Yeah, the contour plus is my go to glucometer. Easy. Works. I'm only going to keep the Abbott one because it takes ketone strips as well (plus charges via USB... looking at it now I think it may be the Libre 2 reader but it accepts both kinds of strips)I have the Contour Plus Blue too. Like you, I don't have any issues and the test strips seem to slurp up even the smallest of drops of blood, from pretty much any angle I seem to use.
For others reading and in the market for a blood glucose meter - It's very easy to use, strips are a reasonable price, plus it stores 800 results and has an app it syncs your results to as well. Not a commonly recommended device around here from what I've seen, but my personal experience of it has been good.
You may well be right.I doubt it - I'm quite careful. And sometimes, when I have failure at first, I try to rub the blood onto the strip, and that has worked. So I think it's insufficient blood.
I buy the strips from Chemist4u. Haven't had any issues with supply or delivery, £8.59 for 50 strips. This supplier doesn't seem to offer an option for diabetics to remove VAT. However, last time I price checked a month ago, these were cheaper than other sites that did allow diabetics to remove VAT.I'm using a TEE2+; it does the job and the cost of the strips is reasonable, but the downside is the app won't sync with my smartphone (Apple), and it was only when I read the instruction booklet I realised this is a known problem - not something I can resolve.
Google returns a few different retailers of the Contour Blue and its strips, which vary in price between £8.49 and a whopping £12.99 on Amazon. Could you tell me which supplier you use, please?
Thank you for the information. Much appreciated.I buy the strips from Chemist4u. Haven't had any issues with supply or delivery, £8.59 for 50 strips. This supplier doesn't seem to offer an option for diabetics to remove VAT. However, last time I price checked a month ago, these were cheaper than other sites that did allow diabetics to remove VAT.
Contour Plus - 50 Blood Glucose Test Strips
Buy Contour Plus Blood Glucose Test Strips. Chemist4U has a range of Contour products all available with fast, discreet delivery.www.chemist-4-u.com
They also sell the meter, which I got at the same time. It's £29.99
Contour Plus Blue Glucose Meter
Buy Contour Plus Blue Glucose Meter. Chemist4U has a range of Contour products all available with fast, discreet delivery.www.chemist-4-u.com
The Contour app is available on the Apple app store from a quick Google of it (I'm on Android). Info about what the app does can be found here:
The CONTOUR DIABETES app
Test, track and share readings more easily so you may gain a better understanding of your blood glucose patterns.www.diabetes.ascensia.co.uk
I have one as my Christmas present every year, and one for my birthday 5 months later. They are things I really want and wouldn't buy routinely for myself.I've been on the fence about it, mainly because once I have it, I won't want to give it up. So, the real question here I guess is how will I explain to my kids that Santa couldn't afford presents this year, because he used the money for a CGM in December
I love your approach, trying it out, logging, and seeing what happens!Well, as promised (I think) I made another similar curry, with beef and some extra broccoli and cauliflower, but no rice.
It was quite nice, and I didn't miss the rice, to be fair. I'll try a Foo Young with a small egg fried rice next to see what happens. I'll hold off on the Domino's until then.I love your approach, trying it out, logging, and seeing what happens!
There are some very decent low (and no carb). Lowecal, Bach 95, Skinny etc. Have a look at Drinkwell https://drinkwelluk.com/collections/low-calorie-beerAn interesting (possibly) thing that happens to me is that a) I like beer. It will send me high initially -- and I'm talking more than 12 mmol/L. And then my BSL will drop like a rock, always below 3.9 unless I eat heaps of carbs (the curry would be good). I haven't managed to give it up yet but limit myself to Friday nights. So your second peak is more interesting to me -- I'm envious
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