r/diabetes • u/kyaakshat • Nov 28 '24
This is a sad day. Type 1
Guys gals I just realised that if there is a zombie apocalypse or any other kind of apocalypse in the near future most of us will be the first ones to die because of no supply of insulin. I feel very bad for all my diabetic brethren that we won't have our hero movement of surving a horde with the last resistance of earth. This realisation is really really heartbreaking and no amount of cake would be sufficient to make me feel better. This is a sad day indeed 😔.
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u/Cowboy_Corruption T1.5 Nov 28 '24
Fuck that. I intend to be one of the first bitten so I can lead the glorious zombie armies to an unending buffet of meat and brains. Very low carb diet with a good bit of cardio chasing down meals would likely result in me completely reversing my diabetes.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
Nah the plain rn is. We all gotta meet at a party shop or like the biggest bakery in town. And we get chainsaws and like guns and anything that can be used as weapons. Then what we do is get a sugar high on all the cake and shit. And then be the last stand for the city of outbreak. Cause if we fail or not we got to the other side anyways. So gotta die trying 🫡
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u/BraaainFud Nov 28 '24
Just make sure you get a chainsaw you can start on your own. The Stihl 660 is a friggin beast to start and to carry, and it'll weigh you down after 20 or 30 minutes of constant zombie slashing.
Stay away from top-handle saws. They're easier to lose control of when you're making zombie mince on the ground. Personally, I feel like the Stihl MS180 is right in the sweet spot for power, portability, and fuel efficiency. Get a longer bar & chain to increase your cutting reach if you've got time for some pre-planning.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
That is some real insightful shit my man. And I would like to add some small gas canisters on the belt for extra zombie slaying time and a few cupcakes. But this is really helpful stuff. Thanks
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u/Holbyta Nov 28 '24
In a book I read there was a vampire who liked to snack on diabetics for desert.
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u/Teredia Nov 28 '24
Could you imagine a diabetic hoard of T1 zombies? Just because you’re a zombie doesn’t mean you’re cured.. low blood sugar? Welp… I mean you’d fair much better as a diabetic vampire.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
I mean no insulin and just brains sounds like a pretty sweet time but a diabetic vampire now that's a million dollar movie idea right there 😂
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u/Teredia Nov 28 '24
Now all I can imagine is the twinky bar Edwin Cullen meme from like the 2010’s. Oh good lord that imagery!
But what I actually was thinking was a vampire who needs to feed on people with certain amounts of blood glucose to survive and keep their own blood glucose levels at the right levels.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
So a vampire who feeds on diabetics. That sounds scary and fun 😂😂
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u/Teredia Nov 28 '24
A diabetic vampire who feeds on diabetics. 💖😂
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
A diabetic vampire who feeds on diabetics but asks them nicely and offers to pay for there insulin cause he's a gentleman 😌.
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u/Teredia Nov 28 '24
Ooooh I like! The book we didn’t know we needed 😂 if it wasn’t almost 2am n the fact I need to do stuff later, I’d AuDHD hyper focus n smash out an outline for one.
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u/TheKBMV Type 1 Nov 29 '24
Before feeding on someone you'd have to check your own and their sugar levels as well.
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u/rockstarentrepreneur Nov 28 '24
I thought this through a long time ago.
Since you can’t just stockpile insulin (even kept cold will eventually expire)…
The only real way is if you’re a hard core prepper with enough land and keeps pigs and learns the methods to extract insulin.
And assuming that unlikely (for most of us) possibility…
…now you’re stuck and can’t be mobile as you now have a “farm” to manage which then makes you a target for your resources. So, then you also have to have a small army and an arsenal.
Ain’t nobody got time for that!
The best hope is one of these medical advances happens before such time. 😎
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
That is a possibility I did not think about. Well guess now I'm gonna watch a 4 hour documentary on how to extract insulin ¯_(ツ)_/¯
But yeah seriously let's just hope the stem cell therapy thing clears all the trials and stuff cause no one deserves this condition and watching their sugar and taking insulin and everything that comes with this condition even after being perfectly healthy. It sucks even though we get used to it but it just sucks. And I want my hero moment damn it. I wanna throw a rocket launcher in the horde and pick my chainsaw and just go ham on some zombie corpses.
