Ok... I have type one diabetes and I guess for someone who doesn't know anything about it, it looks realistic but when you have a low blood sugar you don't throw a tantrum. Sometimes you get dizzy or tired but you just get up and get a juice.
Well not all people are alike, so some probably do have tantrums while in those dazed states. Who knows? Other people in the comments are basing things off of their own experience and not realizing that not every episode is exactly alike.
I watched Steel Magnolias today and was reminded how many amazing actors were in this movie. Julia Roberts showed how gifted an actor she is. She is definitely not just a pretty face. Great actors made this a truly great movie. It is a timeless movie!
Thankfully with continuous glucose monitoring systems and insulin pumps and education, being a type 1 diabetic with hypoglycemic unawareness is not like this any more.
For everyone saying this is not what happens: They state very clearly that Shelby is a special case. Meaning her body is more sensitive than the average diabetic. Meaning having kids is really something she should not have been doing.
This is what happens. And my sister who is a diabetic lost her son at 8 months pregnant, God has blessed her with another baby thankfully and he just turned five, diabetes is and can be very devastating. When you go into a diabetic low you completely zone out or pass out and become very agitated and confused when your sugar drops .
Well, nothing would hold her back from achieveing her dream of starting a family. While I agree, a diabetic with a chronic kidney problem should not have any kids.
I had diabetes mellitus and I had a child. I did it without loss of my kidneys. I was lucky. I suffered from hypoglycemic unawareness. I would not wish that on anyone. I now have what is called a monitor. What a life saver. It tests my blood glucose every three minutes.
My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 11 back in 2011. This movie came to mind right away. The nurse at Children's In Pittsburgh said this movie gets brought up almost everyday when they diagnose a child. The good thing is that since this movie was made so many advancements have been made. It still strikes a cord with me. I see myself in the position of Sally Field's character. I just hope my daughter does not go before me.
I have had diagnosed Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus for 55 years. With the newest technology, your daughter should live for many years. If you do not know about Medtronic Minimed, find out about it.
As a fellow Type 1 (diagnosed at the age of 5, 20 years ago) there is hope. I have all the faith that she'll be okay. The roads not going to be easy, but with a good family/team she'll have great success.🤗
That is EXACTLY what happens with a brittle diabetic. Lived with a sister who did this regularly my whole life. Julia Roberts did an exceptionally good job at this.
Mary Polnow I am actually a type 1 diabetic...and I've never heard of this happening to anyone with the diabetes Also for the record,what is a "brittle" diabetic?! That sounds quit preposterous...I've been living with the disease for half my life and never have I ever seen anything like this. If her blood sugar was actually that low..she wouldn't have been strong enough to fight off her mother. She would have most likely passed out.
Kiraina Young Brittle diabetes is absolutely not made-up. A brittle diabetic is someone who has Type I diabetes and has a much harder time than a "normal" diabetic would when it comes to managing their blood sugar levels. One of my closest friends was one for about 20 years before he finally stabilized around when he hit the age of 30. They have to be a lot more careful and stick to an even stricter regiment of diet and insulin than usual. In a way their blood sugar has a mind of its own, they could be on a course that keeps things on an even keel for a good while, then out of the blue they'll begin having abnormal blood/urine readings, their BS numbers will just go whacko. A lot of times the patient and doctor have to go through several different courses of diets and insulin strengths before finding one that seems to work, but there's no guarantee it will continue to work. So like I said, they have to try and follow whatever regiment works best for them down to the nitty gritty, or the cycle of constantly-changing insulin strengths/injections/diets *will* end up dominating much of their lives. Having said all that, this scene is a bit over-the-top, I've never seen my friend, or mother, (who has Type II), or ANY diabetic for that matter have this kind of Insulin Reaction before. With my mother she normally gets sweaty, light-headed, and feels a little confused, so we just sit her down in front of or under a cold fan, give her some glucose gel or tablets, and just watch her until she returs to normal. Shelby looks like she's almost having a psychotic break or epileptic seizures in this scene....
Kiraina Young Its actually a form of aggression due to the sensitivity. Its a strange reaction and many do have this form of function. brittle diabetes is a sub type of type one. Its harder to control and the swings in glucose are much larger than normal.
Kiraina Young I am also a type 1 diabetic for 11 years and I don't have those reactions. I am 20 now. A while back, like in my first 4-5 years of diabetes, my mom used to test my blood glucose every night while me being aslept and when my glycaemia was lower than usual, she used to feed me with sugar and juice while I was half-aslept.Since then, I developed this habit to eat without restraint everything it is given to me while not being entirely conscious. I went into hypoglycaemia coma for 5 times so far and luckily my mom was by my side and she could easily feed me, because I am calm and sleepy. My friend who is also diabetic, do indeed have similar behaviour to this movie. She is shaking and laughing without reason while being under hypoglycaemia.It is because the brain doesn't receive enough energy (resulted from the presence of glucose) to give off normal reactions.
People can get confused and not be able to think, so they have a harder time finding words or thinking or spelling or articulating. That's the first sign they need something to eat. People don't notice that unless someone in their family had diabetes or are a nurse or a diabetic themselves.
Kelly oxo as a type 1 diabetic, this is NOWHERE close to what it's like. You still understand what's going on. You're not mentally impaired, it's just hard to think. Nobody will refuse treatment like that.
I have to say that you are very lucky to never have experienced a low like this, but you WILL get to a state like this with some lows, don't underestimate them. They're rare, and are much more common for those people who have become desensitized to lows and need a CGM or service dog, or people who just have a hard time managing it in general. But the fact is once you get below 30-40 you begin to lose control of your brain, and that "hard to think" sensation goes to the extreme, where you literally can't think normally. You really do lose yourself until you get some sugar in you. I've seen fellow diabetics refuse juice and treatment when they dropped to extremely low numbers. I remember being quite young and fighting against it myself. I've heard from a friend of how their mother had an extreme low, and just shut her jaw as tight as she could and they couldn't get her to open it. The most unrealistic thing in this is how fast she improved, she wouldn't be back to talking normally until five or ten minutes have passed. In all fairness, again, it's rare. I've seen it happen a handful of times in twenty years as a type 1.
@@alexschierholz952 Maybe not for you, but different people react differently. Type 1 diabetes is a very complex disease and not everyone experiences the same exact symptoms.
smpolit are you seriously going to believe that treating her like an infant and Shelby refusing treatment is an accurate representation. We have different reactions but it’s nothing like that. And may I ask, if you are also T1D, do you experience those symptoms?
What made this movie was not just one person but the combo of all the women together. None of them could have done the job they did without a phenomenal script, director and the chemistry they showed between each other.
Managing diabetes is so much different now. Fast acting insulin is only taken with meals and is taken to match the carbs you eat. Long lasting insulin is taken once or twice a day to keep your glucose regulated. Back then insulin was just taken and you did you best with highs and lows. Also with glucose monitors you can catch hypoglycemia way before it gets this bad.
I remember my older relatives telling me about my great grandmother trying to manage her diabetes back in the 1930's. Sitting at the table eating oranges ( then a relatively rare treat) trying to get a grip on what was happening to her. Sadly she passed at the age of 56 due to complications.......
Not for everybody. I’m a t1d and you can’t always feel it until it gets that bad. You have scheduled times for insulin and glucose monitoring, but I can tell you I’ve been there on several dangerous occasions and it’s terrifying. My lowest glucose was 21 and I was home alone sleeping upstairs. I had taken all my glucose tabs and my roommate was at the store getting groceries and juice. I had to crawl downstairs which took over 30 minutes and when she walked in, I was ready to end it all and became so violent they had to call the squad. It’s just different, but the acting in this movie is incredibly accurate in those times and now
I cant imagine how that was back then. I have to take insulin and i have spikes in highs and lows, lows feels so horrible. I have the new freestyle libre where i just wave the monitor n it automatically reads and i still have a hard time controlling it.
