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I've read how you shouldn't squeeze your finger to get a drop of blood for an accurate glucose reading. I usually have to. Sometimes even when I do that there's not enough blood and I have to prick a different finger tip. I've tried setting the lance on the highest setting but even then I have...

I've been testing blood glucose for a couple of weeks, watching my diet to see what spikes. Measurements have ranged from 4.6 to 8.6 mmol/L at various times of the day, Things seemed to be going along well enough. Then today I thought I'd try a regular lunch of the type I used to have when I was...

Newbie question: I've had a finger prick monitor for three days now and am curious about something. My fasting blood glucose first thing in the morning has been 5.3, 5.6 and 5.7 mmol/L. However during the day it has dropped to lows of 4.6, 5.1 and 5.0 mmol/L on each of the three days, which is...

My GP called me in after a routine blood test and told me I am almost pre-diabetic, with a fasting blood glucose level of 6 (mmol/l presumably). I've since been scouring the internet to see what this means and it looks as though if I'd been in the US I'd fall into the prediabetic range (no...