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u/Turbidspeedie Nov 29 '24
While a big breakthrough, stem cell therapy is not the cure we want, you need to be on immuno suppressants for the rest of your life which leaves you completely without an immune system, you're basically paying for the ability to produce insulin by never really being able to experience life properly, I don't see that as a good trade
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u/alek_hiddel Nov 28 '24
The good news is that I wouldn’t want to live in a collapsed society. The walking dead is just about the most depressing show ever. I ain’t gotta worry about the carbs in my final meal which consists of a 12ga shotgun shell.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
No brother. Even if we will all go early we go with honour brother. We will be the first stand. With cake in one hand a chainsaw in the other brother. We will fuck them up. (Doom music intensifies)
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u/Nathan-Stubblefield Nov 28 '24
The Junk Food Junkie Brigade! https://youtu.be/jQnIL-XPerQ?si=RnwcHhvwvvCynVLR
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u/xXHunkerXx Nov 28 '24
Dude ive always been a massive Fallout fanboy and when i realized i couldn’t be a post apocalyptic hero i was incredibly disappointed
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
Who said we couldn't be ghouls in this. Oh wait we still need the meds to survive never mind. Fallout sounds shit 😂😂
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u/xXHunkerXx Nov 28 '24
Ya its a lose lose situation lol
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
Or we get mutated and now our pancreas works fine again? That sounds nice with like a power armour and some corn cake.😌🫠
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u/mightyhorrorshow Nov 28 '24
You could also never go to a magical realm due to lack of insulin.
I like the Dark Tower series and I'd never make it in mid-world.
It is a sad day indeed
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
But what if in that magical realm we meet a 1000 year old witch and she helps you get your pancreas to work again?
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u/famous_shaymus Type 1 Nov 28 '24
In Harry Potter they have stuff to help you regrow bones; I’d bet they have something for regrowing organs.
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u/lisasimpsonfan Type 2 ozempic Nov 28 '24
I am going out in a blaze of happy. Cigarette in one hand (quit almost 20 years ago) a huge bagel with cream cheese and strawberry jam in the other (a huge no food for me). Followed by a dark rum and Dr Pepper with an opioid chaser. Then I will be back but not in pog form. I am going full zombie!
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u/Turkeboyer Nov 28 '24
It hit me hard, too. As someone with diabetes, the thought of facing an apocalypse without access to insulin feels like a death sentence. We’d be the forgotten ones, watching others fight and survive while we slowly fade. It’s heartbreaking to imagine that we won't have our moment of glory, taking down zombies with one last heroic stand. No amount of cake can fix this reality. This is a truly sad day.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
Yeah man that's what I thought. It's sad that people with conditions like us will get forgotten and it's just suck for the survivors. But we are gonna fuck shit up and go in style. Raiding every last cake store and fuckimg up every last one of the zombies we can. Brother you are strong. We are strong and we're gonna leave this earth helping others 💪.
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u/BananaRepublicWannaB Nov 28 '24
I’ve always wondered if our higher blood sugar content would make us tastier. I think that’s why the mosquitos love me and leave my wife alone….
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u/Intelligent_Sea5595 Nov 28 '24
Yeah, this thought has crossed my mind multiple times. I used to watch The Walking Dead (a series based on comics of the same name). There was an episode where they introduced 03 characters just to raise awareness regarding T1DM. A type-1 girl undergoes hypoglycaemia, and nobody knows what to do.so they inject her with insulin, and then she dies (even before the zombies can kill her). Lol.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
I've seen the series i do not remember that happening. Though i wasn't a diabetic then so maybe i wouldn't have noticed.
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u/Intelligent_Sea5595 Nov 28 '24
I've only watched a few initial seasons. Actually, it was a very long time ago. Google it. TWD S06E06.
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u/Mal-De-Terre Type 2 Nov 28 '24
To be fair, most everyone else is screwed, too.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
But but but but but but but I could have survived if it wasn't for diabetes 😭😭😭
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u/Ok-Character-3779 Nov 28 '24
I mean, as long as you make it to the pharmacy first, you can at least acquire drugs for euthanasia once the extra insulin runs out.
I had an ethics professor liked to ask what we would do in IRL disaster situations--basically, when would we resort to cannibalism and under what circumstances? I was always like, "I'm dead much sooner than everyone else, please feel free to eat me."
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
Nah i mean where death is like in every corner why would I need any drugs for euthanasia. And if I do get a cat or a pet I will gladly euthanise myself for them. But no humans, maybe it things were too bad.
