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Ok so we have two blood glucose meters, one for in the house and one for in the car.
We always make sure to use the same meter for the before and after readings.
We decided to test both meters, as we seem to be getting much higher readings when at home.
At home we have the codefree meter that was recommended on here, in the car we have a countour meter.
We read my partner's blood, using both meters at the same time (from the same drop of blood)
First time we get 7.3 on the contour (post meal - fab) but on the codefree 8.5 (not so great)
So straight away we measure again, again using the same (new) blood drop for both meters.
Once more we get 7.8 on the countour, 1/2 point deviation, still pretty good post meal , and I think 1/2 point deviation is fair.
This time however we get 9.7 on the codefree! over a point higher than the previous measurement on the same machine, nearly 2 points over the other machine, and a very high reading.
I believe the codefree is faulty...we're constantly getting higher readings with that at home, than with the contour while we're out...despite the fact my parter is eating NOTHING that should spike her.
(Fish, Meat, Cheese, Keto Bread etc)
How do we know which one is giving the right reading ?
We always make sure to use the same meter for the before and after readings.
We decided to test both meters, as we seem to be getting much higher readings when at home.
At home we have the codefree meter that was recommended on here, in the car we have a countour meter.
We read my partner's blood, using both meters at the same time (from the same drop of blood)
First time we get 7.3 on the contour (post meal - fab) but on the codefree 8.5 (not so great)
So straight away we measure again, again using the same (new) blood drop for both meters.
Once more we get 7.8 on the countour, 1/2 point deviation, still pretty good post meal , and I think 1/2 point deviation is fair.
This time however we get 9.7 on the codefree! over a point higher than the previous measurement on the same machine, nearly 2 points over the other machine, and a very high reading.
I believe the codefree is faulty...we're constantly getting higher readings with that at home, than with the contour while we're out...despite the fact my parter is eating NOTHING that should spike her.
(Fish, Meat, Cheese, Keto Bread etc)
How do we know which one is giving the right reading ?