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Manny Hernandez

14K People With Diabetes Test Their Blood Sugar at the Same Time

(this event is based on a suggestion by Kelly Rawlings)

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).

Tags: 14kpwd, test-in

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Thanks, Sam!!

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Could someone let me know at what time people in Belgium, EUROPE need to test their BG? In summer, we are in timezone UT + 2

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Right now, 4pm (16:00) in New York is 8pm (20:00) UTC .. So, that puts you at 10pm (22:00) by my calculations.

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Thanks for the timezone calculations, Jeff (I am finding there are WAAAAY more timezones than I ever imagined!)

Cathy,
If the 4 pm ET time is too late for you, feel free to post your reading when it's convenient for you. What matters, as we all know, is to test! :)

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Indeed, many many timezones .. Here's to diabetes BG testing everybody .. Test whenever it works best for you .. Post your results and tweet em if possible too .. Weehee =)

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Yes, 22:00 is correct! It will be 22:00 for me when I test as well (in Hungary).

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Yes, with all the time zones we are one BIG BLUE MARBLE (that's what I like to call our planet Earth). I'm a child of the 70's as you can see . That show made me develop friendships all across the world - and I'm still in contact with them today - just like Tudiabetes!

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Tested 1:40 pm EDT: 139 mgdl (RBS, post meal 2hrs.)

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WOOHOO!!!

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Are we posting on this thread? or is there a new thread JUST for our readings?

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Post on this thread and/or
Tweet, making sure to include in your tweet #14kpwd and link back to tudiabetes.com http://14kPWD.org and/or
Post on facebook using #14kpwd and link back to tudiabetes.com http//14kPWD.org

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Kelly -
Computer illiterate ??? for you...?
How do you link back from twitter?
Erin

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