They nailed it in this scene. Thank God for Continuous Glucose Monitoring! This is what normally and regularly happened to type 1 diabetics before technology came to the rescue. We will never miss hypos.
@@jws1948ja I would like to agree with you but I can't. Yes, she chose to risk having her own child, but lost her life in the process. Her son having to grow up without a mother. If it had been me, I would have tried to donate my eggs to a surrogate. You get a biological child and are alive to raise it.
@@jws1948ja Not really because now the kid is gonna grow up without a mother & the husband gets to suffer. it was an extremely selfish decision, and it was half the husband's fault too.
@@indiesunflowers You do understand that I have Diabetes Mellius. I chose to have my son. I do not regret it. She chose to live. that was the best part.
Because they had strong characters in the movie.. They all brought their own talent to each character that’s why I can’t decide who I love the best.. 🤦♀️💕
This is where Julia Roberts should have won an Oscar for best supporting ! She was exceptional in this great film,in my opinion she was popular with the Academy and was given the Oscar for "Erin Brockovich" for her body of work since she started up to 2000.
That's what happens, I'm type 1 insulin dependant and it's happened to me once. I didn't know where I was or what I was doing and woke up with an iv of glucose in my arm and the cops telling me they found me on the side of the road in my work truck and somehow drove 50 kms outta town. Don't know how i didn't crash. Thank god no one got hurt. Still scares the living shit outta me thinking about today.
Yeh that scary. My spouse was running into heart trouble but he would pass out we thinking uh just must be a daibetic attack we go running with juice. But well his own heart in bad shape but he is also dabetic now on two types of insulin. He has had those moments of confusion in his mind he right everyone is wrong lol.
I had a very similar experience with my daughter a few years ago. We had given her a cookie because her sugar was low, and she started choking on it. I managed to remove the cookie and started giving her Sprite, but she kept spitting it out. I felt so helpless. Finally, thank God, I managed to get enough in her that her sugar finally came up.
@@michellemarie1197 Those who use the phrase call this insulin shock, but it's a significant case of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). When the low starts, it's usually with irritability, lightheadedness as well as feeling tired and insanely hungry. Then if allowed to progress, you get the shakes and even get confused, disoriented, or combative but still conscious like Shelby did in this clip, which is why her mother used a liquid sugar source (the juice) instead of solid when trying to get her sugar up. Worst cases the person can lose consciousness even go into a coma or die without immediate medical treatment.
@@katietipton1834 because when a severe low happens the diabetic can't swallow anymore. Happened to me once, scared the daylights out of me. I now have a nasal glucose to help in those extreme emergencies.
I took mealtime insulin twice without thinking and dropped to about 58 mg/dL. It put me in a state of panic. I wasn't speaking right I couldn't sit still and everything inside me screamed you're dying do something.
yes, it's absolutely horrify, people have no idea what type 1 diabetes is really like...russian roulette every fcking day...every shot...horrible horrible disease.
@@clyderamirez1 I took my insulin before dinner as usual but we went out for crab legs, they take a while to eat just a little bit, and I forgot to plan for any carbs. So this panic-heartfluttery thing-omgomgomg im dying do something somebody was similar to this. And because of the panic, you don't think "get some sugar in your system" which is bizarre but it's just almost impossible during a panic attack.
I was traumatized after watching this scene for the first time. It reminded me of the anxiety attacks that would hit me from time to time that I still sometimes go through.
I'm type 2 and had a low today. I told my husband I felt like I was dying. Confused, sweating, weakness, irritable & heart beating fast...I finally realized it was my blood sugar. I have heart disease too. My pancreas was damaged years ago by medication I took for Ulcerative colitis and depression. Low sugar is such a horrible feeling.
@@JoanBrown-j3e They can’t just “be controlled” if you are struggling with your mental health:) you may have a disorder, like the one I have! PTSD. I have it because someone tried to kill me and now when I am reminded of that event my brain has a meltdown because it thinks that’s gonna happen again and panics. Not that other kinds of panic attacks aren’t valid either:) they all are. No one picks panic attacks because they just look so fun 😂 they’re awful. I’m usually sick the rest of the day while my body processes the adrenaline. Everyone has different brain chemistry, different experiences and are doing their best with that. For them to start to heal, they need support:) not people like you. No one should should be unfortunate enough to have someone like you in their lives; especially if they are in pain. So kindly GFY:)
I lost count of how many times I have seen this classic!! This represents women empowering each other and being fiercely loyal no matter what and the casting and acting is beyond brilliant!! They dont make movies like these anymore
What a lot of brilliant actors together in this movie! I love Sally Field - she is a brilliant actress! Me and my late son used to watch this movie over and over again!
This is a wonderful movie. And scenes like this and later on are so extremely scary, especially when you have someone in your life who suffers from different medical conditions.
In a way I can relate to this. I once had a pet dog who suffered from seizures her entire life. Scary experience each time. Every time that I saw her having one, I would always be by her side as a means of comfort and to assure her she was going to be okay.
Don't worry god will protect us my daughter stress me out all the time did you eat did you check your sugar omg yes I tell her I make sure to do what I have to so that my daughter can sleep well at night god bless her
This is a fine example of how far science and medicine have come in the field of diabetes, today there are so many new treatments and devices based on the latest technologies and early detection, it is no longer an early death sentence as it was in those years, all those scientists and doctors working tirelessly for us plus Diabetes alert dogs being a game changer. Thank you!
Honestly I liked the remake. I just didn't really like some of the acting in it. Most notably when they did this scene, the performance was so bland, it looked like the actress wasn't trying all that hard. She was too still and lifeless. I also wish they didn't copy almost every single line from the original movie. I felt like they were trying too hard to copy the original movie and some parts seemed rushed. With that being said, there were stuff I did like. For instance I loved the woman's performance who played Truvy, Queen Latifah was great, it was great to watch Phylicia Rashad play the fun Clairee (Wait. Clair Huxtable-Clairee Belcher. I never noticed the similar first names. lol Phylicia played Clair Huxtable in The Cosby Show but you probably already knew that.), I liked that they added the scene where Jackson talks to M'Lynn after Shelby's pregnancy is announced and the scene between M'Lynn and Shelby when M'lynn at the hospital where M'Lynn was tranferring her kidney to Shelby was super heartwarming and heartbreaking. Those two scenes I really wish were included in the original. All that being said, I liked the remake. It had its good points but I still prefer the original.
Julia Roberts and the other actresses are still epic. One of the finest performance so genuine as the people they were portraying. The Steel Magnolia is so memorable.
I got diagnosed with type 2 insulin dependent. I have had these episodes at least 20x over the past year. My legs and arms feel weak first and then I start sweating perfidiously and then confusion. There are degrees of diabetes with mine my pancreas stopped producing insulin so I have to do shots 4x a day. These attacks usually happened in the beginning when my body was adjusting to the diabetes. The worse one my blood sugar dropped to 25 and I was in the hospital for 3 days. I think she did a pretty good job how someone feels. One thing for sure is that they are always scary and always exhausting.
As a diabetic this scene hits me. I know this has happened to me multiple times but I always black out. Seeing how scary it is for other people always makes me feel this gnawing fear in the pit of my stomach.
I agree with the other commentator. M'Lynn recognized that Shelby was most certainly not in control of the moment and without losing herself in emotions she retorted with her "I'd like to see you try" comment as a way of affirming she and others were in control of their faculties and helping Shelby regulate the moment and that she should stop resisting them.
