Making comedy film about diabetes
Hi.
I am currently working on a comedy script for a show on diabetes. It will be a low budget film which will be shown on the web. It is about a group of people who are all type one diabetic who join a diabetes support group. They all come from different backgrounds. It is meant to be in the same vain as 'Learners' (Check you tube, it's a british comedy about learner drivers).
Do any of you have any funny situations with your diabetes that you would like to share.
The aim of this show is to do two things. One of these things is to put right the misconceptions of type one diabetes, and to bring more awareness. The other thing is to go against stereotypes.
Thanks
I am currently working on a comedy script for a show on diabetes. It will be a low budget film which will be shown on the web. It is about a group of people who are all type one diabetic who join a diabetes support group. They all come from different backgrounds. It is meant to be in the same vain as 'Learners' (Check you tube, it's a british comedy about learner drivers).
Do any of you have any funny situations with your diabetes that you would like to share.
The aim of this show is to do two things. One of these things is to put right the misconceptions of type one diabetes, and to bring more awareness. The other thing is to go against stereotypes.
Thanks
Tags: Film, Help, Misconceptions, Type 1
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Permalink Reply by Danielle on -
One time I went on a date with some guy for the first time, so naturally I was really nervous. Well, we were in the movie theater and I started to feel hot and a little shaky, but wasn't sure if it was just my nerves or if I was having a low. Being STUPID and too embarassed to test my sugar (when your in the movies you have to do that whole cell phone light thing..annoying!).. and I really wasn't sure if it was low anyway, so STUPIDLY (yup, stupid act number 2) I decided to just disconnect my pump for 5 minutes and see how I felt. BAD IDEA. I completely forgot that I had disconnected my pump. I heard something fall in the middle of the movie, but thought nothing of it until I got home and realized MY PUMP WAS MISSING. Yes, my pump was lying on the floor in the movie theater. My dad drove me back as I prayed that they hadn't closed, and I had somewhat of a search team in there looking for my pump. Luckily, we found it, and I learned the very important lesson that if I'm too embarassed to test my sugar in front of a potential boyfriend then they should NOT be considered as a potential boyfriend. =)
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Permalink Reply by Rebekah Humphrey on -
In order to keep track of everything todo with the film, and to easily update everyone and ask more questions as needed, I have set up a group fo the film projects.
Anyone who wants to have an imput, or wants to be updated on how the project is going, please join this group.
Thank you all.
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Permalink Reply by elaine peterson on -
You definitely need to have a scene with FAMILIES!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Rebekah Humphrey on
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I plan to. So imput from families or about families are great also.
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Permalink Reply by Curlzzz2002 on -
Totally want to be part of the group. Let me know how to help you. Curlzzz
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Permalink Reply by barbraann on -
When my daughters were very young and before I carried any evidence of my being diabetic (pre - monitor, pens) I tried explaining to the eldest what she should due if Mommy ever started acting weird. I gave her the signs to watch for, explained she should ask someone (ie store person, gas station worker etc) for either juice, pop, candy. So when done, I began to quiz her to make sure she understood. I asked her "So what do you tell people is wrong with me when you go for help?" She looked at me proudly and responded "Alcoholic!"
I almost died I laughed so hard! I could only imagine the situations that could occur if a cop had pulled me over - straight to lock up for me! Needless to say, I made sure to get that pronunciation corrected!
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Permalink Reply by Doris D on -
One time I was put in ICU for an outragus high and changed the pump infusion set out while there. I was getting out that day about 2 hours after I got home I finally figured out that my pump wasn't with me (yep HIGH bs) I called the hospital (after figuring out what I had done) and ask them if they had found the pump....Well yes it went with the laundry (left it on the bed) and they found it in the dryer.Needless to say NOT working so I had to tell the pump company what I had done and order a new one! I got a 100 but that really stands out in my mind.
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Permalink Reply by Billy Williamson on -
I just remembered a good story. When I was 17 I worked in a warehouse where my boss was friends with a police officer. He was a real cool cop and he liked golf. Anywho Flin Flon is a really small town so everyone knows everyone. If the cop was cruising around and saw my car he would turn on the lights and pull me over. He would always come upto the window and ask me how fast i was going and stuff like that and then proceed to ask if iw anted to go golfing or something. One day however he pulled me over. I rolled my window down and the cop asks me in a very serious voice. "Do you know what your blood sugar is?" I laughed and he wouldn't let me go on my way until i checked my blood and showed him i had glucose in the car. haha it made me laugh.
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan on -
Sounds like a fun project. You could probably get a lot of mileage from the various comments in the discussion on Most Annoying comments about diabetes. The level of ignorance out there and people's rudeness can really be pretty funny sometimes.
One of my favorite things is when my support group sits down to dinner at a restaurant and, simultaneously, we all whip out out meters and start testing ourselves in the middle of a crowded restaurant. We get some pretty strange looks.
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Permalink Reply by KiwiRox on -
I woke up one morning and thought I was dreaming. It was such a good dream I decided I needed to call someone about it. I guess I was making so much noise my boyfriend woke up and asked what I was doing. Apparantly I was trying to figure out how to make a phone call with my hands and kept flipping them around. A few moments later my boyfriend showed up with a cup of OJ.
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Permalink Reply by kpatter on -
I'm sure your film has been made, but I have a few I'd like to share...
1. One of the first lows I ever had I knew that I had some glucose gel in my purse, but for whatever reason I went into the laundry room and grabbed the detergent. The gigantic liquid bottle that weighs like 15 pounds. So my husband walks in and sees me standing in the middle of our living room with a super confused look on my face holding the liquid Tide in my hand. He asks what's going on and I just told him oh, my low is sugar so I got gelled. It's all good. Needless to say he went and got me my glucose gel, you know the 3 ounce tube.
2. We were on vacation shortly after the above incident and I woke up in the middle of the night in an awful sweat. I was able to get to my meter and test and it read 44. I, again, reached for the detergent only this time it was the bottle of Dawn dishwashing detergent. I guess I was making a lot of noise because it woke up the hubby who again finds me dazed and confused holding a bottle of detergent. He got my gel and I was fine. I went back to bed and when I got up in the morning and opened the fridge there was the Dawn bottle with orange juice in it.
3. The husband and I were meeting some friends for dinner so I tested first. I was testing and my needle depth was set too deep so when I went to squeeze my finger to get the blood on the strip it literally spurt out like a geyser. It looked like one of those ninja movies where they cut off a limb and blood sprays everywhere only on a much, much smaller scale. I ended up spraying both of us with this tiny, but forceful, gush of blood. We both had to change clothes and still refer to it as the "mini-massacre."
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