I do the mg/dl ... AND depending on which finger I use I have had differences of 50 points.
Yes, I poked finder, ran test; immediately poked another finger & ran test; poked a 3rd finger, etc. etc. (once I did 5 readings; 1 finger done twice) Range was 128 to 178 (upper limit is 160 & some drs...
Everyone is slightly different; so most readings have to be adapted to person.
notice acepted range of normal/non-diabetic person.
http://stason.org/TULARC/health/diabetes/20-What-s-HbA1c-and-what-s-it-mean.html
I have found that some places it is said that it is a average of the past 3...
here is a very good diabetes question site that I finally found after months of searching. Ignore all the advertizing that takes up over half the computer screne.
http://stason.org/TULARC/health/diabetes/14-How-accurate-is-my-blood-glucose-meter.html
Plus if you click on the words ...