The thing that always bothered me about this scene is she doesn’t seem to actually consume much juice at all. She spits a lot out, dribbles more, and the glass gets knocked around a lot. Even when they pour more for her, it seems like she maybe got 3 drops of juice in her mouth during the entire scene. I keep looking at her like just freaking take a few gulps of juice already but she never does.
Whenever I see this it brings back memories of my former other half who was diabetic and I went through eight diabetic seizures with him. Horribly he passed away alone from a diabetic seizure.
Just watched this again for the umpteenth time. Was introduced to this movie by an old girlfriend who was raised in Louisiana. Yes, it is a chick flick, it this guy loves it. The acting, writing, cast and story shows life as it is, from joy to deep sorrow, and all the between stuff.
There are some movies described as "chick flicks" that have a MUCH broader appeal because they're just altogether brilliant movies. This is one of them; _Mean Girls_ comes to mind as a more modern one.
Reactive Hypoglycemia is on the other end... has me diving for protein. Same horrible, clammy, shaky feeling. It is so awful. The come back always so good. Portrayed so well. There is not near enough info on reactive hypoglycemia :(
Having suffered with panic attacks pretty much my entire adult life, the first time I saw this that's what I thought was happening, especially on the heels of her comment that things weren't settled with Jackson. You kind of go inside your head and the outside world becomes background noise, you start feeling off/like something bad is about to happen, then you get a flush of adreneline (when Shelby hits the arm of the chair after Truvy tries to fix her hair, that's what it feels like. Like there's energy you don't want in you that needs to get out.) I've trembled as bad as she is in this scene and don't have a terrific grasp of reality while its happening. Sedatives and setting an alarm (it takes about 30 minutes to fully kick in) are the only thing I've found truly effective.
I'm 22 and I'm diabetic since I was 9 years old. I watched this film from casualty when I was like 12 and give chills, it scares and every time Y remember it I cry so much, it's very sad for me, and a lot of diabetic people who I know.
Julia Roberts was so young in this and I loved this movie Steel Magnolias great cast! Julia was in Pretty Woman after this and then she became a HUGE star.
My mom favorite movie I was 8 when lost my mom and this scene right here is exzaclty what my mom went through. It triggers me but I still watch this movie for Its portrayal great acting and for my mom on her bday and anniversary the reboot has nothing on this original classic
I was in Las Vegas, enjoying buffet breakfast with my husband, when a young woman suddenly collapsed over our table and her friends descended upon her to help immediately. It was eerily similar to this scene and I instantly thought "diabetic reaction" and gave the friends my glass of OJ. My husband, who (understandably) thought she had passed out Las Vegas style, wondered how I knew it was a diabetic reaction. Thank you, Julia Roberts!
I've always loved this movie Steel Magnolias and I love everyone that's in it too even though it's sad and it makes me cry I don't care because it's a great movie everyone should watch this movie
I have a diabetic friend at work, and he has had some similar attacks at work that terrified me. I saw him getting spacey and tried to direct him to take a break and eat. He kept saying he was good, he was good, until he was barely conscious. Our manager got him a sprite, and left me in charge of making sure he drank it. He kept closing his eyes, and I kept trying to force the sprite on him. It was very scary! I can't imagine what it's like.
This is what my three year old went through and still does this movie should be awake up call for people to understand what kids and parents face every day
I have hypoglycemia. I have crashes where my skin gets clammy, I feel woozy and am like “huh?” when people ask me if I’m okay. It hits me outta nowhere sometimes. Once I eat something I’ll be okay in 15-20 minutes or so.
my nephew was diagnosed a couple months ago with type 1. Many times his blood sugar hit 40 and even a little under. They have an emergency glucagon shot in case he goes so low he loses consciousness. My sister is up every night needing to give him juice. She describes it as a nightmare that will only get worse when he hits puberty.
As a type 1 diabetic for 48 years, diagnosed at age 3 - there is a great chance it will. I had more than a few periods of rebellion. When he screams ‘you don’t understand “ or “a you don’t know what it’s like” know that there are plenty of us out there that have already walked in his shoes....and we are there for him.
My classmate did this all the time at school,and our teacher would have to take her outside and give her juice,and she would be very combative,and throw things and yell and curse. Us kids didnt understand,and I wish they would have explained it to us.
I've done this twice in the last year, but they hit me so fast, I didn't catch them in time and they ended with me having full black out, chronic tonic seizures and the ambulance being called, both of which happen just after my wedding. I was also born the year this movie came out, I really shouldn't have watched this movie as I child. I can remember having similar conversations with my mother growing up, it's scary and aggravating. I remember one time on the school bus, my sister told me to check my sugars and I was screaming at her that I was fine as I was going into seizure. After my husband saw my seizures in the past year he now knows not to listen to me.
There are now insulin pumps and monitors that internally check blood glucose so this does not happen, One does need good insurance so that it's affordable. Times have changed.
@@jws1948ja Oh Yeah, I have an insulin pump and still had two seizures with it. Although the Gaudian sensors do help catch it before it gets that far, but they are about $250 a box. It has been interesting to see how far we've come though, I started with needles, then pens, and finally bit the bullet and bought a pump and sensors.
I recently met somebody who was diabetic and had suffered a stroke as a result of his high blood sugar damaging his arteries. I was alone with him one day and I could tell something was not right. He looks up at the ceiling with a bizarre expression on his face then I see his eyes start rolling up and side to side rapidly and he got very pale. I wasn't sure if he was having a seizure, or was about to pass out, or what. I don't know how I stayed calm during this episode. It scared the crap out of me!!! I have never seen anything like that and I can't get that image out of my head. I wasn't sure what the hell I was witnessing. I was scared it would get worse. It looked AWFUL. I immediately asked if he was okay and if he needed help. He told me he was dizzy. He left after that to go into another room(he didn't want help) and the next day he was totally fine. He told me he was just tired when I asked him what happened that day but he might have said that to just stop me from freaking out and fussing over him. He's independent like Shelby. I thought of this movie today. I noticed a lot of people commenting have diabetes themselves. Has anyone with diabetes ever had anything like what I described above??? What is it? High or low blood sugar??? I tried googling it…no luck.
+ToeIn2194 I have low blood sugar and thats what happens to me. Your body's sugar level starts to go down and you can pass out or go into a seizure like state. If you are ever with this friend you talk about it is always good to keep some hard candy or juice on hand to help. This will help temporarily but they need to eat something with a high protein content. I have also found that red grapefruit juice helps maintain blood sugar levels. I dont really know what in it helps but it really does. All you can really do if he is independent about it is show some concern and let him know that there are some options handy for these circumstances. I hope i helped!
+eve ambrosek wow! Thanks so much! You helped a TON! I had no idea that could happen to some diabetics. It's a relief to know what it was. I'm so so sorry that has happened to you. It looked like the worst sensation when it happened to him and I was silently saying in my head "GOD, MAKE IT STOP!" Does it feel as awful as it looks??? I am so thankful I had stayed with him that day when it happened in case he had passed out because I'm terrified he might have passed out and not have been found until it was too late. Luckily he never did pass out and seemed to be fully aware of what was happening. He was able to speak normally and clearly and was very calm about it. Thanks for the suggestions! I'll remember that and ask him when I can. I actually had the number of a nurse for him in case he had a sudden problem related to the stroke,I knew nothing about strokes or diabetes but we both know this nurse and she was super close by so I figured better safe than sorry,(I was already prepared to call 911 when I saw his eyes roll) and I'm glad I had it in case the episode got worse. When I asked if he wanted help he just said "I just have to go and rest" instead of mentioning food or his blood sugar and said mostly the same thing when I asked him about it the next day. He told me what his stroke symptoms were like so I don't understand why he wouldn't tell me what had happened. He's usually open and comfortable sharing. Do you think he said this because he was embarrassed it happened in front of me?? Did he think I would panic? Or become judgement maybe?? If he is embarrassed is there a nice gentle way to bring it up without making him even more embarrassed??? Is it possible he feels more judged for having diabetes than having a stroke??
