Things Not To Say To Someone With Type 1 Diabetes 

"should you be eating that?" I don't know Deborah, should you be three times divorced?

"Oh, I could never give myself a shot" Me: "Then perish"

One time i was injecting in the bathroom and some year 7s reported me because they thought i was doing drugs😂

I remember a girl at school, she needed her insulin during the annual tests and the teacher (a teacher from another grade, that way the real one won’t help us cheat if that makes sense) said no, and that “it could secretly be drugs” next thing you know, an 11 year old little girl is in the hospital because her shitty substitute wouldn’t let her use insulin. What a day that was.

i had to inject in a fast food place and an older, run down looking man looked at me and said “oh, starting young i see. you’re just like me” and that’s the highlight of my diabetes

"My dream in life is just to leave the house with nothing." That is my dream as well.

Story time: Once we were doing a lesson and it mentioned type two diabetes. Almost everyone in the class looked at me. Straight away my teacher took notice and said. “Alexis does not have that type of diabetes. She has type one, this is type two.” I was so happy. another story: I was at tgi fridays (a restaurant.) and an older couple saw me with my insulin. They asked me if they wanted to do it in a corner near there table and I politely declined as I’m comfortable doing insulin in public. Last story: I was at tgi Fridays (different location) and was holding my insulin pen. A waitress who was ordering out deserts said. “I have type one diabetes as well.” And showed me a band on her wrist that said type one diabetic.

“Oh, I won’t kiss you cause I don’t wanna get diabetes” That was the worst thing I ever heard. And I was diagnosed with type 1 two weeks ago.

Person: should you be eating that? Diabetic: don’t worry, the insulin covers the carbs just like your head covers the empty space.

I have the insulin pump. And I was putting my Carbs into the pump and this guy said hey can you play some music from the iPod and I was laughing so hard.

Haha I once injected while at a restaurant and a woman told her husband "Harold, I think that girl over there is doing drugs, should we tell someone?" LMAOOO

My pump went off in class and the teacher yelled at me after I had repeatedly told him I needed to go to the health office because I was going low. They had also supposedly been trained on my diabetes and should have known what was going on. I ended up going dangerously low after the class period. Thanks Mr. Modershead.

"should you be eating that cos my dog is diabetic and we don't give him chocolate "

Ok but that pink Diabetes kit looks so nice and organized and pretty, and mine over here is full of used test strips, needles I have yet to dispose. Oh and five lancets I know will take me three years to use.

"Can you not inject in front of me please? I'm vegetarian and it goes against my morals" - yes, genuinely

Girl #1 : “my dad has a gold tooth” Girl #2 : “my dad has diabetes”

‘I was actually involved in a horrible crash, where I was crushed under kilos of sugar... that’s how I got diabetes...’ 😂 died at that line. I liked how there was a variety of people in here, shows that this can affect many different people,

"is that the kind you get from eating too much sugar?" bro i was diagnosed before i even had teeth. what do you think i did, drink pure sugar as a newborn?

So my “friend” saw my bloods were low picked up my insulin pen and said “here I’ll inject you so your bloods go up” I slapped that girl round her head and was like “are you trying to kill me”

Random Stranger: “Is that a pager?” Me: “Is this the 90s?”

When I was in a psychiatric ward the medical doctor refused to let me take insulin for the food I ate! I explained to her the basics of diabetes(which she ought to know as she's a doctor???) Then she accused me of arguing with her and when I told her that I knew what I was supposed to do as I've been a diabetic for over 10 years she told me that I had been doing it wrong! For 10 years! If I had been doing it 'wrong' for 10 years I would be dead! I expect this kind of stuff from ignorant uneducated fools but from a doctor? I got her to call my diabetic nurse and things were sorted out but I got no apology! ThAnkS For PutTinG mY LiFe aT RiSk I hate people:)

nothing makes me more mad than when people make diabetic jokes as if there's only one type (type 2)

Me: *at a new friends house* "yeah I just have to watch my carbs" Friend: *looks at ramen* "omg this is 20 carbs that's too many" Me: "I-"

One of my high school friends had type one and we would often be sat together during exams, because our last names were 2 letters and a pronunciation apart, and because she had a bad bladder as well every time an exam was about to start she'd often be in the bathroom, but she would leave her diabetes bag next to me because I was smart enough to tell the proctor that the person sitting beside me has Type 1 diabetes and under state law they can't take the bag away from her during the test. The amount of times I had to tell proctors that there is a law that makes taking an insulin bag away during tests illegal and then convince them is so fucking annoying. She also had a pump that stuck in her arm, and it used to be in her other arm, and there's this horrible scar there because in middle school before I knew her, one of her test Proctors tore the pump out because they thought it was a cheating device. Like, these people are so concerned about cheating that they forget that children do have medical issues and human rights.

