New to all this

[Mizunoman1960]

Found out just after Christmas that I am diabetic. Came as a bit of a shock.
So, I'm taking Atorvastatin each night which I believe is to control cholesterol.
Have also cut out sweets, crisps, cakes
etc to lose weight.
Have gone from 14.7st to11.12st hoping that helps rather than have to have meds.
When using my Tees2+ some of my readings just don't seem right.
To check them, I take a reading 1 hr after food. Get a reading of 10.7.
10 mins later I take another reading ( new lancet and strip). Reading is 8.1 same finger.
A third reading is taken after another 10 mins on a different finger and reading is.7.3.
Does this seem plausible?
Any advice is appreciated.

 

[luceeloo]

Congratulations on the weight loss!
About blood test machines - In order to comply with ISO standards, blood glucose monitors just have to be accurate to 15% . There are also lots of other factors which can make each reading slightly different (the number of red blood cells in each sample size, trace substances on your hands). The general consensus is that these monitors are designed to give a good guideline of where your blood sugar is at, but won't ever be 100% accurate, and won't be as precise as a laboratory test.
We've all been there with the testing and re-testing, but eventually you do come to a point where just one test is enough! If for no other reason than the finger callouses get annoying.