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What occurs on November 14^th, World Diabetes Day, is big and blue with little spots of red all over, and will help children around the globe who can’t afford insulin get some??

That would be the Big Blue Test silly!

The Big Blue Test was started by the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) in 2009, and takes place every November 14 during World Diabetes Day. Every single person with diabetes is invited to test their blood sugar, do 14 minutes of activity, test again and share the results. In 2009, over 2,000 people took the Big Blue Test and saw the impact of exercise on their blood sugar

This year, the Big Blue Test will not only help those who test learn the value of testing and exercise, but it will also help those who can’t afford insulin. How?

With the help of Roche Diabetes Care, makers of ACCU-CHEK® diabetes products and services, DHF goal is to have for a minimum of 100,000 views of its Big Blue Test promotional video. To help the foundation reach this goal, Roche has underwritten the production of the video and will make a donation for every view the video receives up to $75,000.

In turn, DHF will use the donation to help two global, humanitarian organizations; Insulin For Life and IDF (The International diabetes Foundation) Life for a Child program, provide diabetes medication and supplies to children in the world’s poorest countries.

How do you play a part in all this?? YOUR JOB IS SUPER EASY! All you have to do is visit BigBlueTest.org and watch the video. Want to take it a step further? Email the video link to all your friends and family & have them watch the video.

Remember, the more clicks on the video, the more money raised to help other children around the world receive their insulin and diabetes supplies.

Taking one minute and 49 seconds out of your day to view this video will provide insulin for a child who doesn’t have it.

Seriously people, how can you not?

And on November 14^th, participate in the Big Blue Test and be part of something fantastical!

About the Big Blue Test team

The 2010 Big Blue Test is organized by the Diabetes Hands Foundation (http://diabeteshf.org), a 501(c)3 non-profit, in conjunction with David Edelman of Diabetes Daily (http://diabetesdaily.com) and Riva Greenberg of Diabetes Stories (http://diabetesstories.com). The video was directed and edited by Sean Ross (http://ethosphane.com), an LA-based cinematographer with ample television, music video and commercial documentary experience.

Dear John and Jane Q. Public:

HEY, Kelly Kunik here.

How goes things in your world?

My world is interesting, especially in November.

This note is just a quick heads up that November is American Diabetes Month.

So why not take a moment and learn a few diabetes facts.

I’ll even give you a few to help you start on your “Diabetesalicious” journey.

1. Diabetes is NOT the person with Diabetes fault- in any way, shape or form
2. You can’t catch Diabetes from another person
3. Insulin is not a cure
4. Living with Diabetes is forever. 24X7, 365 days a year. With no time off for good behavior or numbers
5. Insulin pumps don’t mean that the person wearing the pump is free from blood sugar testing and or Diabetes
6. When a person with diabetes takes their insulin/blood sugar in a restaurant, don’t write a letter to the Editor to complain about it. Instead, put yourself in the PWD’s position for just one minute- and be glad it’s not you
7. Refrain from saying offensive phrases such as:

“It could be worse”

“What the hell did you eat to make your blood sugar go up!?”

“You brought this on yourself”

“You have Diabetes because your mother ate to much sugar in the womb.”

“Can you have kids?”- FYI, don’t be surprised if I ask you what your sperm count/number of eggs dropped in your last cycle was right on the spot!

Seriously- statements like that not only get my nose (and other PWDs) bent out of joint in the figurative sense- but could seriously result in you getting your nose bent out of joint in the literal sense.

8. Don’t look at people with Diabetes with pity. We don’t need your pity, we need you to understand our disease and we need your compassion regarding it, but we don’t need or want your pity.

There are things that you can do this month that would help people with Diabetes.

1. You could Donate to a Diabetes Org or research for the cure.
2. You could take some time to learn about Diabetes realities, which would really help to dispel all those silly Diabetes Myths
3. If diabetes runs in your family, you could be brave, bite the bullet and get tested.
4. You could take a moment to tell the person (s) with diabetes in your life:

GOOD JOB! I know how hard you work everyday.

TRUST ME- they’d love to hear it!

So, let’s keep in touch- and lets continue to keep the Diabetes lines of communication open!

Kelly Kunik

A Person With Diabetes