I remember when I was 7 there was a girl in my after school program that was diabetic and was eating a candy (or maybe she was drinking a juice or something, I can’t remember) because her blood sugar was low. A boy asked her why she was allowed to eat candy and she answered that she had diabetes so she needed to have sugar. The boy then said that he wished he had diabetes (obviously not understanding that you don’t really want diabetes, he just meant that he also wanted candy) and I remember the teacher/after school program worker getting suuuuuuper mad at him. She basically cornered him and yelled at him that he should never say that and that he absolutely doesn’t want diabetes. I just remember being terrified and him in hysterical in tears saying that he understood and then apologizing. The girl that had diabetes wasn’t mad or offended, she understood why he had said what he said and she wasn’t mad at all because let’s be honest, if a kid gets a piece of candy and has a valid reason why of course other kids will want it too. To this day I still think that the teacher reacted a little too harshly considering that he was just a 7 or 8 year old child.

Me eating jelly beans cause I'm quite low: Random boys and girls in the back: *bRo sHaRe I wAnt sOmE*

School is one of the worst places to have type 1 diabetes. I was diagnosed in 6th grade, I was 12, and I was having a hard time dealing with it. I had great blood sugars, but at first I couldn't even test my own blood sugar so I was completely dependent on the adults around me. My parents were great, but the school nurse (who is literally being paid to do this) had such a weird attitude about it. She always tried to rush me in and out (side note, the school had like 150 students and I was typically the only one in the office. There wasn't a line out the door) so she'd set up my meter and syringe before I got there. Apparently her arthritis made it hard to get the lancets back out, so instead of just having me set up my meter she wouldn't put the lancet in all the way.... it's designed to make you bleed and retract very quickly so it doss minumal damage.... unless you don't push it in. Then it doesn't retract and you have to take it out of your finger, causing way more damage than it's supposed to. That one was fairly easy to fix. I just asked her why she did it that way and then with a little pressure she let me set it up myself again. After about 2 months I could test my blood sugar indepently and it wasn't as big a deal, but I still couldn't inject myself. I could draw my insulin but I'd always just end up sitting there after wiping a site off. I just had this mental block around doing something to my body that would harm it... and I was 12 and dealing with something no one else in my family had so it wasn't expected. About 6 months after I was diagnosed I went to her office before lunch and she told me she wasn't going to give me injections anymore and that I had to do it. A school nurse does NOT have the right to do this to you! But I didnt know that. She wiped down my arm and pinched it for me but made me give the injection... in my arm (would recomend thigh or stomach as a good first injection site because you don't have to strain to reach it). After, I went to the cafeteria bathroom because I was crying and a lunch lady/ nun came and shouted at me to stop crying without even asking what was wrong (don't send your kids to Catholic school! Espically if they have diabetes. Public school is much safer because they're legaly required to always have a nurse in the building). After the fact, my doctors wrote multiple strongly worded letters informing the school nurse that she couldn't do that to diabetic childrenn but it had already happened. It then literally took me 2 whole years to be able to inject insulin by myself. If she had just followed the laws and done her job instead of traumatizing a kid who was dealing with a whole new way of life I don't doubt I would have been able to work through it quickly like i did finger sticks, just at my pace. Her impatience with me, whom treating was her job, made me even more grateful for my wonderful parents though! They didn't sign up for this mess, but they've always supported me when I've needed it and now they're barely involved in my treatment at all. Sometimes you just have to be willing to give people the time they need.

