Maybe it’s just me (and maybe it’s not a nice thing to feel) but whenever I test someone else with my meter and they come up clean (no indication of diabetes) I feel disappointed.
Over the years I have had many friends who through me learned what it’s like to have diabetes. A good majority of them have on occasion experienced symptoms of either hypo or hyperglycemia and have asked me to test their sugar. Except for my wife, when I test others after they have devoured some super sugary food or drink and their sugar is normal I feel let down. It’s not a jealousy thing, I just find myself secretly hoping the result will come back in the 300 or 400 range.
Maybe that makes me a bad person and maybe I should learn not to share these kinds of thought publicly, but until then what about you?
Nope, don’t feel bad, but I too secretly wonder if I’ll ever get a surprise when someone asks “can I try it?”
My kids are almost never over 100. My husband has only wanted to check when he thinks he’s “low” because he’s shaky, and he’s always in the 80’s. It’s not fair.
i’m waiting for my sister to get diabetes, i used to make jokes about it and she hated it. I just look at her and how young and fit she is, the opposite of me growing up, and i just wonder if could have done anything differently to post pone this disease. So i guess i kinda feel jealous that i was fortunate enough to get it. I warn her that you never know what will happen, that diabetes can be genetic but to keep on taking good care of her body (she runs) as much as a teenager can. I guess i wouldn’t wish it on anybody, but i do wish i knew more type 1’s locally. But that’s why i got you guys!
i have only tested my mom and dad.
my dad just wanted to know cuz he was curious.
but my mom wanted me to test her cuz she was feeling real shakey.
i only felt bad cuz i didn’t want to poke their finger for no reason!
i have tested all of my friends and my brothers, i haven’t tested my parent’s i want to though. my brothers always come back in the 140’s or something. i had a friend who was always in the 90’s. and i keep wishing i could have those numbers all the time.
no i have never felt bad. actually i have had people ask me to test them, their own curiosity … especially then i do not feel bad! haha they did ask for it!
i have felt jealous over other people’s numbers it kinda reminds me that i’m not entirely normal
I was at a dinner for a friend’s birthday. Someone at the dinner saw me testing & asked if she could test herself because she had diabetes in her family. I saw what this woman ate for dinner (a ton), followed by a huge dessert & sugary after-dinner drink. She tested at 93. I admit to feeling very envious.
I actually gave my husband one of my glucometers so he can test when he feels low (he has had hypoglycemia since childhood). I hated seeing his “low feeling” sugar reading of 78 on my glucometer, hahaha! When my husband has a big vanilla malt and just wants to know what it did to his sugar, a reading of 99 just ticks me off. I want the damn malt too! But my BGs would stick to high heaven for the rest of the day if I did drink it!
It doesnt make you a bad person. It’s just a reminder of what we don’t have.
I used to have that anxious feeling when I tested my little brother when I was first diagnosed- I just wanted someone near me who would know how I felt- someone to explain the feelings that I didn’t know how to. Somoene to share it with.
But, since then, I’ve tested my fiance- who comes up around 90 all the time, my daddy comes up in the 60s all the time (one time as low as 55) and my older brother came up in the 120s. Everyone around me is “normal” and it’s a bit aggravating, but it’s relieving too. I wouldn’t be able to take care of me + them.
No, I don’t think it makes you a bad person Pavlos! I don’t like testing others because I feel like I’m going to hurt them . I have yet to test my husband. He has said he’d like me to - especially to see if he peaks after eating a meal - and to see what happens. Have yet to give it a go - but it does make me curious as to what his readings will be! Anyone else ever done that - where they test a non diabetic before a meal - and then a few hours later like what we do when we are trying to maintain a BaLaNcEd BG?
I’m completely the opposite, I hate testing other people incase there levels are high. The thought of checking someones sugar and it being high and having to tell them they could potentially be diabetic scares the life out of mee!!
it kinda reminds me that i’m not entirely normal