King of the Hill - "Dia-BILL-ic Shock" - Talkback [9/28]

[solomey]

I knew the song came from the Dropkick Murphys.

I just like Bill getting his revenge on the doc, and the intern enjoying the karmatic justice brought to him.

 

[daniel_fnsc]

The first half of this episode made me feel so unhealthy that I went outside and took a walk for the remainder of the half-hour. >

 

[tracy_h81]

I don't think it does, no. Once your body loses the ability to properly process sugar, you have to regulate it yourself for the rest of your life.

As for "the legs turning gangrenous".....I'm thinking they made several of the symptoms up too.

I've never had much of a sweet tooth, and I have even less of one after last night.

 

[djfox_2001]

Didn't watch this show, but gangrene really is something that can happen to a diabetic patient. I don't think it's a symptom as much as it's an incredibly nasty side-effect of the condition if it goes untreated.

As for the rest, you can find out lots more about the types, symptoms, and treatment of diabetes at the American Diabetes Organization website (which I only really know about because they were right next to the New York Anime Festival this past weekend, which I still find highly amusing).

-- Ed