Today, I ordered a Diet Coke with my meal from a fast food restaurant. Turns out, they didn't give me diet. My blood sugar spiked and I was sick for hours later. I'm a diabetic. FML
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Same thing different taste
First impressions
Today, while on a date, I accidentally ordered "diet water" instead of saying "diet coke". FML
This is fine
Today, while at work, I suddenly went into diabetic shock. As I was nearly passed out on the floor, a customer yelled at me for not getting his coffee in time. FML
Today, at lunch I ordered a Coke. The waiter replied, "Diet Coke?" and I corrected him saying, "No, regular Coke." He shook his head and said again, "Diet Coke." FML
Today, my waiter turned to me and asked, "Let me guess, Miss I'm-not-fat-I'm-fluffy wants a Diet Coke?" FML
Today, my boyfriend and I decided to stop by a drive-thru on the way to his place. I asked him to order a Coke for me, at which point he asked if I wanted to make it a Diet Coke. FML
Mismanaged
Today, my manager gave me hell for leaving the restaurant early yesterday. Guilty as charged, but only because I was rushed to the hospital after going into diabetic shock. This assmunch is convinced that I either faked it all to get off work early, or that I'd been eating our own stock. FML
Crash
Today, I was proud of myself for buying the lowest calorie option at a Subway that I could walk to. By the time I managed to get there my blood sugar severely crashed (it didn't help that two people in front of me were ordering subs for their family and coworkers). I ended up buying six cookies to stave off the crash. FML
Today, I took a test as part of a job requirement. I took a sip from a bottle of juice, and the lady leading the test gave me a warning. I tried to explain that if I didn't, I would faint. She took the bottle and hid it. 15 minutes later I collapsed. She thought I was faking. I'm hypoglycemic. FML
Guinea pig
Today, due to increasing frequency and severity of hypoglycemic symptoms, I went to the doctor. Apparently, the pill may have given me a rare form of temporary diabetes. She wants me to be a case study for the next 12 months. FML
Today, I went out to eat to celebrate getting over the stomach flu. I hadn't eaten solid food in over a week, so I was really excited and ordered my favorite dish. It gave me food poisoning. FML
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Sarcastic_Lady 0
Couldn't you taste the difference?
Ommis 0
go spike their drinks with insulin.
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Comments (259)
redbluegreen 41
VraelVhalen - They could've gone through a drive thru too.
ensemble_coeur 0
That's awful. You should go to that place again and ask to speak to the person in charge. I kind of hope somebody gets fired for that, diabetes is really serious.
rockstarK9 0
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YDI, for eating fast food and knowing your diabetic.
jennay8288 1
you're* :P. but yeah OP, you should have made sure, or stuck with water, better safe than sorry. My mom is diabetic and always makes sure, "diet, right? I'm diabetic." But water is much healthier anyway.. I hope you're all right though after that.
liveloveandownit 0
My roomate used to call diabetes the weak mans dissease to our 2 diabetic friends and now he has diaeties. Unless he was eating the salad then the fast food meal he ate could have been as big a factor in the spike as the coke... all the carbs unless it was within 30 min then prolly the coke.
js_fmylife 0
not all diabetes is caused by things that a person does. i have diabetes and its genetic, weak mans disease? maybe not in all cases
V_S234 0
#18, they probably have type 1 diabetes. I think you're thinking of type 2, which is made better with diet and excersize. But type 1 will be there forever. My brother has type 1 diabetes, and eats fast food. All he has to do is find the amount of carbs in the meal, and take the right amount of insulin.
PerkyPod 0
I'm a type one diabetic and yeah fair enough most of the time i can tell, but sometimes i cant'. No offense but if someone had a nut allergy but then they were accidentally given nuts it would make them so ill and possible kill them and its the same for diabetics, so how can you blame this person? Diabetics can eat most things, provided we do the correct amount of insulin, so all these people who are acting as if they are an expert on diabetes and what we should and shouldn't eat haven't a clue. You wouldn't understand unless you yourself had to go through it"/
jes23 0
I agree with 10# get who messed up your order fired
b1a2n3a4n5a6s 0
Oh jeez, that really sucks, OP, FYL. I'd go talk to the manager about that. It isn't that damn hard to give people the right drink.
Ellodie_fml 0
you couls almost bring them in court
ily1210 10
SUE. like wtf
darkmis1 18
I smell a lawsuit!
sals029 0
YDI. I'm diabetic too & you're obviously not very responsible with your care. You should have checked your blood sugar an hour after your meal or at least right when you started feeling sick. Then you would have been able to give yourself insulin to lower it. If you had given yourself the proper medication you wouldn't have "been sick for hours." Mistakes happen. I've been given regular soda before but I was able to check my sugars promptly after my meal & give myself insulin to prevent anything bad from happening. Diabetes is VERY manageable if you take care of yourself. There's no excuse to be sick for hours due to high blood sugar. It's the reason glucose monitors were invented.
lalatrisha1 0
I agree! He/she is obviously not very responsible! I don't have diabetes but I work in a field that requires me to take care of a few diabetics. These people are also diagnosed with mild mental retardation and even they know what they can and can't eat!
dudeitsdanny 10
As bad as I feel for the OP, I kind of agree. KIND OF. My dad pretty much keeps his diabetes in check, because he works out very frequently, so he doesn't check his insulin levels anymore. He hasn't done so in over a year. Partly because he can tell. I wouldn't say OP deserves it, but the difference in taste is obvious. I don't drink more than one can of soda a month, but I can always tell when I go to a place where they fill my drink and it's not regular Pepsi(Coke's not as sweet, so I have a harder time). OP doesn't deserve it, but if he took proper care of himself mistakes like this wouldn't make him that sick.
Flutist 3
Are you stupid, Op. My best friend is diabetic, she has to plan before she can go to fast food joints, because blood sugar, diet, and her exercise plan can be screwed up if she eats or drinks the wrong thing. Op deserved this because they TEACH you what you can and cannot eat as a diabetic. Unless Op was just going for a soda and they messed that up, he shouldn't have been eating fast food without checking his blood sugar before and after. Also, how stupid do you have to be to lie on the couch for hours being sick. Wouldn't he have thought "I am diabetic, they might have screwed up my soda, time to check my blood sugar." If that didn't work, he should have gone to the doctors. Depending on how long Op has been Diabetic, they should have either known better or taken the initiative to figure out what is wrong. When you are sick, yea it sucks but don't be a pig and eat whatever. Make sure you are healthy. I mean hell, Op, its only your health.
sbclove 4
That's right.. And plus diet drinks are worse that regular drinks! I think OP just wants some one to feel sorry for him/her.. OP you're prolly diabetic bc you're over weight. Try weight watchers instead of mcdonalds!!
itskristina 3
the fact that you think that all diabetes is weight and diet related shows how uneducated you are.
SydneyJoLynn 0
And holy cow, people. This is nothing to throw a lawsuit about. It happens a LOT.