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<blockquote data-quote="AlcalaBob" data-source="post: 165059" data-attributes="member: 30529"><p>One week later and the numbers have improved again: waking BG is consistently close to 7.0, with a daily max well under 8 and a minimum occasionally under 6 with the lowest now 5.4. My weight's tailed off but that doesn't worry me. I've no idea what Hb1c that will translate to but it's got to be a whole lot better than the previous one of 7.7 mid-October.</p><p></p><p>Because of the cost of strips, I'm switching from a OneTouch UltraSmart to a GlucoRx and I've run dual tests a couple of times because of posts I've seen about inaccuracy. So far, both are identical so either they both have the same error in the same direction each time, or else they're both accurate. I'm assuming the latter in the absence of any evidence to the contrary. If that's the case, then whatever the exact measure, the trend is still good. Although the health service will give prescriptions for strips here in Spain, they are going to be rationing them severely. The GlucoRx ones are very much cheaper so when I run out of the OneTouch, I'll switch over.</p><p></p><p>At the moment, I'm wondering why I didn't cotton on to this low carb thing a long time ago. I wonder if I'll still be saying the same thing in a few months. I haven't had any of the symptoms some posters have noted such as tiredness and gut problems so maybe I've been lucky. Onwards and downwards!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlcalaBob, post: 165059, member: 30529"] One week later and the numbers have improved again: waking BG is consistently close to 7.0, with a daily max well under 8 and a minimum occasionally under 6 with the lowest now 5.4. My weight's tailed off but that doesn't worry me. I've no idea what Hb1c that will translate to but it's got to be a whole lot better than the previous one of 7.7 mid-October. Because of the cost of strips, I'm switching from a OneTouch UltraSmart to a GlucoRx and I've run dual tests a couple of times because of posts I've seen about inaccuracy. So far, both are identical so either they both have the same error in the same direction each time, or else they're both accurate. I'm assuming the latter in the absence of any evidence to the contrary. If that's the case, then whatever the exact measure, the trend is still good. Although the health service will give prescriptions for strips here in Spain, they are going to be rationing them severely. The GlucoRx ones are very much cheaper so when I run out of the OneTouch, I'll switch over. At the moment, I'm wondering why I didn't cotton on to this low carb thing a long time ago. I wonder if I'll still be saying the same thing in a few months. I haven't had any of the symptoms some posters have noted such as tiredness and gut problems so maybe I've been lucky. Onwards and downwards! [/QUOTE]
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