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<blockquote data-quote="Nicole T" data-source="post: 2290781" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>Meal out, and I had a mixed grill. The chips and the tomato were naughty, but everything else should have been close to zero carbs. A couple of pints of lager with it, too.</p><p></p><p>2 hours later, 11.4, I thought "that can't be right" and tested again, twice. 5.6 and 5.5 respectively. All three readings within the space of about 2 minutes.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I can think of is that, for the 11.4, even though I had a good blob of blood to sample, for some reason it took about 3 goes to get enough onto the strip. Could this possibly be the reason for the misread? And if not, what's going on here? Samples 1 and 3 were from my right hand (though different fingers) and sample 2 from the left, in case that's relevant.</p><p></p><p>Something on my skin skewing the readings, perhaps?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nicole T, post: 2290781, member: 527609"] Meal out, and I had a mixed grill. The chips and the tomato were naughty, but everything else should have been close to zero carbs. A couple of pints of lager with it, too. 2 hours later, 11.4, I thought "that can't be right" and tested again, twice. 5.6 and 5.5 respectively. All three readings within the space of about 2 minutes. The only thing I can think of is that, for the 11.4, even though I had a good blob of blood to sample, for some reason it took about 3 goes to get enough onto the strip. Could this possibly be the reason for the misread? And if not, what's going on here? Samples 1 and 3 were from my right hand (though different fingers) and sample 2 from the left, in case that's relevant. Something on my skin skewing the readings, perhaps? [/QUOTE]
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