September 14, 2025 • 8 mins
This week on We Are T1D, Mike and Jack are in stitches as they share a listener story from Liam in Dublin — and trust us, it’s one for the ages.
What starts as a chill Friday night pint with friends quickly spirals into low blood sugar mayhem: spilled beer, frantic carb-grabbing, a very nosey dog, and the new nickname “Liam the Low Machine.”
If you’ve ever had a hypo strike at the worst possible time, you’ll relate hard. Liam’s story perfectly captures how Type 1 diabetes is equal parts terrifying and hilarious — especially when you’re wobbling like a toddler while trying not to soak your mates.
Expect laughs, tangents, and classic Mike & Jack banter as they break it down.
In this episode:
- Liam’s Dublin night out gone wrong (and right)
- The dog that made everything 10x more chaotic
- Bouncing sugars, pint spills & “acting normal” fails
- Why T1D is terrifying and hilarious in equal measure
Memorable Quote:
"It’s little disasters like that that make T1D terrifying and hilarious." – Liam
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Extra Resource:
Diabetes UK – Hypoglycaemia (hypos)
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(00:00):
Welcome back to the We Are T1D podcast and we are back this
week with another listener story.
This is for you. The listeners don't know where
that come from. You can see Mike staring at me,
at the camera. Just put me off.
(00:23):
Roll that Jingle, it's time for a giggle.
What's? The story.
Right. We've got one.
Comes from the place that keeps getting bigger and bigger.
It's coming from Dublin, right? So this is from Liam.
He's 24. My joke was amazing.
Hey, fuck me, he's just got it. It took a while.
(00:45):
How have you just got it right? I'm going to start out properly.
Wow, Jack tries to find a brain cell.
I'm cool, I'm composed, I'm cool, I'm here.
I'm Liam, 24 from Dublin, type one for eight years.
Injections and Libra sensor veryformal.
So Friday night me and my few mates hit the pub Nothing well,
(01:09):
just a chill evening. Libra on phone alert set sugars
looking grand, grand confidence level high.
Lasted about 10 minutes. And that's it for the story
guys. Right, Right.
(01:30):
We're outside because the pub was packed.
A mid chat about some work nonsense when my phone buzzes
like crazy. Low 3.2 miles.
Lovely. I dive into me back.
Sorry, I've got the tis the spelling I leave into me bag
push. You can't say it in Irish my.
(01:52):
Oh yeah, I got told off when I done Scottish.
I don't even to me bag or something sugary.
Sorry to act normal. OK, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry,
sorry. Liam, if I didn't speak to you
before I wouldn't have done that.
But it's cool, I'm off Irish anyway.
I dive in, some to me bag but something sugary trying to act
(02:14):
normal. I can't act normal, that's my
problem, right? And of course, knock knock me.
Pie all over the bench, beer everywhere, me wobbling like a
toddler. My mates were losing it.
One goes classic Liam turn it, turning a pie into a slip and
slide. I give a nervous grin and grab
(02:35):
whatever carbs I can find. Sugar starts creeping up, phones
vibrating non-stop. I'm trying to keep an eye on me
mates while keeping one on the sugar.
Brains ping ponging low sugar. Stay cool, don't spill more,
don't throw up, don't embarrass yourself further.
Easy, right? I hate them.
Well, you know when your brain is just playing chicks with it,
(02:56):
You stare at it. You're trying to concentrate so
hard on every one. Thing it is, it's like, it is
like ADHD, isn't it? He's just trying to focus,
right? Don't spill it.
Do not spill. Oh a bird.
(03:24):
Oh God, it gets mental. Dog.
A dog jumps onto the bench sniffing at me.
Rapper Chaos. I've got a tab in one hand,
patting the dog with the other. Try not to drop my pint.
My mates are cracking up, the owner apologizing me, swearing
(03:44):
and laughing at the same time. Libra shows me bouncing from 3.2
to 4.1 in 5 minutes. Eventually sugar stabilized,
sticky hands half point gone. Dog sniffing me jeans.
My mate nicknames me Liam DeloweMachine.
I can't even be mad, it was too fucked.
(04:07):
Wow, that's a lot. In my museum.
Oh, Oh my God, it actually does,right?
My my sisters. My eyes are crying.
You've got. You've got us.
Oh, I ain't finished yet though,Jack.
Oh, that. Was funny.
