Accu Check v SD Codefree

[KimG]

Recently, I've been testing with these two meters. I have noticed that there is a discrepancy between the two of 1.8, Accu Check being the lower. I know there can be discrepancies of around 15%. The Accu Check is the one I've been prescribed by the NHS, I assume it's those figures they use? Who's to say which one is right? I know it's not a lot, but side by side there is still a difference

 

[AndBreathe]

Kim - the important thing for T2s, using a meter, is to recognise the trends you see when you test your bloods. Clearly, initially one is looking for a reducing trend, then once in a good place (hopefully!), one is looking for a steady state, as opposed to lots of very highs and/or lows. Flitting back and forth between the two meters, if they don't read too closely, isn't necessarily helpful, although one would expect to see the same trend of graph line of readings, one may just shadow the other higher or lower on the axis.

The actual number we see is less important, but I agree it can be unsettling when the two don't align.

Clearly it makes sense to use the meter you have been prescribed, as I am assuming you are also receiving your strips on a repeat prescription? There's no point having GP support and the paying good money to buy something different, because you might prefer the numbers.

Again, the trend is your friend.

 

[KimG]

Kim - the important thing for T2s, using a meter, is to recognise the trends you see when you test your bloods. Clearly, initially one is looking for a reducing trend, then once in a good place (hopefully!), one is looking for a steady state, as opposed to lots of very highs and/or lows. Flitting back and forth between the two meters, if they don't read too closely, isn't necessarily helpful, although one would expect to see the same trend of graph line of readings, one may just shadow the other higher or lower on the axis.

The actual number we see is less important, but I agree it can be unsettling when the two don't align.

Clearly it makes sense to use the meter you have been prescribed, as I am assuming you are also receiving your strips on a repeat prescription? There's no point having GP support and the paying good money to buy something different, because you might prefer the numbers.

Again, the trend is your friend.

I will be using the meter I've been prescribed. My sugars (apart from a little spike on occasions I try something to see what happens) have been good, fasting 4.5 - 6 and 5.6 - 7.5 after meals. I want to keep it there . I need to get my HbA1c down from 51 somehow. Losing weight should help with some cycling and archery

 

[DeejayR]

There's a video somewhere on here of someone testing about 5 meters in a row with the same finger-prick and they all show different. Also if you test several times as fast as you can with the same meter I don't think you'll get the same figure twice. The makers only claim an accuracy of +/-15% I believe. So as @AndBreathe says, stick with one and go with the flow.

Losing weight should help with some cycling and archery

Now you're firing arrows from a bicycle? I'm going indoors