My 3 year old nephew is diabetic. One of the most annoying questions my sister & I hear all the time is, “Oh poor baby! How did he get that?” He was born. Some lady literally asked my sister, “well how do you fix him?” 🤦🏻‍♀️

I'm a type 1 diabetic and thinking about making a RU-vid account to educate and relate to others

"How did it happen?" One day God just decided to give me the finger. Best explanation I have :/

I'm the first person in my family with type 1 and I hate it I can't talk to someone who understands me that's why I love this video

When I was first diagnosed the lunch ladys in my middle school kept coming up and telling me if I ate right and exercised it would go away. I'm type 1! I was so sad at the time. Hahahaha!

“Should you be eating that” *eats feast* “Yes”

My brother, Daniel, has Type 1. My dad, my brother and I went on a trip to my dad's friends cottage. While we were in the car, my bro had a low blood sugar so he had to eat something. That's when my dad's friend Alan found out my brother had diabetes. So he asked the usual questions ("what are those needles for" "should you be eating that" "but you're so skinny"...etc.) and Daniel politely explained them. The questions went on and I could see he was visibly tired of answering them so he just went to sleep lol. When we stopped at a restaurant, Alan starting repeating some statements. "Wow that's a hefty steak. Are you sure you're allowed to have it?" We told him the answer in the car. "So like do you have to lose weight?" he was repeating questions over and over again. He even said "Isn't the government trying to take our money though needles?" Daniel was visibly annoyed. So I tried to change the subject but it wouldn't work. At the end of all this, Alan simply says "I still don't feel like it's a real disease." ????????? Anyway, the point of this long story is that people with chronic illnesses are not walking, talking factbooks that you can just nag and nag. Of course, questions are great but you should know when to stop. Great vid, bbc.

My mum has Type 1 Diabetes and I've heard her complain about all of these. She relates.

"You can't eat that!" Says the person who constantly smokes and eats cake whatever chance they get, Deborah.

Guy:You gotta weigh your cereal Me:*Guesses how much because is lazy*

I’m a type 1 diabetic and whenever I tell people that they say “But you’re not fat” or “Oh, is that the one where you have to lose weight” 🙄

Low blood sugar=needs sugar High blood sugar=needs insulin

Only once have I been offended regarding my diabetes. When I was at some sort of camp other teenagers asked me to not inject Insulin during meals, but to go outside instead. (Yes, they grouped up for that) One of them was "sensitive" (afraid of needles or sth). I told them I would do it under the table and make sure they didn't have to see it. Later I overheard one of them say, that going outside would not be such a bother and that they didn't understand why I did not comply.

The woman in the spotty shirt is so right, type 2 isn’t always caused by a bad lifestyle. My nan has type 2 caused by an illness that meant her losing part of her pancreas and she has a relatively healthy lifestyle 🤷🏼‍♀️

As a t1d...very relatable. Also reminded me of that one time when I was at a Chinese buffet and had to inject my insulin and that women next to us looked at me in disgust saying „I ruined her appetite“ 🤦🏻‍♀️ like my pen has a tiny needle that you almost can’t see, I also didn’t pull my shirt up a lot and neither am I fat (not that it matters), it’s basically like someone holding a normal pen to their stomach for a second but GO OFF I GUESS?

Please make " things not to say to someone with ECZEMA"

“Is it the good type or bad type?” Why would you ask that? Diabetes is all bad.

Although one Indian man on the London Underground once sad d to me, “You are very brave.” And then I nearly burst out crying.

My older sister has type 1 diabetes and it's so funny if someone says something like this she likes to respond with a dark sense of humour . If someone says something like "Ummm should you be eating that" and she says something like No I'm going die now with a big kabang let's plan my funeral

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Once when I was putting my blood sugar and carb intake into my pump I had some kids yell at me "Hey you should download flappy bird on that thing!" I died laughing

Before I start this video, I have type 1 diabetes and it ticks me off when people say "diabeetus" like.. grow up.

After shooting up (insulin, of course) in class I had the teacher approach me asking if I thought it was appropriate to "do that" in class.

I had a friend in elementary school that was type-1 diabetic. The dang shame, y'all, because I said the whole "I could Never give myself a Shot!!" while she was injecting her long-lasting insulin before bed during a sleepover. Flashforward to a few years later in middle school when I was diagnosed myself 😐 You learn quick when you ain't got no choice.

