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<blockquote data-quote="Finzi" data-source="post: 348609" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>Very good low carb day today. Measured pre-dinner at 6.8. Little bit surprised, as that is pretty high for me, but there it is. </p><p></p><p>2 hours post low carb dinner, measured 7.8. Very surprised, don't think I've ever had a post meal reading that high, apart from an 8.1 after fish and chips. So I thought I'd test again, this time 7.0. Then I thought, well if those two are so different, which should I choose, and so I thought I'd better go again! This time, 8.0!!! Well, I wasn't having that lol so I tested again. This time, 5.9. Which to be fair is almost exactly what I would have expected, that is what my post meal readings usually are. </p><p></p><p>So how can I trust my meter? I have a reasonably good number of strips and don't appear to be being rationed, but I seriously can't test four times before and after every meal. For one thing my fingers would never stand it! On that subject though, make of it what you will, but the 7.8 and the 8.0 were both readings where I had to squeeze really hard and long to get blood out (I have very poor circulation in my fingers, I think). The 7.0 and the 5.9 were both readings where the drop of blood came quite spontaneously and easily. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Finzi, post: 348609, member: 56231"] Very good low carb day today. Measured pre-dinner at 6.8. Little bit surprised, as that is pretty high for me, but there it is. 2 hours post low carb dinner, measured 7.8. Very surprised, don't think I've ever had a post meal reading that high, apart from an 8.1 after fish and chips. So I thought I'd test again, this time 7.0. Then I thought, well if those two are so different, which should I choose, and so I thought I'd better go again! This time, 8.0!!! Well, I wasn't having that lol so I tested again. This time, 5.9. Which to be fair is almost exactly what I would have expected, that is what my post meal readings usually are. So how can I trust my meter? I have a reasonably good number of strips and don't appear to be being rationed, but I seriously can't test four times before and after every meal. For one thing my fingers would never stand it! On that subject though, make of it what you will, but the 7.8 and the 8.0 were both readings where I had to squeeze really hard and long to get blood out (I have very poor circulation in my fingers, I think). The 7.0 and the 5.9 were both readings where the drop of blood came quite spontaneously and easily. Sent from the [url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig]Diabetes Forum App[/url] [/QUOTE]
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