Today, while at work I passed out due to my blood sugar not being normal. Despite the fact that it took 10 minutes to wake me, no one thought I was in any sort of danger. After the episode, I then got fired for "sleeping on the job." FML
I agree, your life sucks (27966) - you totally deserved it (1265)
On 09/10/2009 at 9:19pm - misc - by Anon - United States (Indiana)
coworkers will have thought that he dozed off and just let him sleep.
I'll thought that he is sleeping too. Go explain yourself
In my experience, he could've been stone dead, drawing flies, and having maggots coming out of his rotting skull, and they'd still think he was just a little wasted on jagermeister. That's just co-workers for you; thicker than than the entire YouTube community put together.
Yeah did you hear about that guy who was left dead in his chair at his desk for three days? Apparently all of his co-workers just thought that he was being "a hard worker" getting in early and staying late. They only found out because of the smell.
#50 - On 09/11/2009 at 10:02am by fireandice27
Smell? You mean instead of retaining his natural stink, he developed a kind of Intoxicunting cologne in his death? Yeah, that'd draw his colleagues out.
Intoxicunting? Love it. I assume that means "offensive", which totally works for me.
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#80 - On 09/11/2009 at 7:05pm by XOfiestypixie
Sucks to have low blood sugar issues. I once passed out shoveling snow, due to blood sugar, off my drive way and nearly froze to death so FYL
its kinda your fault for not telling anyone about your diabetes.
#4 - On 09/11/2009 at 3:12am by iamturtle101
Or Judge Judy! Or Judge Alex! Or Judge Joe Brown! Or that guy from Eye For An Eye!
#7 - On 09/11/2009 at 3:16am by allmidnighteyes
If you had a legitimate low blood sugar from your diabetes I'm pretty sure that under the Disability Rights Laws they cannot fire you based on an illness caused problem. Go here...http://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm. But I don't know if I would want to work at a company that would be so quick to dismiss your medical issues.
#10 - On 09/11/2009 at 3:22am by b0rd3r1
Certain jobs its better you not tell them about medical things.
My mom worked at Co-op, she was top employee then she told them that she had MS and they fired her in the spot
i dont blame you for keeping it to yourself if you did. Since it seems like you did.
But that just means you should pay more attention to your blood sugar levels.
FYL forsure
#11 - On 09/11/2009 at 3:23am by LLiizzzz___
If there wasn't a contract saying that they could do that and your mom didn't do anything about it then she's pretty dumb.
Same with OP. Unless the company has some written policy in your contract (or whatever the equivalent would be) saying they can fire you for having diabetes then you should sue the fuck out of those bitches. You'd get more money than just asking for your job back ;)
#53 - On 09/11/2009 at 10:31am by genius_man16
That fucking sucks. I'm anemic and that's happened to me a few times. I remember I blacked out and almost in the middle of the street on vacation and my mom was like, "Don't ruin my vacation." Thanks ma
#12 - On 09/11/2009 at 3:32am by waterynuggets
I chose YDI. Yes, it sucks, but the way the FML is written makes it sound like you know you could have low blood sugar problems and therefore should always have something nearby just in case. My dad and I both have diabetes and (his is worse than mine and) he always carries some sort of bar like a candy bar or whatever just in case his sugars get too low and he starts feeling dizzy/sleepy/whatever.
#13 - On 09/11/2009 at 3:37am by TheBigDawg
Not everybody's diabetes is the same, and it can be a bitch to control. For some people they never have an issue, and for others no proper insulin regimen seems to work. You can't generalise! Remember, other factors such as exercise and food intake can affect it.
#20 - On 09/11/2009 at 5:31am by fireandice27
I carry glucose tablets and honey around. Doesn't mean I've never almost passed out from low blood sugars. Even if you have stuff, you don't always feel the low until it's too late to do anything.
And to the OP, I'm pretty sure that's discrimination. Take it to court.
Sometimes blood sugar problems like that can come on without any warning, as well. I saw OP has a lawsuit s/he needs to file.
#55 - On 09/11/2009 at 10:41am by hardestbutton
u fixin to get paid!!!!!! yeah babay!!! even a pissy lawyer can get u some serious cha-ching!
#14 - On 09/11/2009 at 3:39am by deliapearl
They managed to wake you without giving you something like dextrose? Usually when someone actually passes out from hypoglycemia, they're out until they get medical help.