I have type 1 and I had a friend who would say “are you gonna die???” every time I would eat something sweet 🙄

That black girl is so pretty 😊

0:46 Dogs can't even eat chocolate 🤣

I don't mind people making remarks or comments, I just love replying with dark humor or sarcasm. ^^

I once used to think that if I had diabetes I'd just die because I wouldn't be able to inject myself. But I have a deadly allergy to tree nuts, and the day came when I had to use my epi-pen. And it turned out I can inject myself just fine if my other option is death. You never know what it's going to be like unless you're actually in that position. And I know it's not exactly the same thing as injecting insulin, but it's similar enough that it changed my perspective.

Some guy "I can't inject myself" Me: starts my own I.V.

Yes I can relate to all of these. I also hate it when the doctors say that" I control the diabetes and it doesn't control me" because it's still a huge burden and we just have to accept it otherwise we die from it.

I’ve been waiting for you guys to make this video for so long! One other thing that I think is totally not understood about diabetes is that it’s not just what you eat that controls your blood glucose. If you are stressed, workout, angry, have a lot of adrenaline, etc all of that can affect your blood glucose. Even if you eat the same thing for every meal and know exactly the macros for the meal and dose appropriately, there’s still a ton of other factors that can make your numbers too high or too low.

THIS IS SO DANG RELATABLE! I actually freaking hate when people ask: “Can you eat sugar?” And I’m just like: . . . PUH LEASE I mean, I have an insulin pump so people ALWAYS ask me about it too. Even when I prick my finger, EVERYONE ASKS IF IT HURTS 😂 But seriously, the most painful thing is carrying a bag EVERYWHERE!

Once some kid in my 7th grade class asked me what my glucose tabs were and I said very matter of factly “it’s cocaine.”

To the man at the end... I am currently suffering with severe depression (and type 1), thank you for those words they have helped me greatly!

the feeling when someone asks you what is diabetes and u explain like a professor

I have a libre which is when you have micro chip in your arm for my diebetes when people ask about it I say it's to stop me from running away

I never really care when people ask me about my diabetes, even if it is annoying I know they mean the best and are just looking out for me.

Everytime I take out my pump my friends say “get off your phone” And I get annoyed 😑

When I was in primary school I had people try and avoid being near me since iapperantly diabetes is contagious... it was really annyoing back then but it is laughable now

what the hell, this was posted the exact day of my diagnosis

I hate when people say “can u eat candy” “you have diabetes cuz u ate too much sugar, right”

Waking up to see that this video was made like makes me so happy! I've been type one diabetic for almost 15 years and I've heard EVERY SINGLE ONE of these things! Thank you for uploading this!!!

You forgot,” Your lucky you get to eat food in class”

I have Type 2 and My Wife has Type 1. The amount of INSANITY she deals with on an HOURLY Basis is Insane. I truly Respect all you Type 1's. LOVE.

old type1 here, "should you be eating that" is a throwback to a time when we didn't have fast acting insulin like humalog and the others. I was on human mixtard in the 90's and you took it in the morning then in the evening, there wasnt any fast acting insulin you could take before a meal, no ability to counter carbs in your meal. Nowadays we have it so much better, the people that say "should you be eating that" just have to catch up, but their hearts are in the right place.

I’ve been type 1 for almost 40 years and none of these questions bother me, because they are just curious. What REALLY drove me crazy was my whole family Micro-managing me as a child about food!!!!

My boyfriend is a type 1 diabetic and the amount of people who have said "I was expecting him to be fat" is mind boggling 😬

Can I just say how helpful this video has been to my 15 year old son who was only diagnosed just before Easter this year. Your attitude and humour towards something this life changing is amazing and I thank you for being so positive with living with type 1. It's great for him to know that you can have this and still be cool. Thanks to every one of you xx

I work with teens on a residential unit and we've had a couple type 1 diabetic kids stay. They made me nervous when they refused to eat when their blood sugar was low. I think when you have diabetes you need to talk to people and give them information about diabetes because if something happens and the blood sugar gets too low and you don't respond, people need to know what to do, so I think sometimes these questions are necessary.

