14K People With Diabetes Test Their Blood Sugar at the Same Time
July 14, we are very close to 10,000 members. By now, EsTuDiabetes, our sister community in Spanish, has passed 4,300 members. Between the two communities we now have 14,000 members... 14,000 people that will test their blood sugar at the same time and post it HERE.
We hope to see most readings posted at 4 pm ET on July 14:
* 1:00 pm PT
* 2:00 pm MT
* 3:00 pm CT
* 4:00 pm ET
* 8:00:00 pm GMT
IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER and DO NOT WISH TO JOIN TUDIABETES, you can post your BG reading on Twitter: when you do so, please include the #14KPWD hashtag and link back to http://14KPWD.org. You can also update your Facebook status including your reading and a link back to http://14KPWD.org.
If you are a few minutes late, however, or are able to post your blood sugar reading earlier or later that day, it’s OK. The whole point is raising awareness about testing your blood sugars regularly.
If YOU don’t have diabetes, just tell someone who does to test and share on July 14.
NOTE:
To avoid getting a bunch of emails notifying you each time other members post their BG reading, I recommend you click on the "Stop Following" link at the bottom of this page, as shown in this figure:
If you don't see the words "Stop Following" at the bottom of the page, you are good. You won't get a flood of emails as others share their glucose value.
If you feel any local media outlet would be interested in covering this, here is the press release we put together about it (attached below).
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Permalink Reply by Jason K on -
This is fantastic. I'm in.
Does anybody know where, specifically, we're posting our BGs? Will there be a new discussion thread?
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Permalink Reply by Caro on
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Erm... 11pm GMT, as in the original post, will be 2 hours too late!
4pm Eastern Daylight Time (which is 3pm Eastern Standard Time) = 9pm British Summer Time (which is 8pm GMT/UTC)
Sorry to be pedantic! I will be testing at 9pm BST though!
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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on -
You are right, Caro. My apologies. I relied on a not-so-reliable time zone converter.
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Permalink Reply by I've got popcorn on -
OMG! Does it count that I will be at my Dr's office getting my latest A1C? LOL.... I'll test in front of her if I have to. 3:00pm CST. I will post when I get home and by the way, this is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Anngelia on -
Count me in! I'm going to test anyway numerous times that day I might as well share that one, lol.
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Permalink Reply by Amanda Ferraro on -
This is a great idea..I will pass it on to all my diabetic friends that haven't joined tudiabetes.
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Copen on -
Great idea! you should post this over at illnesstwittersning.com too and join us! I just tweeted it out to about 4000 with @lisajcopen and @invisibleillwk Keep up the great work!
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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on
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Thank you so much, Lisa. We gotta keep on spreading the word out about it.
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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on
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I am sorry about the confusion. I used a not-so-reliable time zone converter and it said 11 pm. You are absolutely right, Emma and Scott. It's @ 4 pm EST, @ 8 pm GMT and 9 pm British Summer Time (I also learned something new today!) :D
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