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<blockquote data-quote="Fiveball" data-source="post: 1694618" data-attributes="member: 468707"><p>Kind of a funny story - I'm at work and having an apple with peanut butter. It is delicious! I get one of those silly cheap plastic knives from our communal kitchen drawer. Its the kind with the little bumps instead of a proper serrated edge for the cutting side. So i'm slicing up this apple with this supposed dull(ish) knife, taste buds are rejoicing, the sound of the crisp apple slices snapping in the office when i slice my finger on the stupid knife. I looked kind of dumbfounded that this apparently very sharp dull knife just nicked me. Being the resourceful, intelligent fellow that i am i think to myself..... "This is a perfect time to check my blood sugar, i'm already bleeding right?" I pull up the meter and it reads"HIGH - CHECK KETONES" (HIGH definition for my meter means over 600mg/dl or 33.3mmol/L. Basically my meter has given up trying to read the amount of glucose on my test strip because the meter scale doesn't read that high. I'm confused and very alarmed as i don't feel at all like i'm experiencing Hyperglycemia. Not feeling it scares me more than the level of the glucose on the strip.</p><p> </p><p> Turns out if you are cutting an apple, which is full of glucose and slice your finger, you are getting that glucose into your blood. Don't use that site as a testing area. You may just give your meter diabetes too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiveball, post: 1694618, member: 468707"] Kind of a funny story - I'm at work and having an apple with peanut butter. It is delicious! I get one of those silly cheap plastic knives from our communal kitchen drawer. Its the kind with the little bumps instead of a proper serrated edge for the cutting side. So i'm slicing up this apple with this supposed dull(ish) knife, taste buds are rejoicing, the sound of the crisp apple slices snapping in the office when i slice my finger on the stupid knife. I looked kind of dumbfounded that this apparently very sharp dull knife just nicked me. Being the resourceful, intelligent fellow that i am i think to myself..... "This is a perfect time to check my blood sugar, i'm already bleeding right?" I pull up the meter and it reads"HIGH - CHECK KETONES" (HIGH definition for my meter means over 600mg/dl or 33.3mmol/L. Basically my meter has given up trying to read the amount of glucose on my test strip because the meter scale doesn't read that high. I'm confused and very alarmed as i don't feel at all like i'm experiencing Hyperglycemia. Not feeling it scares me more than the level of the glucose on the strip. Turns out if you are cutting an apple, which is full of glucose and slice your finger, you are getting that glucose into your blood. Don't use that site as a testing area. You may just give your meter diabetes too. :D [/QUOTE]
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