Right. Walking home, we're laughing
about the dog, the spilled beer,the frantic carb chasing, then
(04:32):
then check me phone. Sugar's all good relief, but
honestly, it's these little disasters that make T1D
terrifying and hilarious. Anyways, thanks for the grand
podcast, Mike and Jack. You're always there pint if you
come over. No fucking dogs though.
(05:01):
Oh. Man.
Oh, Liam, you're a legend. Oh, that was brilliant.
That was absolutely brilliant. It's the sign out in here.
No fucking dogs, Yeah. Oh shit, that was wow.
(05:23):
Absolutely brilliant. Wow, let.
Me compose myself. I don't know what to say.
That was wicked. That was.
That was obviously wicked. Liam, the low machine.
Liam, the low machine. I keep saying I'm coming to
Dublin so if I do we can for a beer prop.
(05:48):
He's probably going oh, oh. Shit, not this feck in Egypt.
Oh, that's brilliant. That's brilliant.
Yeah, I'm sure. Well, me not so much because I
don't drink, but I'm sure you'vehad some mishaps in pubs before
like that work. I have a mishap daily mate so I
(06:09):
don't know. Well, yeah, I can vouch for
that, definitely. I always make good of a bad
situation. Yeah.
Or if it's boring I make a bad situation so it's good.
And that's why you get in trouble.
Do you know a customer goes to me the other day?
(06:30):
She goes, goes, do you know what?
You've got such a cheeky smile. I bet you get away with murder.
I was like, yeah, you could tellmy wife that.
Please. She's in the freezer.
She always tells me off Jack, I'm not reacting to the freezer
joke. I kind of done one of them, but
(06:57):
yeah. I love the nickname as well.
Liam Nalone Machine. That was fucking brilliant.
I hope that sticks. But yeah, thank you very much,
Liam, for sending that in. Yeah.
Thank you. Yeah, and like you say, it is
them mishaps and them disasters that really make Taiwan diabetes
(07:17):
what it is. It is.
Our lives are like no other. No, they're not.
It's actually quite entertaining, really.
So yeah, it can be very scary. It's this.
As long as you live to tell the tale, there is always a funny
side to be out of it. Exactly.
Always find the humor in all situations.
That way nothing gets you down too much.
Exactly that, Exactly that. As long as you live to tell the
(07:40):
tale, you can always see the funny side.
But that was the sign out. It's little disasters like that
that make T1D terrifying and hilarious.
That's perfect. Yeah, I think we'll end it like
that this week. Mike, thank you very much for
sending that in. If you do have your own stories,
you know where to send them. Yes, usual place guys.
Yeah. Do we really need to tell you?
(08:01):
Do we? Nah, do we?
No, even if we did, we ain't gonna.
And on that note, bye.
Welcome back to the We Are T1D podcast and we are back this
week with another listener story.
This is for you. The listeners don't know where
that come from. You can see Mike staring at me,
at the camera. Just put me off.
(00:23):
Roll that Jingle, it's time for a giggle.
What's? The story.
Right. We've got one.
Comes from the place that keeps getting bigger and bigger.
It's coming from Dublin, right? So this is from Liam.
He's 24. My joke was amazing.
Hey, fuck me, he's just got it. It took a while.
(00:45):
How have you just got it right? I'm going to start out properly.
Wow, Jack tries to find a brain cell.
I'm cool, I'm composed, I'm cool, I'm here.
I'm Liam, 24 from Dublin, type one for eight years.
Injections and Libra sensor veryformal.
So Friday night me and my few mates hit the pub Nothing well,
(01:09):
just a chill evening. Libra on phone alert set sugars
looking grand, grand confidence level high.
Lasted about 10 minutes. And that's it for the story
guys. Right, Right.
(01:30):
We're outside because the pub was packed.
A mid chat about some work nonsense when my phone buzzes
like crazy. Low 3.2 miles.
Lovely. I dive into me back.
Sorry, I've got the tis the spelling I leave into me bag
push. You can't say it in Irish my.
(01:52):
Oh yeah, I got told off when I done Scottish.
I don't even to me bag or something sugary.
Sorry to act normal. OK, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry,
sorry. Liam, if I didn't speak to you
before I wouldn't have done that.
But it's cool, I'm off Irish anyway.
I dive in, some to me bag but something sugary trying to act
(02:14):
normal. I can't act normal, that's my
problem, right? And of course, knock knock me.
