Mini-YTP: Wilford Brimley is The Thing

SPOILERS FOR A MOVIE OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE!
Awhile back when some buddies and I watched The Thing, I had Sunny play a perfect snippet from DaThings' YTP "Wilford Brimley Loses" at this scene. Now all of you can share a laugh like we had, even in one of the freakiest deaths in the movie.

If The Thing assimilates everything about its victims, including bad things like Norris' weak heart, did it get diabetes from Brimley?