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- 275
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi all,
I've recently been controlling my levels really well, keeping a speadsheet of my readings / what I eat etc - this seems to work for me as I can see when and where I go wrong. I do lots of blood glucose tests, I test before eating, 2 hours after eating and before driving. However I am concerned that my metre does not read accurately, for example I tested my levels before lunch today and was surprised that they were at 2.6, I felt OK so tested again and got 3.5. This happens all the time and sometimes the difference is up to 3mmol. It worries me as I live on my own and like to know what's going on with my blood sugar, especially at night. I use the Optium Xceed which was given to me when I was diagnosed this April, I have 2 metres and have tried using both but still have this problem. Has anyone else experienced this? Do you think it's worth asking my Doctor for a different metre?
Thanks
I've recently been controlling my levels really well, keeping a speadsheet of my readings / what I eat etc - this seems to work for me as I can see when and where I go wrong. I do lots of blood glucose tests, I test before eating, 2 hours after eating and before driving. However I am concerned that my metre does not read accurately, for example I tested my levels before lunch today and was surprised that they were at 2.6, I felt OK so tested again and got 3.5. This happens all the time and sometimes the difference is up to 3mmol. It worries me as I live on my own and like to know what's going on with my blood sugar, especially at night. I use the Optium Xceed which was given to me when I was diagnosed this April, I have 2 metres and have tried using both but still have this problem. Has anyone else experienced this? Do you think it's worth asking my Doctor for a different metre?
Thanks