Like you said he is independent. He could of said those things because he knows how to handle it and didnt want you to worry. One way you could offer something with out embarrassing him is saying you're going to go get something to eat or drink and ask him to come along.
+eve ambrosia THANKS SO MUCH! I think you are right. He probably didn't want me to walk on egg shells around him so to speak. Yeah I thought he handled it wonderfully. How would that help?? You think he'd mention it if I do that? Or he might let me help him? You mean ask that if it happens again???? I just want to make sure I understand how you mean and not accidentally assume the wrong thing. I'v just never dealt with anything like this before and feel like I have no flipping idea what I'm doing.
if he starts to get grumpy or just look like the walking dead just do some of the things i stated. Its the little things to notice before something larger happens. You dont really need to bring up the problem unless u feel he could be in some serious harm. Just eat something with him as a casual lunch/dinner/ snack date.
I'm opposite, I have hypoglycemia..... Woah, I have to stay away from, too much garlic and onions, and 2 beers, put me in an awakened sleep, at 3:00am. I stumbled to the kitchen, grabbed an orange, started to see blackness/stars, dropped to the ground, "don't know how I cutt that orange but I did. I was so weak, shaky, sweating, knodding off and on, at first I didn't have the strength to get the Orange's, to me but eventually did, I couldn't talk/not yell, then my stomach hurt and I had to crawl to the restroom, which had tile I was freezing then hot, so I laid on the tile floor, and waited it out!! I don't drink at all!!!! Donzo after that!!!! May God and Jesus bless you and everyone!!!! 😇🙏
Diabetes used to be really bad. My aunt was in a similar situation. She was diabetic and always sick. She adopted a kid but she always wanted a baby she wanted to prove she could but the doctors said it could kill her. She ended up dying but the baby lived so her dad named the baby miracle.
Diabetes is still "really bad." If you don't control it, it will eventually control you. I'm not talking about the people who take a pill because they eat too much cake, I'm talking about insulin dependents who keep rolling the diabetic dice. If you don't rigidly control the highs and lows, and few people do, you WILL eventually have kidney failure. My sister is now on dialysis three times a week, and living a miserable life instead of the happy retirement she had planned. It's downhill from there, with eyesight, other organ failure, amputations, and good luck keeping your blood pressure under 200. Dialysis clinics are packed full. It's the last chance while people wait for a transplant. If they qualify.
@@lucygray6162 I finally realized some truths about my diabete mellitus: It will never get better; it will always get worse. I then realize that reality was enough to die over. I finally realized that if I followed all of the rules rigidly I could keep the disease from getting much worse.
The acting in this movie blows me away every single time. What a fantastic group of women.
Ok... I have type one diabetes and I guess for someone who doesn't know anything about it, it looks realistic but when you have a low blood sugar you don't throw a tantrum. Sometimes you get dizzy or tired but you just get up and get a juice.
Minty yeah its a great movie
Well not all people are alike, so some probably do have tantrums while in those dazed states. Who knows? Other people in the comments are basing things off of their own experience and not realizing that not every episode is exactly alike.
My mom loved this movie and I watched it with her one day, when I was about 8, and this scene scared me because it was so realistic
Kevin Muller based on a true story.
I watched Steel Magnolias today and was reminded how many amazing actors were in this movie. Julia Roberts showed how gifted an actor she is. She is definitely not just a pretty face. Great actors made this a truly great movie. It is a timeless movie!
Thankfully with continuous glucose monitoring systems and insulin pumps and education, being a type 1 diabetic with hypoglycemic unawareness is not like this any more.
For everyone saying this is not what happens:
They state very clearly that Shelby is a special case. Meaning her body is more sensitive than the average diabetic. Meaning having kids is really something she should not have been doing.
This is what happens. And my sister who is a diabetic lost her son at 8 months pregnant, God has blessed her with another baby thankfully and he just turned five, diabetes is and can be very devastating. When you go into a diabetic low you completely zone out or pass out and become very agitated and confused when your sugar drops .
She’s a brittle diabetic.
Well, nothing would hold her back from achieveing her dream of starting a family. While I agree, a diabetic with a chronic kidney problem should not have any kids.
It can and does happen.
I had diabetes mellitus and I had a child. I did it without loss of my kidneys. I was lucky. I suffered from hypoglycemic unawareness. I would not wish that on anyone. I now have what is called a monitor. What a life saver. It tests my blood glucose every three minutes.
DON'T TALK ABOUT ME LIKE I'M NOT HERE
Messylin stop it momma
Summer Jones HE CANT SEE WITHOUT HIS GLASSES
Summer Jones she is a great actress. I like her in conspriacy theory when she went out. And she said to Mel Gibson. She said I miss your face.
HJG628 I know the movie that’s from😢
@AlcinoustheXIIth what does iconic mean anyway
My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 11 back in 2011. This movie came to mind right away. The nurse at Children's In Pittsburgh said this movie gets brought up almost everyday when they diagnose a child. The good thing is that since this movie was made so many advancements have been made. It still strikes a cord with me. I see myself in the position of Sally Field's character. I just hope my daughter does not go before me.
I have had diagnosed Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus for 55 years. With the newest technology, your daughter should live for many years. If you do not know about Medtronic Minimed, find out about it.
My daughter was diagnosed in October of 16. Your last line is all really want out of life.
As a fellow Type 1 (diagnosed at the age of 5, 20 years ago) there is hope. I have all the faith that she'll be okay. The roads not going to be easy, but with a good family/team she'll have great success.🤗
That is EXACTLY what happens with a brittle diabetic. Lived with a sister who did this regularly my whole life. Julia Roberts did an exceptionally good job at this.
Mary Polnow I am actually a type 1 diabetic...and I've never heard of this happening to anyone with the diabetes Also for the record,what is a "brittle" diabetic?! That sounds quit preposterous...I've been living with the disease for half my life and never have I ever seen anything like this. If her blood sugar was actually that low..she wouldn't have been strong enough to fight off her mother. She would have most likely passed out.
Kiraina Young Brittle diabetes is absolutely not made-up. A brittle diabetic is someone who has Type I diabetes and has a much harder time than a "normal" diabetic would when it comes to managing their blood sugar levels. One of my closest friends was one for about 20 years before he finally stabilized around when he hit the age of 30. They have to be a lot more careful and stick to an even stricter regiment of diet and insulin than usual. In a way their blood sugar has a mind of its own, they could be on a course that keeps things on an even keel for a good while, then out of the blue they'll begin having abnormal blood/urine readings, their BS numbers will just go whacko. A lot of times the patient and doctor have to go through several different courses of diets and insulin strengths before finding one that seems to work, but there's no guarantee it will continue to work. So like I said, they have to try and follow whatever regiment works best for them down to the nitty gritty, or the cycle of constantly-changing insulin strengths/injections/diets *will* end up dominating much of their lives.
Having said all that, this scene is a bit over-the-top, I've never seen my friend, or mother, (who has Type II), or ANY diabetic for that matter have this kind of Insulin Reaction before. With my mother she normally gets sweaty, light-headed, and feels a little confused, so we just sit her down in front of or under a cold fan, give her some glucose gel or tablets, and just watch her until she returs to normal. Shelby looks like she's almost having a psychotic break or epileptic seizures in this scene....
