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<blockquote data-quote="Fearless Finn" data-source="post: 108948" data-attributes="member: 15469"><p>I have been reading your posts about the current blood glucose meters (and blood ketone testing meter Optium Xceed) with great interest. I use pretty much all of them in my work as a Diabetes Nurse Consultant, as a person with diabetes myself and as a mother to our youngest daughter with Type 1 Diabetes since age four. </p><p>The fact is that due to the current method in these meters, there is a difference if you test the same blood droplet in 2 or more of them simultaneously. There will be a difference even if you did the test in the same meter a few times running. The accuracy of the BG meters is known to be only in the range of ~80%. However, as we use the same meter day in and day out, this variance really balances itself out & we do not come to any harm from it even in our decisions of insulin doses.</p><p>AS to the Abbott Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitor, I would recommend it - or the DexCom Seven Plus or Medtronic RealTime CGM - to anyone! I am currently on Day 14 with the Navigator sensor! How good is that & really makes the cost of one sensor (£40) come down to a very reasonable amount - possibly about £2-£3 - the price of a Costa coffee in London! The sensors have to have a guaranteed duration before they can get past the strict licensing approval and for Navigator this is said to be 5 days, for DexCom Seven Plus 7 days, and for Medtronic RealTime 6 days. In practice, I have seen DexCom last up to 20 days, Medtronic sensor up to 12 days & I am going to trial if I can get up to 20 days out of my Navigator sensor!!!</p><p>I would not any more know how to get really 'normal' glucose levels in my patients, my daughter or myself IF I DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A CGM! Try and see if you have any doubts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fearless Finn, post: 108948, member: 15469"] I have been reading your posts about the current blood glucose meters (and blood ketone testing meter Optium Xceed) with great interest. I use pretty much all of them in my work as a Diabetes Nurse Consultant, as a person with diabetes myself and as a mother to our youngest daughter with Type 1 Diabetes since age four. The fact is that due to the current method in these meters, there is a difference if you test the same blood droplet in 2 or more of them simultaneously. There will be a difference even if you did the test in the same meter a few times running. The accuracy of the BG meters is known to be only in the range of ~80%. However, as we use the same meter day in and day out, this variance really balances itself out & we do not come to any harm from it even in our decisions of insulin doses. AS to the Abbott Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitor, I would recommend it - or the DexCom Seven Plus or Medtronic RealTime CGM - to anyone! I am currently on Day 14 with the Navigator sensor! How good is that & really makes the cost of one sensor (£40) come down to a very reasonable amount - possibly about £2-£3 - the price of a Costa coffee in London! The sensors have to have a guaranteed duration before they can get past the strict licensing approval and for Navigator this is said to be 5 days, for DexCom Seven Plus 7 days, and for Medtronic RealTime 6 days. In practice, I have seen DexCom last up to 20 days, Medtronic sensor up to 12 days & I am going to trial if I can get up to 20 days out of my Navigator sensor!!! I would not any more know how to get really 'normal' glucose levels in my patients, my daughter or myself IF I DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A CGM! Try and see if you have any doubts. [/QUOTE]
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