Doireallyneedanams
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Phone the manufacturer and ask.
Ring the manufacturer and they will send you control solution. Have you registered with guarantee btw. This is important as company will replace meter if it breaks and also contact you if there are any problems with meter or strips
All meters could theoretically turn faulty, any electronic device can.I was given the meter by the hospital when I was pregnant so don’t have any documentation for it. Do you know if they’re often faulty or known to just start giving wrong readings? Potentially 3 or 4 mmol out?
All meters could theoretically turn faulty, any electronic device can.
Also note though that test strips can also be rogue, especially if out of date.
Are you comparing with another reader, or another test strip when talking about 3-4 mmol out or just hoping its out?
What did you eat? Maybe it wasn’t as bad as you think, or maybe your body is coping more normally with carbs again now.
I’ve had it when I ate something bad (in the past because I’m perfect now, not!) I tested expecting something horribly high and got lower than normal. I think it was an insulin overshoot in my case, kind of a what the hell overreaction. Probably couldn’t maintain that as more than a rare one off as I’m sure it used up all my insulin for ages. Well not actually but you know what I mean.
Non diabetics on a healthy diet will rarely go higher than the 8ish...
I think it comes down to healthy diet and more importantly health quantity.
I know a lot of people that wont stop at say a bag of crisps.. the will go for the full on family bag of Doritos but won’t stop there they will also have a pizza. A kebab, chips..
Just my personal thought here but if you eat 2 days worth of food in an hour diabetic or not I find it hard to believe you’d have normal blood sugars 2 hours later.
As for your control solution contact the mater manufacturer they will happily send you some free of charge, in some cases you can order it from there website.. the standard one would be the mid range test that covers somewhere in the region of 6 to 8 mmol this is enough to know the meter is working
I do however suspect you meter is fine and it’s either your realisation of what’s going on has modified your actions slightly which has improved your levels slightly
Or simply the fact that levels do change over time and you are simply recovering from the gestational diabetes and you body is coping better now..
Anyway congratulations hope all goes well
In terms of just buying some test stuff, is that not possible? Just cannot be bothered to speak to someone and deal with that, would rather just click a few links and get it done
I have never really seen the point of control solution. On the tub of strips it gives a range like: Control A 5.9~8.9 so it will tell you if the meter is completely broken (which you probably would have guessed anyway) but it doesn't tell you much about the accuracy of the meter and strips.In terms of just buying some test stuff, is that not possible? Just cannot be bothered to speak to someone and deal with that, would rather just click a few links and get it done
I have never really seen the point of control solution. On the tub of strips it gives a range like: Control A 5.9~8.9 so it will tell you if the meter is completely broken (which you probably would have guessed anyway) but it doesn't tell you much about the accuracy of the meter and strips.
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