Kiraina Young Its actually a form of aggression due to the sensitivity. Its a strange reaction and many do have this form of function. brittle diabetes is a sub type of type one. Its harder to control and the swings in glucose are much larger than normal.
Kiraina Young I am also a type 1 diabetic for 11 years and I don't have those reactions. I am 20 now. A while back, like in my first 4-5 years of diabetes, my mom used to test my blood glucose every night while me being aslept and when my glycaemia was lower than usual, she used to feed me with sugar and juice while I was half-aslept.Since then, I
developed this habit to eat without restraint everything it is given to me while not being entirely conscious. I went into hypoglycaemia coma for 5 times so far and luckily my mom was by my side and she could easily feed me, because I am calm and sleepy.
My friend who is also diabetic, do indeed have similar behaviour to this movie. She is shaking and laughing without reason while being under hypoglycaemia.It is because the brain doesn't receive enough energy (resulted from the presence of glucose) to give off normal reactions.
+Anca Huiban I laugh at this every time because it is so inaccurate. I've been type 1 for half of my life and have never reacted like this.
Jackson sounds like good people to me!
People can get confused and not be able to think, so they have a harder time finding words or thinking or spelling or articulating. That's the first sign they need something to eat. People don't notice that unless someone in their family had diabetes or are a nurse or a diabetic themselves.
Kelly oxo that happen to me I was in a hypoglycemia attack I had blurred vision trouble. Breathing. And driheaving
Kelly oxo as a type 1 diabetic, this is NOWHERE close to what it's like. You still understand what's going on. You're not mentally impaired, it's just hard to think. Nobody will refuse treatment like that.
I have to say that you are very lucky to never have experienced a low like this, but you WILL get to a state like this with some lows, don't underestimate them. They're rare, and are much more common for those people who have become desensitized to lows and need a CGM or service dog, or people who just have a hard time managing it in general. But the fact is once you get below 30-40 you begin to lose control of your brain, and that "hard to think" sensation goes to the extreme, where you literally can't think normally. You really do lose yourself until you get some sugar in you. I've seen fellow diabetics refuse juice and treatment when they dropped to extremely low numbers. I remember being quite young and fighting against it myself. I've heard from a friend of how their mother had an extreme low, and just shut her jaw as tight as she could and they couldn't get her to open it. The most unrealistic thing in this is how fast she improved, she wouldn't be back to talking normally until five or ten minutes have passed. In all fairness, again, it's rare. I've seen it happen a handful of times in twenty years as a type 1.
@@alexschierholz952 Maybe not for you, but different people react differently. Type 1 diabetes is a very complex disease and not everyone experiences the same exact symptoms.
smpolit are you seriously going to believe that treating her like an infant and Shelby refusing treatment is an accurate representation. We have different reactions but it’s nothing like that. And may I ask, if you are also T1D, do you experience those symptoms?
What made this movie was not just one person but the combo of all the women together. None of them could have done the job they did without a phenomenal script, director and the chemistry they showed between each other.
I can watch this movies again and again. It is such a wonderful movie. The casting was spot on! Every actor was amazing.
Managing diabetes is so much different now. Fast acting insulin is only taken with meals and is taken to match the carbs you eat. Long lasting insulin is taken once or twice a day to keep your glucose regulated. Back then insulin was just taken and you did you best with highs and lows. Also with glucose monitors you can catch hypoglycemia way before it gets this bad.
That is so true . My daughter is type 1 and it’s completely different my daughter has only gotten like that once !!
I remember my older relatives telling me about my great grandmother trying to manage her diabetes back in the 1930's. Sitting at the table eating oranges ( then a relatively rare treat) trying to get a grip on what was happening to her. Sadly she passed at the age of 56 due to complications.......
Not for everybody. I’m a t1d and you can’t always feel it until it gets that bad. You have scheduled times for insulin and glucose monitoring, but I can tell you I’ve been there on several dangerous occasions and it’s terrifying. My lowest glucose was 21 and I was home alone sleeping upstairs. I had taken all my glucose tabs and my roommate was at the store getting groceries and juice. I had to crawl downstairs which took over 30 minutes and when she walked in, I was ready to end it all and became so violent they had to call the squad. It’s just different, but the acting in this movie is incredibly accurate in those times and now
Everyone is different. I have to deal with my husband being like this once every couple of months. Be thankful your child or yourself isnt brittle.
I cant imagine how that was back then. I have to take insulin and i have spikes in highs and lows, lows feels so horrible. I have the new freestyle libre where i just wave the monitor n it automatically reads and i still have a hard time controlling it.
They nailed it in this scene. Thank God for Continuous Glucose Monitoring!
This is what normally and regularly happened to type 1 diabetics before technology came to the rescue.
We will never miss hypos.
I'm so glad for you. It truly is a miracle, barring cure. Which I'm still praying for.
@@sadee1287 every type 1 still gets hypos...it's just technology. yes, way better than before...but we need a cure.
thank the HUMAN inventor of continuous glucose monitoring; not your imaginary friend. what a slap in the face!!!
This is a great movie. Dolly Parton was excellent. I felt so sorry for Shelby (Julia Roberts). Diabetes is such a terrible sickness.
Shelby chose to live. That was the best part.
@@jws1948ja I would like to agree with you but I can't. Yes, she chose to risk having her own child, but lost her life in the process. Her son having to grow up without a mother. If it had been me, I would have tried to donate my eggs to a surrogate. You get a biological child and are alive to raise it.
@@jws1948ja Not really because now the kid is gonna grow up without a mother & the husband gets to suffer. it was an extremely selfish decision, and it was half the husband's fault too.
@@indiesunflowers You do understand that I have Diabetes Mellius. I chose to have my son. I do not regret it. She chose to live. that was the best part.
@@sadee1287 With kidney disease, she might have died anyway so the child would still be left an orphan.
Julia Roberts sure played her part. they all we're great
Because they had strong characters in the movie.. They all brought their own talent to each character that’s why I can’t decide who I love the best.. 🤦♀️💕
Yeah she nailed this scene
Annelle was such a useless character...
This is where Julia Roberts should have won an Oscar for best supporting !
She was exceptional in this great film,in my opinion she was popular with the Academy and was given the Oscar for "Erin Brockovich" for her body of work since she started up to 2000.
Agree, but did love her in Erin.
Best supporting? What about BEST?
Julia Roberts should have won for steal magnolias and Ellen burstyn should have won for requiem for a dream
Margaret The only actress that would’ve been considered Best Actress would’ve been Sally Field.
She had a plethora of great body of work. Julia Roberts is still one of my favorite actors of all time.
Julia Roberts and Sally Field did such a fantastic job in this movie. This is one of many scenes in which I cry like a baby.
I love Sally Fields in this Movie
She and Julia are superb in this.
She shouldve gotten a 3rd Oscar for this
That's what happens, I'm type 1 insulin dependant and it's happened to me once. I didn't know where I was or what I was doing and woke up with an iv of glucose in my arm and the cops telling me they found me on the side of the road in my work truck and somehow drove 50 kms outta town. Don't know how i didn't crash. Thank god no one got hurt. Still scares the living shit outta me thinking about today.
Wow. Whatta story
Same happened to me at beach
Yeh that scary. My spouse was running into heart trouble but he would pass out we thinking uh just must be a daibetic attack we go running with juice. But well his own heart in bad shape but he is also dabetic now on two types of insulin. He has had those moments of confusion in his mind he right everyone is wrong lol.
