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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1003465" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Hi. I felt it was essential to share with you my test methodology, which i will elaborate on now in this my second post. I test 4 times a day:- A.M. Fasting, Pre-Meal, 2hr PP, and 4hr PP, I use an Excel spreadsheet to log my results, my test conditions, any changes to environment or routine, and my food details.</p><p></p><p>In addition, I use 2 meters in parallel, This is important to me since it allows me to determine the delta change in baseline when the strip pak is changed for a new batch. It also verifies that every reading I take is valid since the two meters should track each other. I do plot the errors between the two meters and plot these to remove fixed offset errors, and allow me to also check the linearity of each meter over the range of readings. The two meters I use have a predictable offset of around 1.7 when reading less than 5 mmol/L, rising to around 3 mmol/L at readings between 10-15 mmol/L, and up to 5 mmol.L when the reading is 25 or above. I try to use one meter as my 'decision and reporting meter', and the other as my backup watchdog. But there are times when I run out of strips and I do get gaps where I have to rely on the backup</p><p></p><p>I plot all readings over time to show how all 4 readings per day are moving with respect to each other, and I plot trendlines for each.This tells me how a change is affecting the bgl, and what may be causing it, Using this I was able to fine tune my medications and verify stability in my readings, This is very important as we shall see when i describe my Bitter Melon experiences. Most of the time I was playing ;Whack-a-mole' where a change I made pushed one set down, but made one or more of the others rise and the overall average remained virtually unchanged. It is the overall average that i use to base my decisions on since that has most of the day to day noise removed and gives the main trend similar to an HBA1c.</p><p></p><p>When all four daily readings trend in the same direction, and the average has a significant change too, then I know I have a result I can use to tighten my bgl control. I am used to seeing these changes, but most are just an 'OK' type. It was never a EUREKA moment until I saw what Bitter Melon did to them which i promise to start recounting in my next posting......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1003465, member: 196898"] Hi. I felt it was essential to share with you my test methodology, which i will elaborate on now in this my second post. I test 4 times a day:- A.M. Fasting, Pre-Meal, 2hr PP, and 4hr PP, I use an Excel spreadsheet to log my results, my test conditions, any changes to environment or routine, and my food details. In addition, I use 2 meters in parallel, This is important to me since it allows me to determine the delta change in baseline when the strip pak is changed for a new batch. It also verifies that every reading I take is valid since the two meters should track each other. I do plot the errors between the two meters and plot these to remove fixed offset errors, and allow me to also check the linearity of each meter over the range of readings. The two meters I use have a predictable offset of around 1.7 when reading less than 5 mmol/L, rising to around 3 mmol/L at readings between 10-15 mmol/L, and up to 5 mmol.L when the reading is 25 or above. I try to use one meter as my 'decision and reporting meter', and the other as my backup watchdog. But there are times when I run out of strips and I do get gaps where I have to rely on the backup I plot all readings over time to show how all 4 readings per day are moving with respect to each other, and I plot trendlines for each.This tells me how a change is affecting the bgl, and what may be causing it, Using this I was able to fine tune my medications and verify stability in my readings, This is very important as we shall see when i describe my Bitter Melon experiences. Most of the time I was playing ;Whack-a-mole' where a change I made pushed one set down, but made one or more of the others rise and the overall average remained virtually unchanged. It is the overall average that i use to base my decisions on since that has most of the day to day noise removed and gives the main trend similar to an HBA1c. When all four daily readings trend in the same direction, and the average has a significant change too, then I know I have a result I can use to tighten my bgl control. I am used to seeing these changes, but most are just an 'OK' type. It was never a EUREKA moment until I saw what Bitter Melon did to them which i promise to start recounting in my next posting...... [/QUOTE]
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