The Big Blue Test on World Diabetes Day
November 14 is World Diabetes Day. On that day, at 14:00 hours (local time), thousands of people with diabetes will test their blood sugar, do 14 minutes of exercise, test again and share their results on TuDiabetes or on Twitter.
The event is called The Big Blue Test because blue is the color associated with World Diabetes Day. It is based on a test-in activity that took place July 14, where more than a thousand people with diabetes tested their blood sugar at the same time and shared their results online. This time, the activity incorporates 14 minutes of physical activity to reinforce the importance of exercise.
Participating in this event to raise diabetes awareness on November 14 is easy:
1. At 2 pm (your local time), test your blood sugar.
2. Run, jog, walk the dog or do anything you’d normally do as part of your exercise routine for 14 minutes.
3. Test your blood sugar again.
4. If you are a member of TuDiabetes click on the home page banner and share your readings and what exercise you did between them. If you have a camera, you can also add a photo of your reading(s) or you exercising.
5. If you have a Twitter account, post your readings on Twitter (use the #bigblue hashtag) and link back to: http://bigbluetest.org.
We hope to see most readings posted at 14 hours (2 pm) local time, on November 14. If you are early or late, it’s OK.
What really matters is that you test your blood sugar often and that you exercise regularly. If you don’t have diabetes, you can still take The Big Blue Test. Regardless, tell others to test, exercise and share on November 14.
IMPORTANT:
If due to disability or medical advice you cannot exercise, naturally we don't expect you to do anything that will put you or your health at risk. We'd love you to participate entering your blood sugar readings.
UPDATE (Oct. 21, 2009):
If you work in media or have access to local media, please help us get the word out about the event, by sending them the press release attached below.
UPDATE (Nov. 1, 2009):
Here are a couple of banners (one static, one animated) that you can use to include in your blog. Please remember to link it to http://bigbluetest.org (which points back to this page).
Tags: awareness, bigbluetest, blue, diabetes, test-in, wdd
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Permalink Reply by Erin Halvorson on -
I don't get this, but my 2 year old was 279 when she woke up from her nap at 3pm. She played and ran and at about 4pm she was 176.
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Permalink Reply by Tracy on -
I tested myself just before 2pm and I was 5.1mmols and did 14 minutes of speed walking and tested again at 2:14 and was 4.2mmols.
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Permalink Reply by Miriam Avitia on -
2 pm 150 then 131 after 14 minutes on exercise bike
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Permalink Reply by Libby on
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I was 139 and after 14 minutes on the exercise bike was 93! I find that if I pedal really, really hard I can get my BG down in about 10 minutes.
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Craig on -
I was not able to participate. I actually woke up with blood in my urine, spent 4 hours at church where I lead a workshop on handling grief during the holidays, got home in time to participate but ended up at urgent care with my first ever UTI. The P.A. prescribed antibiotics and an analgesic that took the pain away in moments. I had two 66 blood sugars yesterday so the infection and stress was not causing highs, which I found surprising. Don't like to be that low and am glad I check often.
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Permalink Reply by Nads on -
I am very happy to see that so many people participated! I had every intention also to participate, however I got my H1N1 flu shot on Friday afternoon and I definitely felt the side effects... I was exhausted and sore all day and I spent the whole day in bed. I did check my BGs throughout the day, of course, but definitely no exercise involved...
ps: my BGs were pretty low all day, which I've heard is another side effect of the shot.
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Permalink Reply by nel on -
WDD Awareness raising in the Shuswap , Canada :
One of the entertainers,piano player and singer Peter, grandfather of Mikayla , diagnosed at age 3 , now in grade 1 , shared his song he wrote about grandmother Cynthia and Mikayla at diagnosis . One could hear a pin drop ...everyone in the audience was moved ...some of the entertainers carried on the theme and sang 3 songs with the word : BLUE in the title .
I thank my friend Monica to make this reality last night .
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Permalink Reply by Shelley Schlender on -
My Blood Sugars started at 88. 14 minutes after hiking the steep Flagstaff Trail, they were 110. An hour later (with 40 minutes of easier "downhill" hiking), they were back in the 80s again. It was a lovely day for a hike, and a fun reason to do it. Note--I hope this is where results are supposed to be entered. Wasn't quite sure where to input them.
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