Pie all over the bench, beer everywhere, me wobbling like a
toddler. My mates were losing it.
One goes classic Liam turn it, turning a pie into a slip and
slide. I give a nervous grin and grab
(02:35):
whatever carbs I can find. Sugar starts creeping up, phones
vibrating non-stop. I'm trying to keep an eye on me
mates while keeping one on the sugar.
Brains ping ponging low sugar. Stay cool, don't spill more,
don't throw up, don't embarrass yourself further.
Easy, right? I hate them.
Well, you know when your brain is just playing chicks with it,
(02:56):
You stare at it. You're trying to concentrate so
hard on every one. Thing it is, it's like, it is
like ADHD, isn't it? He's just trying to focus,
right? Don't spill it.
Do not spill. Oh a bird.
(03:24):
Oh God, it gets mental. Dog.
A dog jumps onto the bench sniffing at me.
Rapper Chaos. I've got a tab in one hand,
patting the dog with the other. Try not to drop my pint.
My mates are cracking up, the owner apologizing me, swearing
(03:44):
and laughing at the same time. Libra shows me bouncing from 3.2
to 4.1 in 5 minutes. Eventually sugar stabilized,
sticky hands half point gone. Dog sniffing me jeans.
My mate nicknames me Liam DeloweMachine.
I can't even be mad, it was too fucked.
(04:07):
Wow, that's a lot. In my museum.
Oh, Oh my God, it actually does,right?
My my sisters. My eyes are crying.
You've got. You've got us.
Oh, I ain't finished yet though,Jack.
Oh, that. Was funny.
Right. Walking home, we're laughing
about the dog, the spilled beer,the frantic carb chasing, then
(04:32):
then check me phone. Sugar's all good relief, but
honestly, it's these little disasters that make T1D
terrifying and hilarious. Anyways, thanks for the grand
podcast, Mike and Jack. You're always there pint if you
come over. No fucking dogs though.
(05:01):
Oh. Man.
Oh, Liam, you're a legend. Oh, that was brilliant.
That was absolutely brilliant. It's the sign out in here.
No fucking dogs, Yeah. Oh shit, that was wow.
(05:23):
Absolutely brilliant. Wow, let.
Me compose myself. I don't know what to say.
That was wicked. That was.
That was obviously wicked. Liam, the low machine.
Liam, the low machine. I keep saying I'm coming to
Dublin so if I do we can for a beer prop.
(05:48):
He's probably going oh, oh. Shit, not this feck in Egypt.
Oh, that's brilliant. That's brilliant.
Yeah, I'm sure. Well, me not so much because I
don't drink, but I'm sure you'vehad some mishaps in pubs before
like that work. I have a mishap daily mate so I
(06:09):
don't know. Well, yeah, I can vouch for
that, definitely. I always make good of a bad
situation. Yeah.
Or if it's boring I make a bad situation so it's good.
And that's why you get in trouble.
Do you know a customer goes to me the other day?
(06:30):
She goes, goes, do you know what?
You've got such a cheeky smile. I bet you get away with murder.
I was like, yeah, you could tellmy wife that.
Please. She's in the freezer.
She always tells me off Jack, I'm not reacting to the freezer
joke. I kind of done one of them, but
(06:57):
yeah. I love the nickname as well.
Liam Nalone Machine. That was fucking brilliant.
I hope that sticks. But yeah, thank you very much,
Liam, for sending that in. Yeah.
Thank you. Yeah, and like you say, it is
them mishaps and them disasters that really make Taiwan diabetes
(07:17):
what it is. It is.
Our lives are like no other. No, they're not.
It's actually quite entertaining, really.
So yeah, it can be very scary. It's this.
As long as you live to tell the tale, there is always a funny
side to be out of it. Exactly.
Always find the humor in all situations.
That way nothing gets you down too much.
Exactly that, Exactly that. As long as you live to tell the
(07:40):
tale, you can always see the funny side.
But that was the sign out. It's little disasters like that
that make T1D terrifying and hilarious.
That's perfect. Yeah, I think we'll end it like
that this week. Mike, thank you very much for
sending that in. If you do have your own stories,
you know where to send them. Yes, usual place guys.
Yeah. Do we really need to tell you?
(08:01):
Do we? Nah, do we?
No, even if we did, we ain't gonna.
And on that note, bye.
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