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<blockquote data-quote="Ledzeptt" data-source="post: 1335160" data-attributes="member: 160898"><p>My wife understands what life as a diabetic is like, but not my wider family. </p><p></p><p>I'm in hospital at present (non-diabetes) and have time to kill (probably too much time). I decided to invite my family to play a little game via our WhatsApp group. I photographed my dessert and asked them to guess how many carbs it contained and what my BG would be before my next meal, initially just for fun (I gave them a little info, but not much).</p><p></p><p>I turned it into a educational exercise to explain why I needed to know this info and why I needed to do these sums all the time. The carb guesses were reasonable, but as you'd imagine, there were some ridiculous BG answers (e.g. 700mmol), but amazingly one guessed my BG would be 5.6, close to the actual 5.8. </p><p></p><p>However, as I tend to do, I took it too far (at least in my wife's opinion), by explaining what would happen if I get the maths wrong and my BG ends up too high or low. Apparently, some people don't like the idea of diabetics "dicing" with coma/death and "I have too much time on my hands" :-(</p><p></p><p>I thought it was useful, but I probably won't do it again. If anyone wants to try such a game, it may be better at a family gathering rather than online so you can gauge the reaction (and treat adults as small children if appropriate). </p><p></p><p>==> Maybe it's my sense of humour, though I'd expect my family to understand it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ledzeptt, post: 1335160, member: 160898"] My wife understands what life as a diabetic is like, but not my wider family. I'm in hospital at present (non-diabetes) and have time to kill (probably too much time). I decided to invite my family to play a little game via our WhatsApp group. I photographed my dessert and asked them to guess how many carbs it contained and what my BG would be before my next meal, initially just for fun (I gave them a little info, but not much). I turned it into a educational exercise to explain why I needed to know this info and why I needed to do these sums all the time. The carb guesses were reasonable, but as you'd imagine, there were some ridiculous BG answers (e.g. 700mmol), but amazingly one guessed my BG would be 5.6, close to the actual 5.8. However, as I tend to do, I took it too far (at least in my wife's opinion), by explaining what would happen if I get the maths wrong and my BG ends up too high or low. Apparently, some people don't like the idea of diabetics "dicing" with coma/death and "I have too much time on my hands" :-( I thought it was useful, but I probably won't do it again. If anyone wants to try such a game, it may be better at a family gathering rather than online so you can gauge the reaction (and treat adults as small children if appropriate). ==> Maybe it's my sense of humour, though I'd expect my family to understand it :-) [/QUOTE]
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