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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2349032" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>In the days before you had the new meter, you based your decisions on the old one, and it served you well. You can compare it to the Lab values taken with the HbA1c blood to see if it is actually high or low, by taking a reading in the surgery at the same time. Or by averaging the values for a month or so and comparing the average against the HbA1c.</p><p></p><p>Now you have a new kid on the block. If you are thinking of returning it as useless then stick with your old meter, else you are going to have to switch to it as the new yardstick, and adjust accordingly, If it is not being used for hypo detection, or medication change, or DVLA requirements, then it all becomes relative, and tightening up on your diet is probably not a bad idea anyway. It becomes less important when compared to the other uses for a meter.</p><p></p><p>In any case, a single spot reading is not useful on its own, I repeat suspect meal choices on another occasion to confirm since spot readings are affected by so many other influences that they are only a rough guide at the best of times. Secondly, I try to base my decisions on how the readings are trending, and I average on a daily basis which on an OMAD regime is effectively both the FBG indicator and the meal indicator. It is the changes you are needing to concentrate on. </p><p></p><p>I have been using 2 meters on the same drop of blood for 6 years now, and my SD Codefree has never been close to or below any other meter I have compared it to. If the difference exceeds 2 mmol/l then one of the meters is lying and I retest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 2349032, member: 196898"] In the days before you had the new meter, you based your decisions on the old one, and it served you well. You can compare it to the Lab values taken with the HbA1c blood to see if it is actually high or low, by taking a reading in the surgery at the same time. Or by averaging the values for a month or so and comparing the average against the HbA1c. Now you have a new kid on the block. If you are thinking of returning it as useless then stick with your old meter, else you are going to have to switch to it as the new yardstick, and adjust accordingly, If it is not being used for hypo detection, or medication change, or DVLA requirements, then it all becomes relative, and tightening up on your diet is probably not a bad idea anyway. It becomes less important when compared to the other uses for a meter. In any case, a single spot reading is not useful on its own, I repeat suspect meal choices on another occasion to confirm since spot readings are affected by so many other influences that they are only a rough guide at the best of times. Secondly, I try to base my decisions on how the readings are trending, and I average on a daily basis which on an OMAD regime is effectively both the FBG indicator and the meal indicator. It is the changes you are needing to concentrate on. I have been using 2 meters on the same drop of blood for 6 years now, and my SD Codefree has never been close to or below any other meter I have compared it to. If the difference exceeds 2 mmol/l then one of the meters is lying and I retest. [/QUOTE]
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