Once??? Not of all the type 1s I’ve known.
Diagnosed at age 3 in the 70’s. My mother was the strongest woman in the world raising me.
I had a very similar experience with my daughter a few years ago. We had given her a cookie because her sugar was low, and she started choking on it. I managed to remove the cookie and started giving her Sprite, but she kept spitting it out. I felt so helpless. Finally, thank God, I managed to get enough in her that her sugar finally came up.
So that’s why she says juice is better.
Stacy mmm mmm
If she needed sugar why was she choking on it? I dont know much about diabetes was your daughter going into some type of diabetic shock?
@@michellemarie1197 Those who use the phrase call this insulin shock, but it's a significant case of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). When the low starts, it's usually with irritability, lightheadedness as well as feeling tired and insanely hungry. Then if allowed to progress, you get the shakes and even get confused, disoriented, or combative but still conscious like Shelby did in this clip, which is why her mother used a liquid sugar source (the juice) instead of solid when trying to get her sugar up. Worst cases the person can lose consciousness even go into a coma or die without immediate medical treatment.
@@katietipton1834 because when a severe low happens the diabetic can't swallow anymore. Happened to me once, scared the daylights out of me. I now have a nasal glucose to help in those extreme emergencies.
This is exactly what low sugar feels like it's awful and you literally go into a primitive state panic attack. Julia Roberts was fantastic as Shelby ❤
Mine was like I was gasping for air and I was in a drunk state and fastheartbeat arrhythmia blurred vision sweating and berryqweasy
I took mealtime insulin twice without thinking and dropped to about 58 mg/dL. It put me in a state of panic. I wasn't speaking right I couldn't sit still and everything inside me screamed you're dying do something.
yes, it's absolutely horrify, people have no idea what type 1 diabetes is really like...russian roulette every fcking day...every shot...horrible horrible disease.
Absolutely. Like you can't breathe.
@@clyderamirez1 I took my insulin before dinner as usual but we went out for crab legs, they take a while to eat just a little bit, and I forgot to plan for any carbs. So this panic-heartfluttery thing-omgomgomg im dying do something somebody was similar to this. And because of the panic, you don't think "get some sugar in your system" which is bizarre but it's just almost impossible during a panic attack.
I was traumatized after watching this scene for the first time. It reminded me of the anxiety attacks that would hit me from time to time that I still sometimes go through.
It sucks
I'm type 2 and had a low today. I told my husband I felt like I was dying. Confused, sweating, weakness, irritable & heart beating fast...I finally realized it was my blood sugar. I have heart disease too. My pancreas was damaged years ago by medication I took for Ulcerative colitis and depression. Low sugar is such a horrible feeling.
Anxiety attacks are caused by being over emotional. Emotions CAN be controlled if you aren’t weak.
@@JoanBrown-j3eIt’s not weak to be unable to control your emotions. And anxiety attacks are way more than being “over emotional”
@@JoanBrown-j3e They can’t just “be controlled” if you are struggling with your mental health:) you may have a disorder, like the one I have! PTSD. I have it because someone tried to kill me and now when I am reminded of that event my brain has a meltdown because it thinks that’s gonna happen again and panics.
Not that other kinds of panic attacks aren’t valid either:) they all are. No one picks panic attacks because they just look so fun 😂 they’re awful. I’m usually sick the rest of the day while my body processes the adrenaline.
Everyone has different brain chemistry, different experiences and are doing their best with that. For them to start to heal, they need support:) not people like you. No one should should be unfortunate enough to have someone like you in their lives; especially if they are in pain.
So kindly GFY:)
I lost count of how many times I have seen this classic!! This represents women empowering each other and being fiercely loyal no matter what and the casting and acting is beyond brilliant!! They dont make movies like these anymore
Genius acting.
What a lot of brilliant actors together in this movie! I love Sally Field - she is a brilliant actress! Me and my late son used to watch this movie over and over again!
My condolences about your son
It’s twenty years gone and I’ve yet to see a movie as great with the class of acting these women bring to the screen....
The Color Purple
This movie is perfection. Perfect cast, perfect story, perfect execution.
R.I.P. OLYMPIA DUKAKIS THE ACTRESS WHO PLAYED CLARIEE
OMG I didn’t know she passed.. RIP
I didn’t know she died wow.
1:17 Don't Talk About Me Like I'm Not Here
This is a wonderful movie. And scenes like this and later on are so extremely scary, especially when you have someone in your life who suffers from different medical conditions.
Ikr. It happens.
I still think Julia should've won the Oscar for best supporting actress for this film, she was exceptional here
In a way I can relate to this. I once had a pet dog who suffered from seizures her entire life. Scary experience each time. Every time that I saw her having one, I would always be by her side as a means of comfort and to assure her she was going to be okay.
Don't worry god will protect us my daughter stress me out all the time did you eat did you check your sugar omg yes I tell her I make sure to do what I have to so that my daughter can sleep well at night god bless her
This is a fine example of how far science and medicine have come in the field of diabetes, today there are so many new treatments and devices based on the latest technologies and early detection, it is no longer an early death sentence as it was in those years, all those scientists and doctors working tirelessly for us plus Diabetes alert dogs being a game changer. Thank you!
After I got diabetes I watched this and felt so much better knowing that am not the only one with diabetes
This movie is way better than that remake! Love, love this movie.
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As a black woman myself I must say I like the idea of a remake and loved the actresses in it, but nothing compares to the original.
Honestly I liked the remake. I just didn't really like some of the acting in it. Most notably when they did this scene, the performance was so bland, it looked like the actress wasn't trying all that hard. She was too still and lifeless. I also wish they didn't copy almost every single line from the original movie. I felt like they were trying too hard to copy the original movie and some parts seemed rushed. With that being said, there were stuff I did like. For instance I loved the woman's performance who played Truvy, Queen Latifah was great, it was great to watch Phylicia Rashad play the fun Clairee (Wait. Clair Huxtable-Clairee Belcher. I never noticed the similar first names. lol Phylicia played Clair Huxtable in The Cosby Show but you probably already knew that.), I liked that they added the scene where Jackson talks to M'Lynn after Shelby's pregnancy is announced and the scene between M'Lynn and Shelby when M'lynn at the hospital where M'Lynn was tranferring her kidney to Shelby was super heartwarming and heartbreaking. Those two scenes I really wish were included in the original. All that being said, I liked the remake. It had its good points but I still prefer the original.
Kee, it's originally a play which is why the same lines are in the remake.
@@sarcasticallyrearranged I know that. It still wouldn't hurt to be a little more original with the lines.
Hey. Whoever looks at this, I love you.
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Aw, I love you too! x
I love all of you guys :3
Linc i love you
I love you too
Julia Roberts and the other actresses are still epic. One of the finest performance so genuine as the people they were portraying. The Steel Magnolia is so memorable.
I got diagnosed with type 2 insulin dependent. I have had these episodes at least 20x over the past year. My legs and arms feel weak first and then I start sweating perfidiously and then confusion. There are degrees of diabetes with mine my pancreas stopped producing insulin so I have to do shots 4x a day. These attacks usually happened in the beginning when my body was adjusting to the diabetes. The worse one my blood sugar dropped to 25 and I was in the hospital for 3 days. I think she did a pretty good job how someone feels. One thing for sure is that they are always scary and always exhausting.
Ketoacidosis is even more awful.
I like it better when Al Pacino played his role on the Godfather with his diabetes, absolutely flawless.
This is top acting at its best and it’s also tinged with sadness.
