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dragongirl

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I just did my two-hour test following an identical meal to yesterday's lunch. The score had gone from 6.3 to 6.8 - the first time 2nd has been higher than 1st. So, having done it on my right-hand little finger (not the usual hand), I immediately did it on my left-hand little finger (thinking maybe the right-hand testing today was not going well!) - and it read 7.1. I'm too scared to do it again. Is the meter OK. Is this usual? Yesterday's equivalent scores for same meal were 7.5/5.3.

I guess this just shows how much my mood at the moment is governed by test scores, so a set-back throws me sideways.
 
Hi dragongirl.

Your Bg readings are never going to read the same just because you ate the same meal as yesterday. They will vary from day to day, hour by hour, minute by minute. Testing immediately after a previous test will also be of no benefit, test at the correct time and just take the reading as read. If you test before a meal and then at 1 and 2 hrs that will give you a good idea of what that particular meal does to your Bg levels. It will vary. I am sure there is nothing wrong with your meter, try testing with a control solution if you are worried it is faulty.

You have not had a setback, you are just expecting too much. Keep testing.

Ken.
 
When you test the result is merely the amount of glucose in the blood in the sample as taken, as blood is circulated all the time there will be variations,I find it best to take your figures and average them out over a period of time if their not way out of the ordinary, as long as they are within the parameters I've set or thereabouts I'm happy, its no use beating yourself up over one reading or it will send you as mad as the rest of us :D
 
Blood sugar levels change where you are testing the blood. I was a phlebotomist and often diabetics wanted me to test the blood i have just taken to save them doing a BM test however the blood taken from the arm had completely differnt sugar levels to it taken from the fingers, so im presuming that each finger at the same time will have slightly differnt sugar levels!
 
to be honest,the difference between your tests in not worth worrying about.mine go from 6.5 before and up to 10 after
 
bazippy said:
Blood sugar levels change where you are testing the blood. I was a phlebotomist and often diabetics wanted me to test the blood i have just taken to save them doing a BM test however the blood taken from the arm had completely differnt sugar levels to it taken from the fingers, so im presuming that each finger at the same time will have slightly differnt sugar levels!
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Very good point made.

All those who advocate AST (alternative site testing) should remember this.
BG readings taken from the fingers are more accurate and more up to the minute than blood taken from the arms and elsewhere. The alternative sites give readings which are slower to respond to the immediate changes in Bg levels, so if on Insulin or Byetta or any other Hypo inducing medication you need to be aware of this if using AST. In any case alwayds discuss this with your HCP before using AST.

Ken.
 
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