No, I just re-use it. But of course you should NEVER EVER share a lancet with someone else, and the "gun" should be well cleaned when lending it. I think on the whole I'd rather not! People divide into 2 camps - the re-users like me who seek simplicity, test often, are concerned about the environment, waste and expense; and the non-re-users who are more hygienic and squeamish.I see that some folks are saying hey, you can re-use the lancets - do you put sterilising solution on the lancet before next using it
I'm a bit puzzled as to how you are evaluating the effect of various foods on your body without a meter. Do you feel you can sense when your bg is high?I am still learning what works with my body. But so far the carb items that are meant to level out blood sugar (ie not create spikes, but be slow-release) along with getting proteins more involved, especially if there are to be any (savoury natural) carbs or fruits involved seem to be suiting me.
It has had some bad reviews.
I'm a bit puzzled as to how you are evaluating the effect of various foods on your body without a meter. Do you feel you can sense when your bg is high?
No need to eat it at all if you don't want to or if it has a negative effect. For a full on Ketogenic diet it's really only possible to eat a very little anyway so cut it out.
Do you eat meat/fish? I ask because you don't seem to mention much about protein in your post.
But for many of us carbs whatever the colour are quite bad in terms of blood sugar control.
Hello and welcome. You have already been given a lot of advice already and it can be a lot to digest at first (no pun intended). But I thought I would address your query on excercise, if you do not mind.
It is said by someone in the know that 'You can't outrun a bad diet'. As weight loss and good management of Pre D and T2 equates to 80% diet and 20% excercise or roughly thereabouts then it follows that addressing dietary changes are paramount. I would advise that you excercise within your comfort zone but without risking injury or inflammation. Many members find that walking the dog twice per day helps.
Carbohydrates can prove to exacerbate inflammation so lowering the carbs in your diet will in time aid your excercise levels. I will leave it there for now except for one thing, you mention ALA and just in case you are unaware, it is the r-ALA you may benefit from. The ordinary ALA may not have enought of the active ingredients to be of much benefit.
Good luck.
No, I just re-use it. But of course you should NEVER EVER share a lancet with someone else, and the "gun" should be well cleaned when lending it. I think on the whole I'd rather not! People divide into 2 camps - the re-users like me who seek simplicity, test often, are concerned about the environment, waste and expense; and the non-re-users who are more hygienic and squeamish.
I'm down 8 stone on a low carb, then ketogenic, now carnivore diet so don't assume eating fat makes you fat.I'm supposed to lose some weight and body fat now
I'm down 8 stone on a low carb, then ketogenic, now carnivore diet so don't assume eating fat makes you fat.
Edit to add quite a few people here have gallbladder problems through not eating enough fat rather than avoiding it.. have a look around...
Try here: http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-testing-strips/
The Spirit Website is not the easiest to negotiate. However their helpline is 24/7 and you get to speak to a real person immediately, so you can order that way if you like. I think you may have missed an earlier post of mine where I mentioned lancets: "You can economise by not bothering to buy spare lancets at first, as you will get 10 in your starter kit and you may decide, like me and many others here, that it is not at all necessary to use a new one each time you test. I find I can go months before I feel the need to change mine". In the starter kit you also get a lancet "gun".
IMO this is indispensable. Now that the TEE2+ meter is no longer free, I'd go for the Codefree https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/, which has marginally cheaper strips when you buy one tub, but much cheaper when you buy in bulk using a code: 5 packs 264086 10 packs 975833.
I have both meters and find it useful from time to time to check one against the other. They appear to me to be very similar except that the TEE2+ http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/ can connect by Bluetooth, but only if you can manage the rather complicated process (I failed). Another advantage of the Codefree is that the meter is quite a lot smaller than the TEE2+.
You can economise by not bothering to buy spare lancets at first, as you will get 10 in your starter kit and you may decide, like me and many others here, that it is not at all necessary to use a new one each time you test. I find I can go months before I feel the need to change mine.
I hope this is in time to be useful, good luck!
People injecting insulin or taking some meds that increase their insulin production can get hypos. The rest of us can get false hypos especially if we bring our bgs down from a high level rather fast. I have never had one, but I believe they can be really unpleasant but are not harmful. One of the benefits of having a meter is that one can check one's bg and not panic in this situation.
You are right, the spirit-healthcare website isn't showing the TEE2 strips. It's possibly because they have been out of stock for the last couple of weeks. You do get 10 strips with the meter (and 10 lancets).
When the strips are available again they are £7.95 for a tub of 50.
I do this too, and also a small pot of cheese strips, but of course the nuts are less perishable in hot weather, if they don't all get eaten up.
A few people do follow the "carnivore" diet which does almost completely eliminate carbs, but for more than 99.99% of people even on this Forum eliminating carbs is impossible. Most people who start a low carb diet are shocked to find out how many foods do contain carbs. Even sardines!!! Even raw spinach! Carb-free foods are: fish but not all, and not sea-food, flesh, fowl and fats (but not all butter).
Maybe the Libre, at any rate from time to time as finances allow, to give the fingers a rest? The sides of the fingers as well as the ball, up to the first joint, are supposed to be less sensitive, though I have found them more painful. You can also use other sites on the body, but they are said to be less accurate.Thanks, Alexandra100.
That's a pity, though. I was quite tempted to start saving! Can only see good reviews on their website, but then that figures, really. Nice stickers for it tooI guess it's aimed at young people. But my fingertips are already scarred from years of eczema - so it looked quite appealing.
Out of interest, do people only lance fingertips for BS tests? As in could you lance any other area of the hand, etc? Just in case anyone happens to know...
Many thanks for all your help,
Diana
To be honest, only a few, but it was a shock to me as I thought ALL fish were carb-free.Fascinating about sardines containing carbs
The Fastclix lancet uses a drum/cassette containing six lancets. You set the depth to what suits you - I use the most shallow depth.Thank you Prem51
This Fastclix device looks really handy. Excuse the daft question, but, having looked at it on the Accu-Check site, have I understood correctly that the lancets go into this device and it works to set how far they lance into your finger, basically? If that bit is right, how does the rest of the business work? Do you then put the blood on a test strip. And then how does the meter read it? Does it have a special area for the test strip or something? Sorry to sound so dense!
If I've understood how to use the Fastclix device - I see that some folks are saying hey, you can re-use the lancets - do you put sterilising solution on the lancet before next using it - I guess this is a question to anyone, but if you happen to know, there it is!
Thanks again,
Diana
Read this and the mystery will be solved! https://www.bloodsugar101.com/diabetic-tendon-problemsI don't know what it is with me and injury. I seem very prone to it
Maybe the Libre, at any rate from time to time as finances allow, to give the fingers a rest? The sides of the fingers as well as the ball, up to the first joint, are supposed to be less sensitive, though I have found them more painful. You can also use other sites on the body, but they are said to be less accurate.
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