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u/Ok-Character-3779 Nov 28 '24
I'm with you, I'm just not into being pulled apart alive if I can avoid it.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
That my friend I did not think about. A painless death would be something I'd also look forward too.
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u/Ok-Character-3779 Nov 28 '24
Not all deaths are equal, it's why death by insulin OD or DKA are off the list.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
Well we can always go for cynide extracted from apple seeds. Or rat poison. Or the old jump of the building. Man that sounds dope just skydive of the building without a parashoot 😂.
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u/Happyalwayser Nov 28 '24
I get what you mean, and it hit me too. As someone with diabetes, I often wonder how I’d manage in a world without supplies. It’s a harsh reality that we’re so dependent on things that could vanish overnight. The thought of it is deeply unsettling, and, yeah, no cake could really ease that feeling. It’s a strange mix of fear and helplessness. I just try to appreciate every moment now, knowing how fragile things are.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
Dude I was kinda serious at the beginning but seeing all these people being supportive and giving so many good ideas. I feel so much better. If it helps just go through all the replies. And we gotta give it to medical science. Let's just hope in a few years we get something solid to reverse type 1 diabetes. And things will get better. But until them cupcakes and chainsaws to the win 😂
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u/ThisIsAbuse Nov 28 '24
Or trade wars, or H5N1 pandemic, or cuts to health insurance.
Our medical system and supplies of meds could be hit badly in 2025. I would rather it be zombies - that would at least be kind fun.
Prep as you can.
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u/LithiumRyanBattery Type 2 Nov 28 '24
Well, there's no such thing as zombies, so you don't have to worry about that happening.
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u/notagain8277 Nov 28 '24
uhm...you realize that could never happen so your are good. No need to worry
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
The possibility man. The damn possibility of being the star of the last rebellion on earth 😔.
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u/Markhidinginpublic Nov 28 '24
Yeah, I won't send you positive news. We're done yo!
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
We go in style brother. With a cupcake in one hand and a katana in the other. ⚔️
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u/HoboMinion Nov 28 '24
I recommend reading “One Second After”. It is a post apocalyptic book where one of the main characters is a T1. It addresses the complexities for producing insulin.
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u/Ok-Character-3779 Nov 28 '24
I knew someone else had at least taken a stab at this in these self-publish happy days.
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u/HoboMinion Nov 28 '24
There’s also “Alas Babylon” and “Lucifer’s Hammer” which have characters that are T1. The reality is that without modern technology, we’re in trouble but without modern technology, everyone is in trouble so it isn’t something I’m too worried about. Especially since so much is outside my control.
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u/Namasiel T1D/2007/t:slim x2/G6 Nov 28 '24
Hey, if it makes you feel any better, I think if there were a zombie apocalypse no one would survive. We would just get to avoid most of the constant fear and struggle and eventually just become part of the horde anyway.
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u/Shoddy-Initiative313 Nov 28 '24
I had the same feeling, whenever I see wars in the Ukrane or Gaza, I am thinking, if it was here, how long would my insulin last? With potentials of Iran and Nork Korea, it worries me.
I know there are books, and I read a good book about an alien invasion where a man had stockpiled books, and he helped a group of people survive, and said it only would cost them 1 sheep a month to create enough insulin to keep him alive, but it was not worth it for the community.
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u/throwaway_boulder Nov 28 '24
The book One Second After is about an EMP over North America wiping out all electronics. At first no one knows what’s going because the government can’t communicate. Law of the jungle takes over.
Anyway, the main character’s daughter is diabetic and she can’t get insulin because supply chains are wrecked. There is no happy ending for her. Very sad.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
Man i was thinking of reading the book thinking it'll be fun. But that's just 😭😭😭
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u/Frammingatthejimjam T1 for a long long time Nov 28 '24
Or darker and more realistic, if you live in an area with in a state of war/conflict we likely die first. You don't need movie characters to bring stark reality to us.
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u/babbleon5 Type 1.5, G7, 2015 Nov 28 '24
Actually, the way the Zombie Virus attacks is through the pancreas to hijack insulin production to send the virus through out your body. However, without insulin production the ZV simply restarts your pancreas curing all T1s and making them resistant to future ZV infections. Congrats, we'll all be superheroes!
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u/18randomcharacters Nov 28 '24
Some advice? Put more thought into your title.
Read the title alone. I was expecting to hear someone you love died. Instead you’re just the 1,000,001 person to think of this.
