The Big Blue Test
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Do the Big Blue Test: help yourself, help others!
Doing the Big Blue Test is easy! Just test your glucose, get active for 14-20 minutes, test again, and share your results at BigBlueTest.org. You can enter as many Big Blue Tests from now until the end of the day of November 14th.
The Big Blue Test, a diabetes awareness program started by the nonprofit Diabetes Hands Foundation. The campaign reinforces the importance of exercise in managing diabetes. People with diabetes are encouraged to do the Big Blue Test any day between October 14th and November 14 at midnight Pacific Time, by testing their blood sugar, getting active, testing again, and sharing the results online at bigbluetest.org.
The website aggregates all of the data collected live. In the last two years, just 14 minutes of exercise decreased participants’ blood sugar level between 15 and 20 percent.
In 2010, more than 2,000 people did the Big Blue Test. Over 120,000 people watched the Big Blue Test video. Roche Diabetes Care, makers of ACCU-CHEK® diabetes products and services, funded the production of the video and helped it go viral by donating 75 cents for each of the first 100,000 views, resulting in total donation of $75,000. The donation provided insulin and supplies to more than 2,000 people with diabetes in developing countries.
This year, in connection with the number of people that do the Big Blue Test, another donation from Roche Diabetes Care will benefit people with diabetes in need. Five nonprofit organizations focused on helping underserved areas with a high incidence of diabetes in the United States will each receive $10,000, while $25,000 will go to support similar work internationally. Read more about the grantees here
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Comment by Judith on November 2, 2010 at 2:57pm -
I'm sitting here doing lots of busy work getting ready to leave on a train trip to see my little sister for the first time since our Mom died---paying bills, finishing up correspondence, figuring out the next TuD PDX meet-up, VOTING on our beloved mail-in Oregon ballot that D will put in a drop box soon (least chance of election fraud in the country---hooray!)---and while I do all this, I am running and re-running the Big Blue Test video over and over again. I hope this is allowed!!! (I'm also procrastinating on vacuuming and cleaning cat boxes!!! LOL!).....xx000
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Comment by Kelly WPA on November 2, 2010 at 12:37pm -
Thanks Lizamari! Didn't think to ask about putting the pics there! I appreciate your help!
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Comment by The Diabetic Welfare Queen on November 2, 2010 at 12:34pm -
You can type #bigbluetest anywhere within your 140 character sentence, with your readings, and then they will be grouped with everyone else's readings on Twitter in a sort of "common channel" that the hashtag creates for a common topic. Also, you can use twit pic to share any pictures on twitter you may have... http://twitpic.com/upload, AND, you may use Bit Ly to shorten any long URLs you may wish to share: Just type bit.ly in place of any ol' url in your url area of your browser, and it will show up.
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Comment by Kelly WPA on November 2, 2010 at 12:08pm
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I have kind of a dumb question here that I am going to ask. I know sometimes when people ask stuff, there are other people lurking in the background wanting to know the same thing but are too embarrassed to ask. I guess I will show my age & ask! I know how to add pics of my meter readings here. I also saw on the Big Blue Test site they have a spot to add meter readings there also. I can also put it on my blog & in Facebook. Now the embarrassing question – I have a Twitter account that I log in to read stuff, but I don’t know how to Tweet my readings!
Manny put the instructions about what hashtag to use for Twitter, but “how” do I do that? (5. If you have a Twitter account, post your readings on Twitter (use the #bigblue hashtag) and link back to: http://bigbluetest.org.). Do I put the #bigblue first and then my reading or vice versa and what about spaces in between stuff?
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Comment by Bob on November 2, 2010 at 8:38am -
If it's sunny, I'll run up the mountain behind my house and try to take a picture of the Big Blue Sky over the Catskills from the top!
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Comment by WitchDoctress on November 1, 2010 at 7:39pm -
I will be participating as this is my First World Diabetes Day...and dressed in my favourite colour to boot - BLUE!!
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Comment by Dana Clark on November 1, 2010 at 3:36pm -
LET'S DO THIS!!!!!!!! :)
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Comment by Lou on November 1, 2010 at 1:08pm -
I'm there :0)
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Comment by Brigitte on November 1, 2010 at 9:51am -
I'll be at this great "rendez-vous"!
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Comment by Joe on October 31, 2010 at 3:26am -
I've planned my next 100 mile ride for World Diabetes Day, and for involvement in the big blue test. Can't wait to join in!
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