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<blockquote data-quote="Tim55" data-source="post: 911869" data-attributes="member: 186079"><p>Hi Alison</p><p></p><p>I absolutely agree with everything written so far. </p><p></p><p>I am on metformin only, fortunately, but remember feeling the same frustration with BG levels you obviously are. </p><p></p><p>What I would add to the discussion is that I looked into the specs or meters are built to and somewhat to my shock I found they are only required to be +/- 15% accurate at 10mmol tightening to+/- 10% at 5 mmol.</p><p></p><p>To put this into context even without the issues around getting a perfect sample you could have a true reading of say 5.5 and your meter could read 4.9 or 6.1 and still meet the specs. </p><p></p><p>That's not to say the readings are useless though, rather I would say don't worry about the exact figures. </p><p></p><p>Record them, record what you did between them and ideally graph them- simple spreadsheet is ideal. Then watch the trend, not the numbers. If it's generally down, be happy. If there are definate spikes you can find a reason for, then you have learned something. </p><p></p><p>But I would not worry about fluctuations less than say 2 units too much. </p><p></p><p>HTH</p><p></p><p>TIM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim55, post: 911869, member: 186079"] Hi Alison I absolutely agree with everything written so far. I am on metformin only, fortunately, but remember feeling the same frustration with BG levels you obviously are. What I would add to the discussion is that I looked into the specs or meters are built to and somewhat to my shock I found they are only required to be +/- 15% accurate at 10mmol tightening to+/- 10% at 5 mmol. To put this into context even without the issues around getting a perfect sample you could have a true reading of say 5.5 and your meter could read 4.9 or 6.1 and still meet the specs. That's not to say the readings are useless though, rather I would say don't worry about the exact figures. Record them, record what you did between them and ideally graph them- simple spreadsheet is ideal. Then watch the trend, not the numbers. If it's generally down, be happy. If there are definate spikes you can find a reason for, then you have learned something. But I would not worry about fluctuations less than say 2 units too much. HTH TIM [/QUOTE]
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