Diabetics on TV

The TV world we watch rarely seems to include diabetes. I can't remember ever watching a show with a diabetic on it. Part of me objects to this - there's a huge number of diabetics in the world, and you'd think we'd be mainstream enough to include. The other part is a little glad, because diabetes could so easily get sensationalized for dramatic effect. I wouldn't want to see a diabetic on TV if it was all seizures and comas and the like.

But I do wish there would come a show that'd show it in an intelligent way. After all, the day to days of diabetes, the blood testing, the shots/pills/pump, the carb counting, the rest of it, is pretty boring. A character that was all about diabetes would be really boring and one dimensional.

But one that was diabetic as just a character trait, not a character focus, would be worth watching.

I wouldn't object to the occasional diabetes-specific shows. Say one for an upcoming A1C, or having a meter break, or a bad batch of insulin. Things that are handled in a realistic fashion, not an 'OMG DIABETES EMERGENCY' one.

But the gold would be in the tiny details. I can picture little vignettes.

A bunch of teenagers sit down to eat, and one of them pulls out a meter and tests.

A college student accidentally hands in a term paper with a test strip attached.

A young woman hurries to make an appointment on time after having to reset her pump insertion.

Someone gets snarky in a conversation, and is asked if they've checked their blood sugar.

At a restaurant, one person at the table cuts their potato in half and sets it aside, or removes the third slice of bread from their whole wheat club sandwich.

How awesome would it be to see these little slices of diabetes life in the "mainstream"?