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Its world diabetes day on 14th November. It seems a good day to highlight to the powers that be that: 1) current t2d guidelines are wrong 2) we need to be offered blood glucose monitors (what is measured can be managed) It seems the majority of us coming to this site (and many others) are...

Hi all, Im hoping you can help. I have been T1 for 7 years and when first diagnosed i was given accu meter for my readings, i didnt know anything else so took it and off i went. However 18months late i was approached by Countour next and found their “equipment” alot easier to handle and have...

Long ago I developed atrial paroxysmal fibrillation, but for years have been symptom free while taking regular small doses of Flecainide. Now for about 24 hours I have been in A Fib and I can see no sign of its abating. It is usually strongly recommended that patients with AF take a blood...

I'm currently losing the will to test myself as my results fluctuate far to much to provide any meaningful reference. Is This Normal? Let me explain. As an experiment; let's say I take two readings at the same time, even from the same drop of blood (it doesn't seem to matter), the readings I...

I have a coupon -two actually- that came with my last two boxes of test discs for a free Contour 2 meter. It expires on December 31st, 2016. I use the meter and like it although it took a little while to get used to it after using accucheck nano for several years. If you would like the coupon...