Tim tests his blood glucose

By | 18 August, 2011

In this video, I shamlessly plug my wife’s website and check my blood glucose, with embarrasing but suprisingly entertaining results!

Category: Video Blog

About Tim

Diagnosed with Type One when he was 28, Tim founded Shoot Up in 2009. For the diabetes geeks, he wears a Medtronic 640G insulin pump filled with Humalog and uses Abbott's Libre flash glucose monitor.

18 thoughts on “Tim tests his blood glucose

  1. Tim Post author

    A set (which I’d changed that morning) didn’t go in properly so I was chasing high BGs all day, until it finally clicked and I did a set change – problem solved!

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  2. Dave

    Superb 🙂 Does your wife have a website selling bags and cases? Really? I hadn’t heard. Tell me more.

    Is this the perfect time to reignite the MDI v Pump debate?

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  3. Lola

    This is by far the most entertaining blood glucose testing I’ve ever seen!

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  4. lizz

    Oh, that made me laugh. Mine always does that on hospital visit day. It’s just so embarrassing.

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  5. Tim Post author

    Few things are more embarrassing about getting a crappy result at a) the hospital b) with a bunch of other diabetics. Shoot Up nights out usually feature people trying to test their BG under the table for just this reason!

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  6. Katie

    greetings I have to admit I had nothing to do with this video!!!!! I am a little embarrassed by the blatant plugging there for stripykat.com ;0)

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  7. Annette A

    I do think that, with a little more sleight of hand, you could have got several version of stripykat.com produce in, thus giving a more rounded view of the goodies on offer. C+, must try harder 😉

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  8. Alison

    I think we missed a trick by not having http://www.stripykat.com scrolling along the bottom of the video while we talked.

    I love the look on our faces when the result comes up – I was genuinely gobsmacked, I was expecting it to be about 8!

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  9. Tim Post author

    Hi @t1steve – welcome to Shoot Up! Tragically the piano’s strings have been slackened off as it needs restoring, so no show tunes just yet 🙁

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  10. Ben

    as shameless as the plugs are for Katies great site, http://www.stripykat.com, as someone that puts up with conversation about diabeties, which is as stimulating as someone who has just got a new Iphone..I feel the need to shamelessly plug my book Bob the Bamboo Monkey. Its available to buy now on Amazon.co.uk! cheers!

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  11. Tim Post author

    @Ben.Brown – if you weren’t my older, fatter brother I would ban you for spamming 😉

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  12. Alison

    I think you need to get the flipcharts out next time you have a family meet up @Tim, your older brother needs further education in diabetes to stop him from spelling it diabeties 😉

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  13. Dave

    So how do I get a good deal on a case for my wife’s birthday present of a new generic ebook reader? 😉

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