My 8 year old sister has type one diabetes and she was diagnosed when she was around 5 and our school was great and funded for us to hold a run where a bunch of people would run around the school a bunch and how ever many times would raise an amount of money to donate to finding a cure and helping support other people and we got a page in our yearbook and it was great :) I loved that school and she's an absolute brave kid and im so proud of her. Have a great day everyone! Stay safe ❤️

To people with epilepsy! I find it's so misunderstood

I had a pump where your have a dermal implant to read your blood and then it tells the pump to pump insulin but it was way to expensive so I ditched it

When that woman said that one of her dreams is to leave the house with nothing on her, I felt that

My sister has Type 1 diabetes, and when she was little our parents sometimes had trouble controlling her blood sugar and would have to monitor her carefully for symptoms. This led to us all getting in the habit of asking her, "Are you low? Do you need to check your blood sugar?" every time she was acting upset or grumpy. Eventually as she got older she got super irritated with that because not only were we micromanaging her, we were dismissing her feelings as, "It's not real, it's just your blood sugar." 😂 Update: she's married now, great at managing her diabetes, and is stronger and more energetic than I am.

When i was in 4th grade, a kid brought in some rocket candies. I asked if i could have some, and he said no because he needed them to keep his blood sugar low because he is diabetic. I nodded and understood since i have family members who are diabetic (leading me to understand it). In 7th grade, the same kid brings in a shit load of candy, like, BUCKET LOADS. I ask if he was saving that in his locker for his diabetes, and he said, and i quote, "I don't have diabetes". I caught a grade 4 boy in a lie, 3 years later... Now the kid is a drug addict and a pathological liar.

I actually have really good friends because whenever my pump goes off they will ask me if I am ok even if we are at school on the opposite side of the classroom they will mouth it to me

I never exactly knew how diabetes worked. But then again I never asked someone with diabetes questions. Because there's this thing that's been out for awhile. It's called the internet. And this video.

"Have you tested your blood sugars?" by teachers and siblings was the worst maybe sometimes it's genuine concern but it's the same as saying to a woman is it that time of the month, 1st it's none of your business, 2nd i don't need you for my hypo awareness.

Person: are you doing drugs?!?! Me: D I A B E T E S

Yes finally! Been waiting for this for so long 🙌 I've been type 1 for over 3 years now, and it has affected my life hugely both negatively and positively. It's nice to see it being brought to the light when so many know so little about our condition! As for the 'silly' questions, I would much rather people ask me questions that I can then explain for them rather than making wild assumptions they know nothing about 😊

"Oh, my God. Are you taking drugs?" LMAO!!!!

My life on a daily bases!!!! Story time: Went for an interview, things where going well. They asked if there was anymore they needed to know. I told them I'm diabetic. They response "oh, it's probably best we don't hire you as you are contagious. We wouldn't want to infect our clients." I stared in disbelief.

Someone: should you be eating that? Me: should you, I already have diabetes!!! Someone:* instantly regrets life*

"Should you be eating that?" Only thing that I cannot eat: poison.

I was once doing an injection outside quickly in my leg when two people sat next to me smoking cannabis and said 'Can I have some of that?'

Casey barker!

i dated a guy who was diabetic, and he had a huge tub of ice cream. I wanted to ask if hes allowed to eat that but I didnt, because I thought he knows what hes doing... its his responsibility, dont go around asking people stupid questions if you dont know anything about it

My boyfriend has a son that’s type one diabetes. I’m personally feeling a little embarrassed, and mildly ashamed of how I did come across for a little while there out of lack of not knowing anything about it. Thank you for the video.

I wish you had kids instead of adults because I'm 11 got it at 7 I can't go to sleepovers I can't be a kid and I hate it when people say I'm happy I don't have type 1 diabetes well I didn't choose to have it

I love this video. I'm type 1 on the insulin pump and sensor. I was diagnosed at age 15 the summer before my freshman year of high school . I was in gym class and my gym teacher was a dummy. I did not know exactly what a low was yet. I started feel extremely dizzy and felt like I would passed out it was the worst feeling. I asked the gym teacher if I could go to the nurse she said no you have to run another mile I said I feel horrible. A good friend of mine said to me take my hand and you are going to the nurse I do not care what the teacher said. When I got to the nurse my blood sugar was 28. The teacher got fired.

Is it just me or when I open my diabetes bag I just love seeing everything organized in this little compartments and all the colours and it's one of the most fun things ever...

I was once told “awe that’s too bad , but you’re so skinny” I strait up walked away