Oops, I Dropped the Pen -Diabetes Type 1 Blood Sugar Test
Sunday, February 19th, 2012 at
9:19 am
A 12 year old girl with Type I Diabetes shows you how she checks her blood sugar level She was diagnosed 6 weeks ago after losing weight rapidly and drinking water all the time.
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I have Diabetes type 1. too !!
I was diagnosed in October 2010 
I’m 14years old…
@oogp 6.3 is good and so is 9.8 but if its at 9.8 u probably want it to go A WEEEE bit down…. i have diabetes
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In one week I measured from 4.5 up to 6.9. Is that an odd fluctuation or normal?
Do you use the same pricker on the pen more than once or change it everytime?
how do you like that insulin pen? i too have type 1 diabetes. my gf uses it too. but i use humalog injections.
hii i,m red
If u use the lancet not in the pen. And thn poke the bottom of ur ear lobe it doesn’t hurt at all
i hope that for this they will get a cure and be fine all the kids out there with type one
Got type 1 like three months ago, im 13 in a couple of days.. I’m using insulin pens, and i’ll probably start using pump in ca 6 months, at least so the doctors say
I think we should be happy that we live today and not a 100 years ago, then diabetes was like a doom.. Nowadays we have very very good treatment, luckily.
Andrè, 13, norway
I was 5.0 lol.
i have diabetes type 1 and i always draw the furst blood drop then i squise out more blood then i put in on the test strip
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The lancet gizmo she is using comes with the accu-chek aviva glucose monitor. It uses a new type of lancet that comes in a small drum, you are also able to dial in the depth. Maybe you should trying using your forearm it’s supposed to hurt even less.
Good luck’
Michael
wow she did it with no problem… maybe i need to use the thing she uses to poke my finger…the one ive been using is spring loaded… and the lancet is kinda big but it hurts and i hate doing it… i was givin these little blue ones that you just take the cap off and stab yourself but i cant do it… man im a big baby lol… any tips on making it less painless?
a bit of advice….. try not to tuch the yellow head on the blood strips if there is anything on ur hands it may affect the blood reading
no its like her blood result
I’ve got he same pen lol. (type 1 to for me, heard about it 3 weeks ago)
While I don’t have diabetes, a friend of mine made two videos on her account. It won’t let me post the links, but I think you will enjoy them. Her username is @HeartCOOP. Through her, and another friend, who sadly, passed away of unrelated causes, I have learned about the disease and I an watching random youtube videos to get more of a sence of everyday life.
okay who would want to talk to someone who cant even spell diabetes and feel. like really.
No, not at all.
duznt it hurt?
Thank you very much! This is extremely helpful!
Excellant, thanks.
there are 2 different measurements for blood sugar levels, mmol’s and mg/d (which is what is used in the united states) i believe every other counter uses mmol’s.
you can convert the mmol’s to mg/d numbers by multiplying it by 18, so 6.3 is 113. wish i knew more so i could answer more, but that is why the meters show different readings depending on where you live.
Hey! Thanks for that! It was very interesting, and I am glad that you decided to share!
- Quick questions for ya (or whoever can answer…) –> Most of the meters that I have seen show numbers in the 80-300 range, with the exception of yours, and my friend’s (who go from around 1-somewhere above 10) . What is the difference and what is considered average/high on your type of meter?
Thanks again for this! You are awesome!