All meters in the UK have to be within 15% accuracy (to be considered accurate), all three of those results are fairly close anyways and your blood sugar does not just stay completely stable anyways, it may well have been shuffling slightlyI'm no doctor but this can't be right! I'm guessing my level is around those figures but my question is there a decent glucometer that is actually ACCURATE!? I realise none of them are 100%.
I checked at 08:15, it was 5.5, checked 23 mins later, it was down to 4.3, checked 6 mins later it was 4.8!!
the fact that it went to 5.5. after not eating or drinking anything which I found a bit odd.
@winglets, testing 2 hours post prandial is a useful starting point, but there is no guarantee that one's highest p-p bg will occur exactly then. Especially if the meal was large, fatty or full of protein, or if you personally have a tendency to slow digestion. There is even a digestive problem called gastroparesis which can cause food to stay in the stomach at worst almost indefinitely or at best longer than one would prefer. So if your bg has not risen, or even has fallen, 2 hours after your meal, I suggest you test again at 3 hours, 4 hours etc., until the numbers have risen and begin to fall again. Personally, it is quite usual for me not to see the peak of the p-p rise until 4 hours after my meal.It was 5.4 last night post prandial (2 hours) after quite a large carb meal
I'm a non-diabetic (as far as I know) but wanted to test my levels as I plan to get a HbA1C test soon along with my other bloods so I figured these readings might give me a prediction as to what figure that would be.
Anyway I bought this Vivacheck meter here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08L9FDDDT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
noting its proclaimed high accuracy level and ease of use.
Well it's easy to use for sure, painless etc. however accurate, it certainly is not. I had some initial readings on the first two days which I thought were fine as I only tested once at a given time but then reading some of the reviews back they mentioned how some readings were inaccurate, say when you tested multiple times within a short period of time. So I thought I would put it to the test myself and to my surprise that's exactly what happened.
This morning my fasting glucose level was 5.5 (it was 4.7 the morning before). It was 5.4 last night post prandial (2 hours) after quite a large carb meal so the fact that it went to 5.5. after not eating or drinking anything which I found a bit odd.
Anyway back to this morning and I checked at 08:15, it was 5.5, checked 23 mins later, it was down to 4.3, checked 6 mins later it was 4.8!! (I tried to upload the photos but server isn't allowing me to do so).
I'm no doctor but this can't be right! I'm guessing my level is around those figures but my question is there a decent glucometer that is actually ACCURATE!? I realise none of them are 100%.
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