About to change my meter some advice please.

[zaphod37]

Hello folks
I am type 2 diet controlled with no meds (yet), I have been testing for a week now and I am currently using the Accuchek nano, however my budget wont stretch to paying for the strips, so I opted to buy a codefree meter this will make buying the strips affordable. I did a test on the same bleeding finger but the codefree meter read at .2 lower than the nano, will this make a difference? It was still within normal range however and the test was done 2 hours after my lunch.

I just wanted to know how, if any, this discrepancy will effect me please.

Thanks
Mark

Oh I am keeping the fastclix lancer cause it is less fuss and kinder to my teabag fingers.

 

[pav]

A 0.2 variation between meters is very good, you can get that sort of difference if you used the same meter and 2 strips using the same blood sample. Theres no need to do anything different, its worth having a search on here to see comparisons others have noticed between the code free and their previous meters, as its been reported it reads higher than other meters.

 

[zaphod37]

Thanks for the reply's folks.

I haven't tried contacting the manufacturer so I can do that and see how much cheaper the strips are, although they would need to be a lot cheaper. I like the nano cause its easy to read and simple to use, however, I will get used to the codefree should the accuchek strips be too expensive.

I basically use the meter to see what foods soike me more than others so that I can either adjust the portions or find an alternative. I have only once went over 8.5 after a meal and that was the battered chicken steak which 2 hours after shot my BG upto 10.0. Pre meal have always been around 5.4 ish.

thanks again guys for the help.

Mark

 

[scot5man]

Do you see a diabetic nurse, if you do you might be able to geet a meter free and also get the lancets and test strips on prescription. Just ask your nurse about this.

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[zaphod37]

I did ask, but she said that I don't need to test as I am on diet only, even when I said it would be helpful to find out what food effected me the most. She is more of a practice nurse than a diabetes nurse. I might ask the nurse that does the DESMOND course once I finally get on it.

Thanks for the advice folks.
Mark