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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1699913" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Once a day testing is useless ..... it tells you nothing at all. You need to be able to learn something and be able to apply what you learn to your food choices, exercise, and so on. Otherwise you are wasting your time. Also, testing after a meal means nothing unless you have also tested before you eat. It is the RISE that matters, not the actual levels. You were most likely told once a day by your doctor in order to save his surgery money.</p><p></p><p>No meters are 100% accurate. They only have to comply with the set standard, which is plus or minus 15% accurate 95% of the time. Not brilliant, but its all we have. Rogue readings can be human error (unwashed hands, damp hands, incorrect use of strip/meter) or strip errors (a corrupted strip or a mishandled strip) or a meter error. They happen. We can't avoid them. However, most readings are reliable, and over a period of time any inaccurate high ones or inaccurate low ones will be averaged out and become insignificant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1699913, member: 94045"] Once a day testing is useless ..... it tells you nothing at all. You need to be able to learn something and be able to apply what you learn to your food choices, exercise, and so on. Otherwise you are wasting your time. Also, testing after a meal means nothing unless you have also tested before you eat. It is the RISE that matters, not the actual levels. You were most likely told once a day by your doctor in order to save his surgery money. No meters are 100% accurate. They only have to comply with the set standard, which is plus or minus 15% accurate 95% of the time. Not brilliant, but its all we have. Rogue readings can be human error (unwashed hands, damp hands, incorrect use of strip/meter) or strip errors (a corrupted strip or a mishandled strip) or a meter error. They happen. We can't avoid them. However, most readings are reliable, and over a period of time any inaccurate high ones or inaccurate low ones will be averaged out and become insignificant. [/QUOTE]
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