Yes I’m annoyed. It has more to do with my 6 year old screaming at my all morning. But here we are.
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u/kyaakshat Nov 28 '24
Hey man I'm so sorry. I really didn't mean to do this. I'm sorry that felt misleading. But this subreddit mostly has people talking about their problems and i just wanted to have something fun cause diabetes can really be bad and tiring and sometimes we just need a lil something to keep going on. I'm sure whatever you're going through will be fine. We're all here for you. And I'm again sorry for upsetting you i should have been more careful with the title and tags and will keep it in mind next time.
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u/Electrical-metal13 Nov 28 '24
I was thinking about it, it's really really boring because my childhood self always liked zombies a lot
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u/Gwertzel Type 1 Nov 28 '24
I made a Post a few days ago about this. There are some ways we could actually survive. (Of course not all of us, we would have to get rid of the worst ones)
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u/gordonv Nov 28 '24
The Zombie factor that transforms humans may not be tolerant of Diabetes. The last pods of sapient humans may in fact be diabetics.
Also, is this science or magic zombies?
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u/Pherman1661 Nov 28 '24
Since I live in Indianapolis I would try to take over Eli Lilly. Just keep that e-coli living and reproducing. Then have to learn the other steps to process it. Then my adhd would kick in and I would mess it up. Could probably get 2.5 years out of the insulin. Might be able to continue to use it without much processing too
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u/Metaphoricalsimile Nov 28 '24
My partner was talking about moving out into the country to have a better chance of surviving disruptions of systems due to political and climate chaos, and I just had to be super real with them and say how I am not surviving any disruption of services, but my quality of life and access to medical care would be substantially worse *now* in many rural areas of the US.
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u/saskir21 Nov 28 '24
Strangely you are now the second one in a week who posted something similar.
And who are we kidding. No one of us (diabetic or not) would live long. Except a few ones.
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u/zehgess Type 1 Nov 28 '24
Yes, if this fictional fantasy scenario did occur, we would be the first to die. Additionally, if you were hit by a Japanese make delivery truck and were transported to a fictional fantasy inspired alternate world with magic and mystical beasts, you would also be the first to die.
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u/TheKBMV Type 1 Nov 29 '24
Step 1: secure short term insulin supply
Step 2: secure transportation
Step 3: secure insulin production facility (If my search results are correct there are at least three to five major plants in Europe so I have my choices in where to go, and those are just the dedicated large plants)
Medical production facilities are highly secure and companies usually have them pretty well guarded too, so they are likely centers for surviving staff and security personnel due to the home field advantage and the access to medical production capacity which would be very useful post apocalypse. This also means these are likely birthplaces for strong survivor factions.
In short: get over to a production facility, help out in exchange for the staff cooking up a freh batch now and again and you're set.
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u/Dismal-Walk-7058 Nov 29 '24
If there’s a zombie apocalypse (I don’t believe in zombies so I’ll say an insane, worldwide life-altering event like an apocalypse), having insulin to stay alive is the last thing on my mind
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u/keto3000 Nov 29 '24
The good news is that a high protein, very low carb, moderate healthy diet can do better than insulin for T2D remission & I have high hope that T1D will soon see a biological solution!
I prefer hope to pessimism:
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u/osm0sis Type 1 Nov 29 '24 edited Nov 29 '24
Fuck that. Death is inevitable.
Since a zombie apocalypse means death is certain in the near-term for me, I like the intentionality of knowing I'm going to make sure I die doing something that ensures the survival and wellbeing of the people I love.
At a bare minimum, I hope that guilt trips them into taking care of my cats after I'm gone.
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u/kingz2688 Nov 29 '24
Well exercise lowers your bs so just kill a lot of zombies until you feel low then eat
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u/Elykitt Type 1 | 1997 | Dexcom G6 | Syringes & Pens Nov 29 '24
Yeah, my mom and sister made plans to raid all the pharmacies around us for me when we started watching the Walking Dead 😂
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u/son_of_beans Nov 30 '24
Honest to god the FIRST thing I though was that exact thing. I always thought I’d do pretty well and it’s more gutting then it should be knows I’d died quick. But as long as it’s in a blaze of glory, that would have to do for me
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u/Hi_Im_Dadbot Nov 28 '24
Well, the good news is that you can just gorge yourself at a pastry shop, get a massive sugar high and pick up a chainsaw.
You don’t save the world or anything, but you can have a fun final afternoon.