DIABETES YEARS
My original goal of 5,000 has been reached, thank you. Members are still welcome to add their years to the total....
I need your help, BIGTIME! I've seriously thought about posting a thread like this for many years. TU is the largest diabetes message board in terms of members that I've ever been apart of (16,898 to be exact)...so I thought I'd give it a shot here. Since I was a young boy of 12, one of my dreams has been to try and achieve 5,000 diabetes years (years spent living with diabetes) with the members of a diabetes group. And here is how I plan to achieve it (besides begging and pleading)...
There are a few simple rules. First, you will need to round either up or down to the amount of years you have lived with diabetes. I will use myself as an example: I have lived with diabetes for 26 years and two days, this rounds down to 26 years. No half years, round up or down. If you've had diabetes less than a year, count as 1 year. I'm trying to keep this discussion limited to TU members only (so no posting diabetes years for friends and family members please). The last rule you must follow is simple addition. You will basically add your diabetes years to the previous responders and give the total years so the next responder can add their years and so forth. No so bad, eh? (If you need help, I have a calculator)
More than likely there will be members replying within the discussion, so stay focused on the last answer given. If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask or message me... and remember this is a life long dream of mine to achieve this, I hope we can do it. Please, I beg you! Spread the word.
I will begin with...
TOTAL= 26 YEARS
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Permalink Reply by KimKat on -
Geez, I come back from eating my low carb din and watching a weird horror movie and I have a zillion emails from this thread! Yeah popcorn time! :)
I cracked up at your tumbleweed post Danny! :)
Ok, bikette....fess up. You were waiting to post those 12 years until the end weren't ya? ;)
I've seen ya around here in the last two weeks so come on! Spill the carby beans, girl! :)
Yes, you win a prize - a LOT of popcorn and wine! :)
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Permalink Reply by bikette on
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OKOK - I admit it.... I thought it would take a LOT longer to get anywhere near 5000 years. I thought I could get other stuff done first - like respond to emails and comments and.... what was that other little thing? oh yeah... WORK! So I was totally shocked (and kinda happy :-) to find the goal so close at hand. Being the one to push the rock over the top was definitely a bonus.... and a total fluke.
Cool... a lifetime membership at tuD... um, is that MY lifetime or tuD's lifetime??
50,000 years! Yikes! We're going to have to start grabbing people off the street - the ones with those sweet Starbucks drinks and eating chips - they're bound to be diabetic by now! Just gotta get some numbers from them. Is kidnapping allowed? Forcible confinement? Bodily injury is probably a no-no. Oh well... I think I'd better think it out again. (quoting Fagan from Oliver!)
Thanks for the challenge(s) Danny and we'll try to keep the count going for you - NO CHEATING!!
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Permalink Reply by Kelly WPA on -
I was glad to get up this morning & see that Danny met his goal but sorry that I missed the party. I guess I have to have popcorn & wine for breakfast. Way to go Danny!
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Permalink Reply by Jean on -
TaDa, TuD !!! We're all together in this and we proved it!! Great thing you did there,Danny. 2 weeks... that's all it took! YAY !
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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on -
Wow! I didn't hear the buzzer go off. Did I miss anything? Is there any wine left?
Congratulations, Danny. You done it.
Terry
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Permalink Reply by nel on
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Danny , you awesome Tu friend...another life long dream we get to participate in and party during and after wards ?...
Congrats to all , new and old .
PS NO wine right now for me ...my steel cut oatmeal will do just fine :)
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Permalink Reply by Doris D on -
WOW! You must have got there while I was sleeping! WAY TO GO DANNY!!!!
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Permalink Reply by MikeyType1 on -
danny-
I was going to suggest that but it looks like you already did it.
So the total is 5046
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Permalink Reply by kittiecouture on -
Danny, so we are going double or nothing? Sounds good to me. Wow. Way to go on hitting your goal.
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