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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Educ. 2017 Mar 21;43(3):251–259. doi: 10.1177/0145721717699891

Table 5.

Blood Glucose Management (n = 20)

Subtheme Frequency, % (n) Example Post
High blood glucose 35 (7) My blood sugar is always high. It seems like it never goes down.
Low blood glucose 20 (4) I was sweating, crying, shaking, eating Skittles, and drinking juice when I was low today.
Controlling blood glucose 20 (4) A few months ago it was so hard to stay dedicated to controlling my diabetes.
A1C 15 (3) I have a 10.1 A1C right now. So terrifying!
Fear of hypoglycemia 10 (2) Going low is one of my biggest fears and gives me severe anxiety.