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On the final day of (maybe) my final Libre. I had a bit of a break between the last one and this, and seem to have lost the impetus somewhat. I'm no longer obsessively scanning it at less than 8 hour intervals, so I'm getting some breaks in my data. This was going to be my "Let's see what metformin does" sensor, but since my A1c came back within normal (high normal, but not even pre-diabetic) range, I think I can relax a little on my monitoring, though not on my diet.
So I'm back to the GlucoRx-Q and Tee2+ meters, both of which are consistently disagreeing. For once, I actually got a figure less than 1mmol/l difference between them just now, but the Tee2+ still reads higher than the GlucoRx-Q, while the average from the GlucoRx-Q is closer to my most recent HbA1c test result.
I've only really been taking morning (fasting) readings on both while I've had the Libre on, and even then, not every day. Average on the GlucoRx-Q is 6.5, which would translate to an A1c of 39 (exactly my last test result.) The Tee2+ is averaging 8.3, which would translate to an A1c of 51. Obviously you can't calculate an average from one snapshot blood test every day, but I'm leaning towards believing the GlucoRx-Q to be more accurate than the Tee2+.
Last 2 blood readings are 6.8 GlucoRx-Q and 7.6, Tee2+. These correlate with a 7.0 'steady' out of Libre at the time, followed by a 5.9 'steady' 15 minutes afterwards.
I really do wonder whether random numbers on a dartboard are the way forward with blood sugar monitoring. No expensive sensor discs or test strips, just chuck a dart and see where it lands.
So I'm back to the GlucoRx-Q and Tee2+ meters, both of which are consistently disagreeing. For once, I actually got a figure less than 1mmol/l difference between them just now, but the Tee2+ still reads higher than the GlucoRx-Q, while the average from the GlucoRx-Q is closer to my most recent HbA1c test result.
I've only really been taking morning (fasting) readings on both while I've had the Libre on, and even then, not every day. Average on the GlucoRx-Q is 6.5, which would translate to an A1c of 39 (exactly my last test result.) The Tee2+ is averaging 8.3, which would translate to an A1c of 51. Obviously you can't calculate an average from one snapshot blood test every day, but I'm leaning towards believing the GlucoRx-Q to be more accurate than the Tee2+.
Last 2 blood readings are 6.8 GlucoRx-Q and 7.6, Tee2+. These correlate with a 7.0 'steady' out of Libre at the time, followed by a 5.9 'steady' 15 minutes afterwards.
I really do wonder whether random numbers on a dartboard are the way forward with blood sugar monitoring. No expensive sensor discs or test strips, just chuck a dart and see where it lands.