Top 9 funniest moments with diabetes

Top 9 funniest moments with diabetes

I know diabetes is hard, but if you take a step back, you can often find some funny stories hidden underneath all of the highs and lows. Whether you’re eating salsa in the middle of a grocery store isle during a low blood sugar or being accused of having your electronics on during a lesson …diabetes can put us in some pretty amusing situations. We asked some of our friends in the community to share their funniest diabetes moments, and we gathered up a few of our favorites that gave us a good chuckle. 

“Years ago, I went terribly low while grocery shopping alone. A clerk came up to me while I was drinking OJ from the carton, and eating opened salsa in the salsa isle. I have no idea why I chose to eat salsa from a jar, but the OJ did the trick. The clerk was dumbfounded when I told him I was simply very hungry, and would pay for it at the register.” - Dennis Stephens 

“My 6 year old daughter had a friend over whose parents I did not know well. At the end of the play date, her friend's dad stopped by to pick up his daughter. As I was trying to create a good impression with the girl's father, my daughter interrupted: "Did you know my mom has diarrhea?"- she asked him. Turns out she meant to say 'diabetes' but forgot the right word. I was really embarrassed and made sure to explain to our guest which condition I had, over and over again, just to be sure.” - Irina Huynh 

“There were no pumps or testing sugar with a blood glucose meter. You peed on tape and compared the color it turned to on a chart. Anyway, my mother was always smelling my breath to make sure it didn't smell "fruity" indicating my sugar was too high. People would be horrified when they heard her say "are you high? Let me smell your breath!" I didn't get why people would stop and stare.” - Jill Bryant Weaver 

“When people ask if my pump is a pager, I tell them no it's my pancreas and I keep it in my pocket.” - Mark Krukar 

“Had a low BG in high school to the point where I couldn't walk. I sat down on the ground and I gave a dollar to my friend to get me a pop from the vending machine. He came back with a pop but knowing I was a diabetic brought me a diet lol... Laugh about it till this day.” - Eric Farias 

“I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when newly divorced with two kids ages 8 & 11. Whenever we'd go out to eat, I'd order my food & then go to the restroom to inject insulin (because I wasn't comfortable doing that at the table using a syringe & vial). The first time I did that when my kids were with me the waitress came back to our table after I left & she asked where I was. They told her I went to the bathroom to shoot myself. Needless to say, the waitress almost fainted.” - Barb Timmons Claus 

“Taking golf lessons and the instructor asked if I was too important to leave my pager in the car!” - Kristie Wright Franklin 

“This happens often but while wearing a dress with my insulin pump, the pump slips from my bra and hangs between my legs!! Mind you I am a Kindergarten teacher so all the students laugh and say, "Look at your medicine!" - Cathy Stanley Stewart 

“My daughter was testing her blood sugar at school and a boy INSISTED she could use google to get her blood sugar information, even though she's explained it to him. Lol. She's 13.” - Shandra Flynn 

Tell us, what are some of your funniest diabetes moments you’d like to share?

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I was taking an Algebra 2 test in high school with an extremely low blood sugar. On the final question I had written random numbers surrounding the question instead of in the space provided. In the middle of the answer space I had attempted to write a question mark and proceeded to circle it. I forgot the dot under the question mark and the teacher wrote "your work makes no sense" and gave me full marks because the question mark looked like a 7 which was the correct answer.

How ironic, Sam! I’m glad you’re okay and received full credit on your answer.

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I've also had the same problem with my pump falling down around my knees when I'm wearing a dress -- especially on a Sunday morning at church. While trying to scoot it back up under my dress, it began to beep and vibrate incessantly, letting me know I was dropping. I tried to find the right buttons underneath my dress but could not. That was the LAST time we sat on he second row!!

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Candy, I’m glad you're able to laugh it off. Thanks for sharing!

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My daughter is diabetic and 13. I'm always asking her if she's 'high'. Not realizing we're in front of people, they usually look at us like, "are you serious?" I then have to explain to them what I'm referring to. Lol.

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That’s funny, Maria! Thanks for sharing with us.

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A few years ago we were at a business convention just after I started using the pump had low bg, the rather than stop for a moment the speaker said get this person out of here. Everyone else was very helpful

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Keith, I’m glad you’re okay and others around you were helpful. Thanks for sharing with us.

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This is hysterical. Had to go to the ER for a UTI. They had me change into a gown and lay down on the exam table. In came the doc. Pulls up the gown to palpate the abdomen and he sees the insertion site for the pump. He promptly pulled the connection out and and said I should not be using equipment that is not standard treatment. What us it, he asked. Where did you get this thing? What is it for? And, he pulled it out and told me to take it home and use the standardized treatment for Diabetics.
And this is modern medicine and it cost me$259.00 plus the lost pump set up and the Insulin. What an afternoon. That was 16 years ago. If that isn't bad enough I have been thrown out of my pharmacy store for stealing something but they couldn't find the something and let me go. It was the pump setting off their security system. Eons ago. Glad they have updated the mechanisims.

Submitted by naomi.kingery@… on

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I hope that doctor has been able to meet a few other pumpers and get some more information! Thanks for sharing, Lurl.

Submitted by Hannah Ireland (not verified) on

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Same happened with the pump for me, the poor fella walking behind me neatly had heart failure when my pump dropped onto the floor while wearing a dress! Also similar with treating a low, was staying at a friends one night and she came down stairs at 3am to find me working my way through her cupboards.... Must be a good friend cos Iv been invited back!!

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Hannah, I’m glad you’re able to laugh it off, and it sounds like you’ve got a great, supportive friend! Thank you for sharing your diabetes moments with us.

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I was on a spring break cruise with a bunch of my college friends and I saw another girl with a pump clipped to her shorts across the hall. I ran over all excited just so I could say hi. My friends looked really confused, but she was just as excited to meet another diabetic :)

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Aw, that’s a cute story, Elena! I love to hear about these kinds of stories from our community.

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As I learned more about diabetes after my diagnosis many years ago, I was driving home after a long day at the office with a quick stop to pick up something from the store. Not a football field length from the store, I broke into a sweat and began to shake all over (this is before bg monitors). Realizing that I could not drive further without eating, I got on my CB radio and simply asked if someone could help me. A man came to my aid within minutes and invited me to have dinner with him at a restaurant just across the street. I was more frightened of the low than I was of leaving my car and going off with a stranger. We ended up having a nice meal with good conversation in which I learned that his mother is also a Type 1.

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Thank you for sharing it with us, Willafay. I’m glad you are okay and ended up having a nice meal with good conversation!

Submitted by Deb Callaway (not verified) on

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I was asked to hand my "cell phone" over to a supervisor over to her. She than asked me why I was connected to it. I told her that it was an insulin pump. She stated that there was not such a thing. Had to call my physician to get a note. She glared at me for two weeks. She was of the older generation of nurses who still wore the cap.

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Deb, I hope she’s learned more about insulin pump therapy since then! Thanks for sharing your story with us.

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We had a substitute teacher and my CGM went off the class was used to it but the sub freaked out and had everyone line up because she thought it was a fire drill. I then explained my blood sugar was just low.

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one time while at a friends house, i was low, but there were cupcakes upstairs. i had one and ran back down to chill out until i felt better. my friend starts jokingly choking me but i was very angry and started to punch him like 10 times. they realized i was low and let me sit for a little bit. we laugh about it now lol


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