I have been taking my readings pretty regularly this year ( not so much in the past )..... My readings haven been around 185 this week, which seems high. I started a really low carb program about a month ago. ( I know it takes time ) But at the end of 2015, I was also around 185.

So here is why I ask: My strips have stopped absorbing the blood. My meter can't always get a reading.... But twice this week it did work.... but my readings were 225ish.

I've dropped about 20 pounds this year, so far. But what really makes me wonder, is that I "know" my levels must be going down. I no longer have an almost insatiable thirst. My night sweats are gone. And I have gone from peeing 15 - 20x a day, down to about 5 or 6x a day. And, I can generally sleep though the night now.

I also have another issue, which is it is very hard for me to draw blood with the lancet even at its deepest setting. I apparently have very thick skin.