Unless this was high blood sugar, in which case, probably need to see a doctor.
#17 - On 09/11/2009 at 4:29am by evilhobbitofdoom
Actually, my doctor told me that when a person goes into shock they'll wake up on their own after about 10 minutes. Or they die. :)
But the OP got lucky. (s)he could've gotten serious brain damage or something.
People with more medical knowledge, please enlighten me: it is true that hypoglycemia can happen due to insulin overdose for diabetes patients, but it can be totally unrelated! Why does everyone assume OP has diabetes ( = usually high sugar level)? My blood sugar is naturally close to the healthy lower bound, and there's no diabetes in sight. It might be OP had no such thing happening before!
Well I'm a medical student (read: not qualified yet), so I don't know if I count! Having a natural blood sugar level that is close to the lower bound of normal is not indicative of diabetes at all. Diabetes mellitus is characterised by either an inability to produce insulin (type I) or a desensitisation to insulin (type II). Basically, untreated diabetes have HIGH blood sugar levels (hyperglycaemia). This is because their lack of insulin or lack of response to insulin means that their body cannot promote the uptake of glucose molecules from the blood into hepatic, muscle and fat tissue, so there is lots of glucose circling around in the blood.
If they inject themselves with insulin, uptake of glucose into other tissues is promoted. However if this is not controlled correctly (which is not an easy task), a hypoglycaemic episode may occur (low blood sugar levels). This can be due to a variety of reasons, such as overdosing, eating at the wrong time or exercising more than usual. Having hypoglycaemia is not indicative of diabetes, but rather of the therapy.
Whilst there are other causes of hypoglycaemia, it has been found that “induced hypoglycaemia is the most common form of hypoglycaemia”, such as in people with diabetes. Other causes may be hepatic necrosis, renal disease, deficiencies in hormones other than insulin, starvation, alcohol-induced hypoglyceia, etc.
#22 - On 09/11/2009 at 5:44am by fireandice27
Diabetes doesn't just cause high blood sugar. It can also cause low blood sugar. That is why you check your blood sugar before you eat, so you know how much insulin you need.
Diabetes destabilises your blood sugar level, either way. So one say you'll have 0,400 (wayy too much) and the other you might have 0,035 (way not enough).
#24 - On 09/11/2009 at 6:05am by 4ube
#24 - Common misconception. The disease does not cause the hypoglycaemia, rather, it's the higher than normal levels of insulin in the body that cause hypoglycaemia. Type I Diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease that attacks the beta cells in the pancreas, meaning you can't make insulin. If the disease means that you can't make insulin, then the disease is not responsible for hypos. It's the management of the disease that causes the hypos. You inject insulin, but you have to tightly monitor its levels as it is easy to overdose. In a person with normal production of insulin, there are biochemical pathways to monitor and maintain the levels of insulin in the body at a normal level, and this can adapt to physiological changes. If the body relies on insulin from an external source (ie, injections), then it is hard for the person monitoring the injections to safely assess if the body has enough insulin at a given time.
Therefore, diabetes itself doesn't cause low blood sugar. It's the (essential) treatment that does. You check your blood sugar before you eat because you are responsible for the external control of the insulin that you are pumping into your body.
#28 - On 09/11/2009 at 6:24am by fireandice27
#24. Diabetes doesn't cause lows. It's the fact that you have to figure out how much insulin you need to take, and the fact that it's very easy to screw that up that causes lows.
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YDI for sleeping on your job and blaming it on "diabetes."
I thought you were supposed to blame it on the a-a-a-alcohol, not diabeetus
#21 - On 09/11/2009 at 5:40am by allmidnighteyes
In my experience as a paramedic, once you're unresponsive from an episode of hypoglycemia, you don't just wake back up after 10 minutes without some sort of medical intervention. I have yet to see that happen, and I'm sure my coworkers can agree. I've only seen people get worse. So I highly doubt this one.
I was talking to my doctor about being worried about living alone and going into shock etc...and she said that most people actually wake up after about ten minutes. Something about the body having some sort of emergency sugar reserve.
That said, the possibility of death is pretty big. OP got lucky.
If you passed out as a result of a medical condition, chances are your company broke several federal and state laws in firing you. You might be able to get them to rehire you if you can produce a doctor's note to the effect that you have a chronic medical condition that may have caused you pass out. If they still refuse, contact your local Department of Labor or call an attorney who specializes in such matters.
