It’s always the simple ideas that people seem to be captivated by. Recently, in an attempt to force myself into taking my status as a Type One diabetic more seriously, I setup Diabetting as a way of putting a fun slant on an otherwise serious illness. Not only that, it got me checking my blood sugar regularly and really considering my diet.

The project took a day or so to complete and after putting it online I pretty much forgot about it. However, it looks like the site has proven popular. Having been featured on OnePageLove, the site gained traction and began appearing on various different blogs (and even a few wikis), before becoming a popular story on Metafilter.

The site was primarily put up for my own benefit, but it’s also become a platform for additional information on diabetes. Looking at a few of the comments from Metafilter, it looks like the site has gone down as it was intended:

This is great, it is an excellent way to motivate him to be sure to take his readings, and will really improve his health while possibly settling the odd bet. Win-win!

this site is great for diabetes understanding promotion. demonstrating a little fun shows that you too, can have fun with type 1.

And although I’ve never played Dungeons & Dragons in my life, this one put a smile one my face:

I have trouble taking my blood sugar as often as I should. If I were a nerdy computer programmer I would totally do something like this to force myself to take it.

Unfortunately, I am a nerdy D&D guy, so I just roll a D20 to make a constitution check.