As a diabetic this scene hits me. I know this has happened to me multiple times but I always black out. Seeing how scary it is for other people always makes me feel this gnawing fear in the pit of my stomach.
RIP Olivia.. We love you!!! 💞
I don't know why but when sally fields said " oh id like to see you try" she seemed a little witchy
On the contrary, I found it tender, caring, so motherly. She needed to manage the crisis firmly, but also gently.
I agree with the other commentator. M'Lynn recognized that Shelby was most certainly not in control of the moment and without losing herself in emotions she retorted with her "I'd like to see you try" comment as a way of affirming she and others were in control of their faculties and helping Shelby regulate the moment and that she should stop resisting them.
@@Aqweius I wish my mother had been like Sally Fields in this movie.
she was stating the truth.
Yup. I remember
DRINK YOUR JUICE SHELBY!!!!
The thing that always bothered me about this scene is she doesn’t seem to actually consume much juice at all. She spits a lot out, dribbles more, and the glass gets knocked around a lot. Even when they pour more for her, it seems like she maybe got 3 drops of juice in her mouth during the entire scene. I keep looking at her like just freaking take a few gulps of juice already but she never does.
Whenever I see this it brings back memories of my former other half who was diabetic and I went through eight diabetic seizures with him. Horribly he passed away alone from a diabetic seizure.
Michael S., I am so sorry for your loss. May your half have found peace in his heart before he passed, and may you find the strength to carry on.
@@lisarice4402 it was in 2005. We were friends by then.
Omg I'm so sorry for your loss ❤🙏
@@TheeAshantèJana I very much appreciate your sentiment but that happened to a long time ago at least 20 years.
Sally Field went straight into mom mode and took care of her baby Shelby.
Sally Field was so good in this.
Just watched this again for the umpteenth time. Was introduced to this movie by an old girlfriend who was raised in Louisiana. Yes, it is a chick flick, it this guy loves it. The acting, writing, cast and story shows life as it is, from joy to deep sorrow, and all the between stuff.
Canadian here - this is one of my all time favourite movies and the only movie I've ever seen make my dad cry.
Don't think it's a chick flick. It was an adaptation of a play I guess...
There are some movies described as "chick flicks" that have a MUCH broader appeal because they're just altogether brilliant movies. This is one of them; _Mean Girls_ comes to mind as a more modern one.
This scene gives me chills! 😨
Reactive Hypoglycemia is on the other end... has me diving for protein. Same horrible, clammy, shaky feeling. It is so awful. The come back always so good. Portrayed so well. There is not near enough info on reactive hypoglycemia :(
I am the same! It's awful:(
I'm hypoglycemic and I have these episodes when my sugar goes too low and/or I've been really stressed out.
Amanda Rose Foell Same here
Type 1 diabetic problems!
End of watch
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Also tyoe 2. There are more than two types of diabetes.
@@Ausgar-yc1yl thanks for that, I’ve been a type 1 diabetic for 16 years so I’m well aware about diabetes. This character has type 1. Thanks 🙂
@@AllyRoseBryantIt us the same fir tyoe 2, and there are many more than two types of diabetes.
Even though, Daryl Hannah was quiet, she was really kind to Julia Roberts by trying to help her.
Having suffered with panic attacks pretty much my entire adult life, the first time I saw this that's what I thought was happening, especially on the heels of her comment that things weren't settled with Jackson. You kind of go inside your head and the outside world becomes background noise, you start feeling off/like something bad is about to happen, then you get a flush of adreneline (when Shelby hits the arm of the chair after Truvy tries to fix her hair, that's what it feels like. Like there's energy you don't want in you that needs to get out.) I've trembled as bad as she is in this scene and don't have a terrific grasp of reality while its happening. Sedatives and setting an alarm (it takes about 30 minutes to fully kick in) are the only thing I've found truly effective.
ah...this is not a damn panic attack....it's dangerous life threatening hypoglycemia type 1 diabetics get and we can die very quickly. SMH
I saw this when I was a kid, and it made me realise how serious diabetes can be.
there’s a reason this movie is so iconic
0:16 Drink the juice. Please drink the juice.
I'm 22 and I'm diabetic since I was 9 years old. I watched this film from casualty when I was like 12 and give chills, it scares and every time Y remember it I cry so much, it's very sad for me, and a lot of diabetic people who I know.
She's not a diabet-IC. That's what happens when people place an incredible amount of stress on someone like her.
@@trcy1977 it’s clearly stated she’s diabetic.
Julia Roberts was so young in this and I loved this movie Steel Magnolias great cast! Julia was in Pretty Woman after this and then she became a HUGE star.
Incredible acting by all of them! Bravo 👏🏼
My mom favorite movie I was 8 when lost my mom and this scene right here is exzaclty what my mom went through. It triggers me but I still watch this movie for Its portrayal great acting and for my mom on her bday and anniversary the reboot has nothing on this original classic
I was in Las Vegas, enjoying buffet breakfast with my husband, when a young woman suddenly collapsed over our table and her friends descended upon her to help immediately. It was eerily similar to this scene and I instantly thought "diabetic reaction" and gave the friends my glass of OJ. My husband, who (understandably) thought she had passed out Las Vegas style, wondered how I knew it was a diabetic reaction. Thank you, Julia Roberts!
I've always loved this movie Steel Magnolias and I love everyone that's in it too even though it's sad and it makes me cry I don't care because it's a great movie everyone should watch this movie
Wolf from Future Man "I gotta say that scene where you seized with the Juice...Get's me every time." Died laughing at that line.
This scene is insanely realistic! They did amazing.
I have a diabetic friend at work, and he has had some similar attacks at work that terrified me. I saw him getting spacey and tried to direct him to take a break and eat. He kept saying he was good, he was good, until he was barely conscious. Our manager got him a sprite, and left me in charge of making sure he drank it. He kept closing his eyes, and I kept trying to force the sprite on him. It was very scary! I can't imagine what it's like.
Watched this movie today. Hands down to these wonderful women. They played these roles amazingly. Will always be one of my fav movies 🍿🍫
1:43 Dollys so sweet
I’m only here because of gene belcher lol. “Shelby drink your juice” lmao
😂😂 omg
I love this movie it always made me cry
This is what my three year old went through and still does this movie should be awake up call for people to understand what kids and parents face every day
😖😖 this scene makes me cry
I needed to watch this for drama and omg this is powerful
Your color hair is powerful
Reminds me of the panic attacks I have and i deal with PTSD sometimes i forget to eat or drink and oh it's hell to deal with
If you forget to eat, you may have hypoglycemia. You do not have to have diabetes to have hypoglycemia.
@@jws1948ja it's what I've been dealing with as a child seeing my mother get attacked and my oldest brother dying
wth, it's not a panic attack..we can literally die and very quickly.
The music makes this scene so much more terrifying.
My absolute favorite movie ever. My Lord.
She should've for this oscar nom.
I have hypoglycemia. I have crashes where my skin gets clammy, I feel woozy and am like “huh?” when people ask me if I’m okay. It hits me outta nowhere sometimes. Once I eat something I’ll be okay in 15-20 minutes or so.
my nephew was diagnosed a couple months ago with type 1. Many times his blood sugar hit 40 and even a little under. They have an emergency glucagon shot in case he goes so low he loses consciousness. My sister is up every night needing to give him juice. She describes it as a nightmare that will only get worse when he hits puberty.
As a type 1 diabetic for 48 years, diagnosed at age 3 - there is a great chance it will. I had more than a few periods of rebellion. When he screams ‘you don’t understand “ or “a you don’t know what it’s like” know that there are plenty of us out there that have already walked in his shoes....and we are there for him.
there is new technology that has changed my life. I now wear an insulin pump by Medtronic and a monitor/transistor. That equipment was life changing.
