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<blockquote data-quote="Chanah" data-source="post: 70095" data-attributes="member: 17934"><p>I had awful results with the Ascensia Contour - and I've tried it again and still have awful results. It seems to read my blood sugar way higher than it ought to be - more than once it hit up to 18 on me, and the usual reading was around 11. Even though my A1c's are pretty consistently in the 5.1 range.</p><p></p><p>I have an Ultra OneTouch Mini, and while it's not very sophisticated (no software, the strips want coding, and it stores only your last 50 readings), it works a lot better. Just for fun, I pulled out the Contour again today and tried it:</p><p></p><p>Contour: 8.7</p><p>OneTouch: 5.3</p><p></p><p>Even though that's a low reading by my usual Contour standards, the OneTouch is a lot more accurate. Or my fasting blood sugar has hit a six-year high. I know it hasn't, but when I first got the Contour, it was pretty scary, especially as it was supposed to be all state-of-the-art.</p><p></p><p>There was also this unexpected side effect: Bayer (who makes the Contour meter) enroled me in some daft diabetes support programme that sends Bayer and Heart Healthy propaganda to your HOUSE. I rang them and told them to delete me from their database, and to ask anyone they'd sold my info to to do the same. I was more than a little irked. After all, the reason I have an A1c average of 5.1 is because I follow one of those 'crazy fad lo-carb diets' they warn people against in their literature and on their web site. Ugh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chanah, post: 70095, member: 17934"] I had awful results with the Ascensia Contour - and I've tried it again and still have awful results. It seems to read my blood sugar way higher than it ought to be - more than once it hit up to 18 on me, and the usual reading was around 11. Even though my A1c's are pretty consistently in the 5.1 range. I have an Ultra OneTouch Mini, and while it's not very sophisticated (no software, the strips want coding, and it stores only your last 50 readings), it works a lot better. Just for fun, I pulled out the Contour again today and tried it: Contour: 8.7 OneTouch: 5.3 Even though that's a low reading by my usual Contour standards, the OneTouch is a lot more accurate. Or my fasting blood sugar has hit a six-year high. I know it hasn't, but when I first got the Contour, it was pretty scary, especially as it was supposed to be all state-of-the-art. There was also this unexpected side effect: Bayer (who makes the Contour meter) enroled me in some daft diabetes support programme that sends Bayer and Heart Healthy propaganda to your HOUSE. I rang them and told them to delete me from their database, and to ask anyone they'd sold my info to to do the same. I was more than a little irked. After all, the reason I have an A1c average of 5.1 is because I follow one of those 'crazy fad lo-carb diets' they warn people against in their literature and on their web site. Ugh. [/QUOTE]
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