. Read more about healthy eating."

Remember they are writing about type 2 diabetes.

 

[Engineer88]

Is not about eating to the insulin anyway, you work out insulin for what your eating!

 

[Squire Fulwood]

Is not about eating to the insulin anyway, you work out insulin for what your eating!

Quite, but the vast majority of T2's don't get insulin so I am thinking that someone wrote that advice who hadn't a clue what they were writing about.

 

[Squire Fulwood]

I read a page of jokes the other day about people who had not thought it through and after every joke it said, "They walk among us and they are allowed to vote".

Makes me feel creepy.

 

[douglas99]

Is not about eating to the insulin anyway, you work out insulin for what your eating!

Quite, but the vast majority of T2's don't get insulin so I am thinking that someone wrote that advice who hadn't a clue what they were writing about.

I'm assuming you're like me then, one of the vast majority on zero insulin and that's what you eat to?

If it ever changes, and I become the minority that do need to inject, I haven't a clue what I'll need to eat then, but I doubt it'll be the same.

So the advice sounds right to me.