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BS readings

Prelunch 5.5

@ 2 hours 5.2.

Batch 44. Another OK reading. Nearly finished this batch. Be interesting to see what the new batch reads like. Been a pretty unpredictable couple of weeks.
 
cold ethyl said:
It really is annoying. I had an identical lunch today to one I have several days a week if I am in town - frittata with salad and coleslaw. Usually see only an under 1 mMol/l rise so i am taking the 5.5 and 5.8 as more realistic. What is annoying me the most is that you can't just knock an average something off as some of the readings are fine when compared to my other batches.
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Just for this week (started Monday) I have only been recording my Accu Chek readings as an experiment. I can then compare a full week of Accu Chek with batch 44 across most of my regular meals. I can't afford to swap permanently the amount I test because the strip cassettes are the dearest going at £25 for 50 retail, a bit cheaper on Ebay.

I'm looking at the rises to make sure they tally with past results in addition to the actual readings.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Just for this week (started Monday) I have only been recording my Accu Chek readings as an experiment. I can then compare a full week of Accu Chek with batch 44 across most of my regular meals. I can't afford to swap permanently the amount I test because the strip cassettes are the dearest going at £25 for 50 retail, a bit cheaper on Ebay.

I'm looking at the rises to make sure they tally with past results in addition to the actual readings.
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Seems a sensible plan. My daytime food and activity levels are fairly repetitive so I have a good feel of what is normal for me at certain times of the day. Tonight is a chilli of sorts so it'll be interesting to see where the batch pitches me.
 
Felt a bit wobbly just before dinner at twelve checked my bs and got a reading of 3.6
Note to self a roast beef and mustard sandwich on a slice of Hovis seed sensations bread for breakfast isn't gonna cut the mustard!!
If you will pardon the pun
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Fed up again :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

pre evening meal anywhere between 5.0 and 6.1 and that was using both meters, equally ridiculous
1hr after also random silly readings. Have had to abandon recording this
Waiting now for 2 hour reading to see if I can work something out. I know what the rise should be.
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Blue - Sounds like you need to have a little break from all of this multiple testing. We know we have a batch of periodically erratic strips, so no point continually rubbing it in.

My strategy of testing, and accepting, provided whatever score I get is in my usual meal range (and by that I mean, breakfast, lunch or dinner range, not for the specific meal), I'm going to accept it. If I usually score 4.5 and see 7.9, that would drive me to a repeat strip, but it wasn't doing me any good just questioning every reading - especially where some are well "in range" if not "best in range".

I know I continue to test, as it keeps me on the straight and narrow, and don't know if you feel the same, and I've even started trying to persuade myself this could even bring my meter and HbA1c averages closer together! (OK, I know that logic isn't exactly the best.)

Your control is now excellent, but observing all you're doing now looks bordering on self-flagellation for something you can't influence.
 
@AndBreathe I had an exceptionally good few days, then saw 6.1 pre-meal at tea time, when my expected range is 4.5 to 5.2. Of course I re-tested and used an average of 5.6 so I was not happy and self-flagellation seemed a good idea! You are probably right
 
Bluetit1802 said:
@AndBreathe I had an exceptionally good few days, then saw 6.1 pre-meal at tea time, when my expected range is 4.5 to 5.2. Of course I re-tested and used an average of 5.6 so I was not happy and self-flagellation seemed a good idea! You are probably right
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I know it's hard to move on from a reading we just know isn't right.

But, look on the bright side; you could be me with 20-odd boxes still to open!
 
I'm going with @AndBreathe and just accepting if they are within range( mentally telling myself that they are probably .5 too high ) - I check the odd one against my other two remaining pots for very odd readings and I might retest with batch 44 to see what it throws. Tonight I got 5.3 before dinner which is a bit higher than usual but batch 26 said 5.1 so it was in right zone. My fingers were getting too sore from constant retesting and the stress isn't going to be doing the levels any good either. As Frankie once said, relax ( now if I could just apply my own advice to the unusual scanning that my semi dying laptop appears to be doing!)
 
Post dinner is a take your pick average 6.8 7.1 on batch 44 batch 56 6.8 batch 26 6.3 I've gone for a high 6.8 though I've had a coffee and a square of Lindt coconut choc between dinner and test so that will have lifted it.
 
Predinner 5.2

@ 2 hours 5.5.

So, batch number 44 behaved for me today.
 
cold ethyl said:
Post dinner is a take your pick average 6.8 7.1 on batch 44 batch 56 6.8 batch 26 6.3 I've gone for a high 6.8 though I've had a coffee and a square of Lindt coconut choc between dinner and test so that will have lifted it.
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I thought you were going to accept them if they are in range! Me and you are as bad as each other. :(
My highest reading of the day is 6.4 on Accu chek. One rogue one on Codefree (7.6 which was 1.4 above the Accu chek), otherwise much the same. No re-testing. Pleased today.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I thought you were going to accept them if they are in range! Me and you are as bad as each other. :(
My highest reading of the day is 6.4 on Accu chek. One rogue one on Codefree (7.6 which was 1.4 above the Accu chek), otherwise much the same. No re-testing. Pleased today.
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Lol. well 6.8 isn't in my post meal range, especially as I only had a salad. I'd forgotten about the chocolate till I retested then remembered. It's delicoous but a fair bit higher in carbs than my usual sliver of 85%
 
Another 4.9 and feel OK ..... perhaps the body is finally accepting these numbers. Looking back over my Excel s/s, it's amazing how gradual the changes have been with a pattern trending downwards.

Stuck my chilipad in the freezer last nite for 20 minutes and was out like a light despite the hot nite.

BTW guys, when someone post the word "snap" what does that mean?

Evening to you all .... weekend here :)

Mike :)
 
Mike D said:
Another 4.9 and feel OK ..... perhaps the body is finally accepting these numbers. Looking back over my Excel s/s, it's amazing how gradual the changes have been with a pattern trending downwards.

Stuck my chilipad in the freezer last nite for 20 minutes and was out like a light despite the hot nite.

BTW guys, when someone post the word "snap" what does that mean?

Evening to you all .... weekend here :)

Mike :)
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Snap means "same here" after the card game called Snap.

Well done on your downward trends. You are certainly getting there Mike.
 
Too good ladies and thanks blue :)

Been a heck of a journey but hardly need to tell that to the great people I know here :) Odd how this condition (and others) unites people from all corners of the globe and inspires a huge degree of compassion and empathy I thought had long died.

MRD
 
Mike D said:
Too good ladies and thanks blue :)

Been a heck of a journey but hardly need to tell that to the great people I know here :) Odd how this condition (and others) unites people from all corners of the globe and inspires a huge degree of compassion and empathy I thought had long died.

MRD
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You are so right. Compassion and empathy will never die. Only a few people in this world spoil things for the rest of us.
 
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