# $25 Amazon gift card to the first person

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953>\
**Category:** Share\
**Created:** [May 16, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953 "2017-05-16T22:00:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/1 "2017-05-16T22:00:19Z")

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I am posting this in the Share category so I don’t give away the answer with a category.

I’ll give a $25 Amazon gift card to the first person who can tell me why I am posting this. There are a few key words I am looking for.

Good luck, and have at it:

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/2 "2017-05-16T23:47:16Z")

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Feel your BG – with your feelings, not your meter.

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/3 "2017-05-17T00:09:58Z")

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No mystical energy field controls my destiny… it’s all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense

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**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/4 "2017-05-17T00:17:41Z")

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Your instincts are the best control of your destiny.

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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/5 "2017-05-17T00:26:39Z")

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Wax on. Wax off?

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/6 "2017-05-17T12:48:06Z")

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Some nibbling on the edges so far, but not quite there yet.

It does have to do with diabetes.

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**Author:** ![mikep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mikep/32/149_2.png) [@mikep](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mikep)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/7 "2017-05-17T13:26:31Z")

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Although blinded by our non-working pancreas, we have many tools at our disposal to stop rising blood sugar from hurting our bodies.

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/8 "2017-05-17T14:15:33Z")

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Mike, you are moving in the right direction. What tools do you use?

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**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/9 "2017-05-17T14:30:02Z")

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This could turn out to be our doublets thread 😉

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/10 "2017-05-17T14:32:21Z")

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> [@docslotnick](#):
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> This could turn out to be our doublets thread 😉

## NO!!!

😆  
I really do hope to make this a good opportunity to share an idea that I think is extremely important and helpful.

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**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/11 "2017-05-17T14:35:34Z")

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@Eric I was kidding. I had just read @Michel 's recent post about how our site is doing and thought it was funny.

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**Author:** ![mikep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mikep/32/149_2.png) [@mikep](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mikep)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/12 "2017-05-17T14:43:25Z")

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Oh man the pressure . . . not sure on how specific you want me to be . . .

For me, Afrezza is like the lightsaber that stops the rising blood sugar in it’s tracks and prevents harm to my body. And my CGM helps me from being blinded by a non-working pancreas.

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/13 "2017-05-17T15:02:13Z")

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I would make the argument that Afrezza is more like the “good blaster at your side” than the light saber.

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**Author:** ![mikep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mikep/32/149_2.png) [@mikep](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mikep)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/14 "2017-05-17T15:28:55Z")

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Agreed.

Insulin is the lightsaber then?

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/15 "2017-05-17T15:38:24Z")

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Who would win a fight between you with a lightsaber and Yoda without?

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**Author:** ![mikep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mikep/32/149_2.png) [@mikep](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mikep)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/16 "2017-05-17T16:00:12Z")

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Yoda because he has the force on his side.

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**Author:** ![mikep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mikep/32/149_2.png) [@mikep](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mikep)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/17 "2017-05-17T16:00:48Z")

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btw - my inner Star Wars geek is on full blast right now LOL

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/18 "2017-05-17T16:20:54Z")

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Don’t focus on insulin.

What do you as an Afrezza user do totally different than a pump or MDI user?

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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/19 "2017-05-17T16:23:30Z")

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snort, sniff, puff-puff pass?

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953/20 "2017-05-17T16:43:21Z")

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I know!

Use medical marijuana, get high and start mumbling about the force!

The secret here is – you never said it has to do with diabetes 🙂

Send me my $25.

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