Shelby: if you don't leave me alone, I'm gonna leave.
M'lynn: oh, I'd love to see you try.
Cooperate, please.
My classmate did this all the time at school,and our teacher would have to take her outside and give her juice,and she would be very combative,and throw things and yell and curse. Us kids didnt understand,and I wish they would have explained it to us.
Big difference between the great mom Sally field played here and the kookoo mom she was to Abby in ER. Very versatile actress.
Corey wolfheart brought me here future man for the win
I've done this twice in the last year, but they hit me so fast, I didn't catch them in time and they ended with me having full black out, chronic tonic seizures and the ambulance being called, both of which happen just after my wedding. I was also born the year this movie came out, I really shouldn't have watched this movie as I child. I can remember having similar conversations with my mother growing up, it's scary and aggravating. I remember one time on the school bus, my sister told me to check my sugars and I was screaming at her that I was fine as I was going into seizure. After my husband saw my seizures in the past year he now knows not to listen to me.
There are now insulin pumps and monitors that internally check blood glucose so this does not happen, One does need good insurance so that it's affordable. Times have changed.
@@jws1948ja Oh Yeah, I have an insulin pump and still had two seizures with it. Although the Gaudian sensors do help catch it before it gets that far, but they are about $250 a box. It has been interesting to see how far we've come though, I started with needles, then pens, and finally bit the bullet and bought a pump and sensors.
What a movie, incredible performing.
As a diabetic this never happened to me, as a nurse I see episodes like this in patients.
one Of my all time favorite movies
The real Jackson married a couple months after she died...💔😔
This part always freaked me out as a kid
this is such an amazing movie, one of my favorites to rewatch.
i love annelle's hair in this scene better than any other way she had it in the films
I found this movie while... Using a snapchat filter... 😅😅😆😆😂😂
One of my favorites.
Excellent cast 💖😊
Awesome movie i love this film
I recently met somebody who was diabetic and had suffered a stroke as a result of his high blood sugar damaging his arteries. I was alone with him one day and I could tell something was not right. He looks up at the ceiling with a bizarre expression on his face then I see his eyes start rolling up and side to side rapidly and he got very pale. I wasn't sure if he was having a seizure, or was about to pass out, or what. I don't know how I stayed calm during this episode. It scared the crap out of me!!! I have never seen anything like that and I can't get that image out of my head. I wasn't sure what the hell I was witnessing. I was scared it would get worse. It looked AWFUL. I immediately asked if he was okay and if he needed help. He told me he was dizzy. He left after that to go into another room(he didn't want help) and the next day he was totally fine. He told me he was just tired when I asked him what happened that day but he might have said that to just stop me from freaking out and fussing over him. He's independent like Shelby. I thought of this movie today. I noticed a lot of people commenting have diabetes themselves. Has anyone with diabetes ever had anything like what I described above??? What is it? High or low blood sugar??? I tried googling it…no luck.
+ToeIn2194 I have low blood sugar and thats what happens to me. Your body's sugar level starts to go down and you can pass out or go into a seizure like state. If you are ever with this friend you talk about it is always good to keep some hard candy or juice on hand to help. This will help temporarily but they need to eat something with a high protein content. I have also found that red grapefruit juice helps maintain blood sugar levels. I dont really know what in it helps but it really does. All you can really do if he is independent about it is show some concern and let him know that there are some options handy for these circumstances. I hope i helped!
+eve ambrosek wow! Thanks so much! You helped a TON! I had no idea that could happen to some diabetics. It's a relief to know what it was. I'm so so sorry that has happened to you. It looked like the worst sensation when it happened to him and I was silently saying in my head "GOD, MAKE IT STOP!" Does it feel as awful as it looks??? I am so thankful I had stayed with him that day when it happened in case he had passed out because I'm terrified he might have passed out and not have been found until it was too late. Luckily he never did pass out and seemed to be fully aware of what was happening. He was able to speak normally and clearly and was very calm about it. Thanks for the suggestions! I'll remember that and ask him when I can. I actually had the number of a nurse for him in case he had a sudden problem related to the stroke,I knew nothing about strokes or diabetes but we both know this nurse and she was super close by so I figured better safe than sorry,(I was already prepared to call 911 when I saw his eyes roll) and I'm glad I had it in case the episode got worse. When I asked if he wanted help he just said "I just have to go and rest" instead of mentioning food or his blood sugar and said mostly the same thing when I asked him about it the next day. He told me what his stroke symptoms were like so I don't understand why he wouldn't tell me what had happened. He's usually open and comfortable sharing. Do you think he said this because he was embarrassed it happened in front of me?? Did he think I would panic? Or become judgement maybe?? If he is embarrassed is there a nice gentle way to bring it up without making him even more embarrassed??? Is it possible he feels more judged for having diabetes than having a stroke??
Like you said he is independent. He could of said those things because he knows how to handle it and didnt want you to worry. One way you could offer something with out embarrassing him is saying you're going to go get something to eat or drink and ask him to come along.
+eve ambrosia THANKS SO MUCH! I think you are right. He probably didn't want me to walk on egg shells around him so to speak. Yeah I thought he handled it wonderfully. How would that help?? You think he'd mention it if I do that? Or he might let me help him? You mean ask that if it happens again????
I just want to make sure I understand how you mean and not accidentally assume the wrong thing. I'v just never dealt with anything like this before and feel like I have no flipping idea what I'm doing.
if he starts to get grumpy or just look like the walking dead just do some of the things i stated. Its the little things to notice before something larger happens. You dont really need to bring up the problem unless u feel he could be in some serious harm. Just eat something with him as a casual lunch/dinner/ snack date.
TOO many times in my life- some incidences worse than the movie. I would not want ANYONE to have this disease. Over 45 years for me
I'm opposite, I have hypoglycemia..... Woah, I have to stay away from, too much garlic and onions, and 2 beers, put me in an awakened sleep, at 3:00am. I stumbled to the kitchen, grabbed an orange, started to see blackness/stars, dropped to the ground, "don't know how I cutt that orange but I did. I was so weak, shaky, sweating, knodding off and on, at first I didn't have the strength to get the Orange's, to me but eventually did, I couldn't talk/not yell, then my stomach hurt and I had to crawl to the restroom, which had tile I was freezing then hot, so I laid on the tile floor, and waited it out!! I don't drink at all!!!! Donzo after that!!!! May God and Jesus bless you and everyone!!!! 😇🙏
hermosa pelicula , muy emotiva .....
Diabetes used to be really bad. My aunt was in a similar situation. She was diabetic and always sick. She adopted a kid but she always wanted a baby she wanted to prove she could but the doctors said it could kill her. She ended up dying but the baby lived so her dad named the baby miracle.
Diabetes is still "really bad." If you don't control it, it will eventually control you. I'm not talking about the people who take a pill because they eat too much cake, I'm talking about insulin dependents who keep rolling the diabetic dice. If you don't rigidly control the highs and lows, and few people do, you WILL eventually have kidney failure. My sister is now on dialysis three times a week, and living a miserable life instead of the happy retirement she had planned. It's downhill from there, with eyesight, other organ failure, amputations, and good luck keeping your blood pressure under 200. Dialysis clinics are packed full. It's the last chance while people wait for a transplant. If they qualify.
@@lucygray6162 I finally realized some truths about my diabete mellitus: It will never get better; it will always get worse. I then realize that reality was enough to die over. I finally realized that if I followed all of the rules rigidly I could keep the disease from getting much worse.
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Heard about this scene in a joke in future man thats why im here xD