#35 - On 09/11/2009 at 7:35am by cthulhu1138
I'm usually not one to advocate the U.S. legal system for anything, but I'll make an exception today for them. Take this company to court; at worst-case scenario, you'll get a settlement for lost wages plus damages and court/lawyer fees. I am making the assumption that you at some point during your employment listed your medical condition in writing (which is almost irrefutable).
#48 - On 09/11/2009 at 9:46am by Brave_Sir_Robin
You should manage your blood sugar better. Next time you may not wake up.
#36 - On 09/11/2009 at 7:51am by ObadiahtheSlim
YDI for not informing you boss, AND for letting yourself get so low, of the issue. I have the same prob, but I carry snacks at ALL times. furthermore, my coworkers know what to do if I fall over!
You can't always tell when you're low, sometimes it happens really suddenly. Even is the OP had told the coworkers, maybe they didn't remember or they panicked.
And I'm really wondering how it looked like you were sleeping. It's a seizure, usually people don't twitch or scream when they're asleep.
Not all people who experience seizures experience them in the same way. Some people have grand mal seizures with the twitching and thrashing, some people have complex partial seizures where they will get up and try to walk away (even when they are in a car on the high way. nice going, sister mine). Some people just blink, and some people pass out. I've only experienced one person's variety of seizure (epilepsy induced, not diabetes, so dubiously valid) and seizures ALWAYS made her sleepy. So it probably was a genuine seizure, it just didn't look like the kind you see on TV/the kind you yourself may have experienced.
It is time to get a lawyer. Make sure they specialize in disabilities and labor law. The Americans with Disabilities Act should make it a quick case. Also, get yourself to a doctor and take care of your condition or you will not live very long.
#42 - On 09/11/2009 at 8:32am by Yug_Tnacifingisn
i just have one question, did you ever inform your boss of your condition? or did you not know about it yourself? if the first is a yes, then YDI
#46 - On 09/11/2009 at 8:53am by catticho
um...take them to court. get a lawyer and sue them into chapter 13. fuck that, sue them so much that they need to invent a whole new chapter of bankruptcy law to accomodate them. so i say, neither. not FYL, not YDI. you may not ever need to work a day for the rest of your life after this.
#59 - On 09/11/2009 at 11:31am by _THE_MASTER_
Why the FUCK didn't u stand up for yourself, and tell them. Why were you such a little pussy, and just let them totally take control. SUE THEM, but you should of told them what REALLY happend.
FYL.........and YDI.
Why didn't OP stand up for him/her self? Ummm, maybe because OP had just woken up from passing out? I don't think you can seriously expect a person to stand up for anything too strongly for the rest of the day after something like that - probably still disoriented. I'd imagine, anyway; I'm not diabetic, so I don't really know.
Anyway, the standing up will probably start tomorrow, as the collection of all the company's money is about to begin.
ok you should have told then that you have a blood sugar problem. i have had diabetes since i was 14 months old and am now 18. i have been seen by some of the leading diabetic researchers in the world, so i know what i'm saying. you don't always feel the lows coming (i'm in really good control and have passed out from being low) and it is against the law for them to fire you.
#63 - On 09/11/2009 at 12:25pm by surffergirl91
Yes yes, but I fail to see how his knitting abilities factor into this! Besides, he should be focussing more on legal action instead!
I know how you feel.
Hard to get fired from being an Electoral Judge though, especially when you're the youngest. Advantaaage~
#72 - On 09/11/2009 at 3:57pm by DameGreyWulf
HOW THE FUCK DOES THE OP DESERVE IT, THOSE WHO SAY OP DESERVES IT FOR HAVING LOW BLOOD SUGAR OR DIABETES SHOULD GET THEIR ASSES RAPED IN HELL. HAVING LOW BLOOD SUGAR CAN REALLY KILL YOU!
My mom has diabetes as well, one time I was in the car with her and thats when her low blood sugar attacked. SHE NEARLY CRASHED INTO I'LL SAY ABOUT 6 CARS (Yes, I counted) AND CROSSED OVER THE SOLID LANES/LINES. That when was I go "OH SHIT!", but luckily she wasn't fully unconcious and was able to drive and turn left to the correct path of home where there aren't lie any cars around. She was also lucky that there were no cars around and even behind us when we were just close to home. Fuck, if I weren't there with her she'd most likely die from a fatal crash.
