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yes very scary! dont they do a more accurate one? even if i have to buy it?

20%!! thats massive. but i guess when you get down to lower levels it isnt so bad, i did another test this morning with both, my new one was 12, my old was 9.8 so within 20% but opposite ends of the scale but it always tests within the range on the test solution so... I guess it is just change...

Hi, I was using an Optium Xceed tester, I have been given by my doctor a new tester which is a GlucoRx Nexus. I have a few old test strips left and I thought I would compare the results. Using same drop of blood I got the following results: My old Optium Xceed = 11 My new GlucoRx Nexus =...

my last one a couple of months ago was 7.5, thats my 1st HbA1c I have done. I hope the next is ok also but i had a bit of poor control after an incident, but its getting a bit better again now. I am still on novamix, and im going to try and change that to get even better control and I hope more...

thanks ill ask them and try to get on it. I do like the sound of it

Hi all, I have been on Novamix for about a year now, i take it 2 times a day. THe problem I get with it is if I do overeat it is not poss to do anything about it, so I am wondering, will my doc give me something like Humalog to go with it? so if I eat and my sugar is high after 2 hours or so I...

it is a quick and medium acting one i think, the website says "maximum effect is exerted between 1 and 4 hours after injection. The duration of action is up to 24 hours"

sorry cant help as im quite new to this, but thought id say hi to a fello obsessive testing person :)

Yes id do need to test less, but im going to test loads till i work this out (bought some strips myself because my doctor is going to go nuts at me otherwise. ANd here are the results so far today... 11:30.. about 55 carbs. My Sugar was a 8mmol and I did 23 of novamix 30 (this was first meal...

ok thanks ill try it out, Im keeping detialed records of everything i am eating and when, how much Novamix I do and when and over the next few days ill see some patterns again, Till then ill get me some jelly babies :D Thanks for the tip

deductable through my insurance? whats that?

well im on novamix 30, I stopped recording my results in my book but I have started again because I need to get this under control only this time I am also keeping note on how much carbs I eat 7.5 before dinner (I only eat twice a day.. because I had loads of probs with hypos after having...

I posted a few days ago about how I had some problem where I had to eat like a horse to keep my sugar up oneday after something went wrong.. Well ever since then, I have been over paranoid... I used to have ok control (been type 1 for a year and was right on the money on my bbc1 test or what...

I am like you, i dont fear needles, i fear needles in my veins, and that was because of an experience with a crazy nurse when i was a kid I think. I never look either :D but I get on with it best I can, get it done and over with! it never hurts if you think about it, but it does make me feel...

I was about 8 to 10 times but my doc said to only test 2 times, i cant only test 2 times thats stupid, i drive and there is no way im driving anywhere without testing before so thats 2 right there (in and out of work) then i need to test before bed, and during the day... are they mad?