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<blockquote data-quote="Nicole T" data-source="post: 2335231" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>Your blood sugar meter is a random number generator that centres vaguely on your actual blood sugar level. Check the documentation, but it's not uncommon for a 15% overread or underread to be considered valid, so if you're actually at 6.0, that could legitimately read anywhere between 5.1 and 6.9.</p><p></p><p>I'm in the process of switching from GlucoRx-Q to Tee2+ and seeing very different readings across both meters, with the Tee2+ consistently reading 1-2 mmol/L higher than the Gluco-Rx-Q. In theory, the Tee2+ is newer technology and more accurate, however the averages I'm getting from the Q are more consistent with the HbA1c result I got a few days ago, which would put my average blood sugar at around 6.5 mmol/l.</p><p></p><p>I'm finding the lancet that came with the Tee2+ is a lot more forgiving than the one that came with the GlucoRx-Q, in spite of being equally effective at drawing blood. While both eject and instantly recoil the needle on a spring, the GlucoRx-Q one seems to do it a lot more forcefully than the Tee2+ one. As some others, I find the sides of my fingers (as close as I can get to the side of the nail, without the droplet running onto the nail) is the least painful option. If your meter offers AST, then you can test from other parts of your body, too. This is good for routine testing, though fingers tend to give the most accurate results if your levels are rapidly increasing or decreasing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nicole T, post: 2335231, member: 527609"] Your blood sugar meter is a random number generator that centres vaguely on your actual blood sugar level. Check the documentation, but it's not uncommon for a 15% overread or underread to be considered valid, so if you're actually at 6.0, that could legitimately read anywhere between 5.1 and 6.9. I'm in the process of switching from GlucoRx-Q to Tee2+ and seeing very different readings across both meters, with the Tee2+ consistently reading 1-2 mmol/L higher than the Gluco-Rx-Q. In theory, the Tee2+ is newer technology and more accurate, however the averages I'm getting from the Q are more consistent with the HbA1c result I got a few days ago, which would put my average blood sugar at around 6.5 mmol/l. I'm finding the lancet that came with the Tee2+ is a lot more forgiving than the one that came with the GlucoRx-Q, in spite of being equally effective at drawing blood. While both eject and instantly recoil the needle on a spring, the GlucoRx-Q one seems to do it a lot more forcefully than the Tee2+ one. As some others, I find the sides of my fingers (as close as I can get to the side of the nail, without the droplet running onto the nail) is the least painful option. If your meter offers AST, then you can test from other parts of your body, too. This is good for routine testing, though fingers tend to give the most accurate results if your levels are rapidly increasing or decreasing. [/QUOTE]
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