* Kathleen commented here in TuDiabetes:
"To everyone that put a qualifier after their reading of "not too bad" or an explanation of why a number may have been above range....there are no good or bad numbers in diabetes. It's information to help guide us to make decisions. We have diabetes, we will have numbers above our range and that's ok. I guess I just want to ensure that we are not continuing to open ourselves up to judgment about our numbers. I want to feel good that I"m checking and being proactive regardless of the number. Frustration is ok, feeling like you did something "wrong" or that you have to explain yourself is not needed. Not here. Happy Checking!" (the bolding was mine)

* Brenda Bell (a.k.a. Tmana) shared on blogabetes:
"One of the most positive things that came out of this massive "test-in" demonstration is how many of us found other Tweeps (people on Twitter) to "follow" and to see as part of this organic, rapidly evolving online community of diabetics. Regardless of how visible we were to the rest of the Twitterverse, connecting up with others is always a Good Thing."

So what do we do next?
We have many more friends touched by diabetes, here in TuDiabetes and elsewhere. We have a renewed confirmation that WE ARE NOT ALONE. We realize that a glucose reading is a point in time, a point in our history of living with diabetes...

I had a couple of thoughts I wanted to run by you:
1) In Twitter, there are hashtags such as #musicmonday, #charitytuesday and #followfriday (if you don't have a clue as to what these mean, don't worry). What if we institute a "day" hashtag for #diabetes? For ex #bgwednesday or #testingthursday. If you have a Twitter account, join the Twitterbetics group so we can have a discussion about this.

2) Besides that, we should definitely follow this effort with a broader initiative that lets us break through the noise of Twitter and beyond, in time for World Diabetes