..Someone throws your blood glucose meter in the pool. Being a long-time Patriots fan, I’ve always had a little bit of a dislike for Peyton Manning. You know – all of those commercials and the bitter rivalry. Well, in good fun, he thought it would be funny to play a prank on Jay Cutler of the Denver Broncos by throwing his cell phone in the pool [they're in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl]. Funny thing is (not really funny), it was his blood glucose meter and not Jay’s cell phone. I think It’s fairly well known that Jay Cutler is a type 1 diabetic. Here is the news release:
“The gang of Pro Bowl football players had been gathered around the tables, swapping stories, when suddenly the Broncos’ quarterback had 300-pound Nick Mangold pushing from one side, 310-pound Kris Dielman holding the other and his cell phone swindled into the hands of a coy Peyton Manning.
Cutler’s radar had gone up, but he never had a chance.
Splash!
“We gave him a Pro Bowl baptism,” said Dielman, the star offensive guard of the rival San Diego Chargers.
Great fun. Big laughs. There was just one problem. Cutler is a Type 1 diabetic, and in his pocket was his blood-sugar monitor.
“That was a prank where I thought we were smart enough to get the cell phone out of his pocket,” Dielman said. “But then, ‘Oops.” [Source]
I bet Peyton felt pretty stupid after his little prank. I guess this just goes to show that we need more awareness and education around diabetes and the tools we have become accustomed to using every day. Maybe one day I won’t get the funny (eye brow raised) looks when I’m testing my sugar at a restaurant.
I’m a huge Peyton fan (I’m from TN, I can’t help it!
). When I read this article all I could do was laugh. Seriously funny. I really like Jay Cutler too. I bet Peyton felt horrible. 
Good thing they are all rich enough to afford a new meter at the drop of a hat, huh? 
And at least they got his cell phone out of his pocket….