OP, FYL indeed. Your boss or ex-boss should've known you had diabetes. When any of your loved ones have diabetes, you're gonna say they deserve it? Wow, shove all that sweet and fatty foods up your asses.
True, but it's not worth getting that mad over. Some Type I diabetics can sense a low coming on and correct in time (eating something sweet). Others have more wildly varying blood sugar or are not as good at sensing when they are low. While I would say your mom should have been checking more often and eating something sweet as soon as she was slightly low, that may not fit her particular situation. Still....
He deserves it for being so dumb he didn't inform anyone in the office, which could've very well have led to his death in a situation like this, and for then just allowing himself to be fired, instead of suing their ass to oblivion.
Duh.
Fight it, jesus. You can't be legally fired for that if you can prove that it was because you had an episode of low blood sugar.
Haven't you seen those Wilford Brimley commercials???
"Check your blood sugar. Check it often."
I know that and I'm not even diabetic.
DONT BELIEVE THIS STORY ONE BIT. If you passed out from low blood sugar than nothing would have woken you until you got IV sugar from Paramedics. You wouldn't have said coworkers took 10 mins to wake you if that is true. Think about it people their sugar didn't just magically increase.
1. It sounds like co-workers were trying to wake the OP up, and perhaps someone gave him or her a beverage or something else that contained sugar. That, or possibly shaking and yelling, could have woken the OP. It is just a possibility though.
2. Explain the situation and see if you can get your job back. I am not certain wether or not the employer can be held to discrimination laws, because without knowing the OP has diabetes, there was no intent to discriminate, and therefore the boss did not know they were violating the Americans Disability Act. I would say sue them, but I don't know if you could prove intent in this case.
3. OP I'm sorry that happened. I know blood-sugar problems are tough, and can be extremely hard to control. Family members of mine have struggled with blood-sugar problems. I hope you are feeling better, and that everything works out. : )
#85 - On 09/11/2009 at 11:03pm by shadow_woman
if she passed out from low sugar co-workers would not have given them candy or juice, they wouldnt be awake to swallow it. The story is either made up or not telling the whole thing. I vote for made up.
Seriously? Because of your "blood sugar not being normal," and the fact you have diabetes must mean you had the time to either inform someone, or get some sugar inside of you. You're not going to fall over in a second and everyone around you think "Oh it's fine, he must have fallen asleep." BS. For people that have diabetes, that's not even funny.
#86 - On 09/12/2009 at 12:01am by albinomuffin
i call a fake ..............with everyone sueing workplaces for stupid shit these days like the one where the guy had a heart attack after walking 3 flights of stairs when the lift was broken ( he won), employers are less likely to fire u over that likely u had a poor previous record ( if its true) so i call a fake
To Anon: this is the third time you manage to get an FML on here
you are either incredibly unlucky or just a liar
To everyone on this page: Do you know where Anon comes from? Most likely the OP is a 4chan freak and therefore everything done there is "for the lulz". Anything he/she posts is a fake
So basically the OP is a fucking retarded freak and their story is bullshit? I fail to see your point. Surely you're well aware the only purpose of this site is to provide a steady stream piss to be taken.
Anonymous was a word used long before 4chan existed, idiot.
#94 - On 09/12/2009 at 5:47pm by DameGreyWulf
what DameGreyWulf said doesn't do the fact justice. According to this:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=anonymous
there is a record of anonymous in 1820. And i guarantee 4chan wasn't the first to think of "anon"
#95 - On 09/12/2009 at 7:14pm by TakeItEasyPeople
It's fucking illegal for them to fire you for having a disease or illness of some sort. They can't do that, and if this were true, which we all know it isn't, you could sue them. The same type of thing happened to my dad. He would always doze off at work, and couldn't help it, because at the time he didn't know he had sleep apnea. Once we had figured it out we were able to sue the company.
To the OP: if you're going to make a FML, at least try to make it believable.
#93 - On 09/12/2009 at 2:30pm by muffintastic
Not actually, the body is sometimes able to wake a person up after about 10 minutes without outside help.
being a paramedic and in medical school I have treated more diabetic comas than i care to count, NOT ONE woke up on their own, remember when blood sugars get low enough for someones brain to start shutting down nothing will make that better besides more sugar. The body would have exhausted it's options for gluconeogenisis for it to get to that point.
I just know what my doctor told me. But oddly enough sometimes when I'm low and don't eat anything my blood sugars go back up again.
