What was your fasting BG today?
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In regards to meter accuracy-- this test will make most of you slightly ill, and from what I've seen from my own 3 meters, its pretty much true across the board... but +/-10 seems fairly common across all meters... and really that's not nearly accurate enough. I think lack of accurate testing is harming most diabetics an awful lot.
https://zippy.gfycat.com/ImmenseDamagedChupacabra.webm
I've done same drop of blood on 3 meters, got 3 different results, pull strips, replace, same drop of blood on all 3 again, not one matched previous results... the one i use now is an accu-check aviva, and it consistently comes up with smaller variability than the other two, but rarely even on same drop of blood same number twice... often +/-5-10 (old two were up to +/-30, which is functionally worthless imo.)
That's a great video!
The sad truth is that ALL those meters in the video are well within their required +/- 15% specification for accuracy.
I would really like to see more improvements in this area so we can have glucose meters/test-strips that provide results that are within 5% of a lab ordered blood test.1 -
104 (5.78) - the same as it was last night0
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86...93 before breakfast1
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114 (6.33)0
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1310
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1120
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83 today.1
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Yesterday was 113 & today was 105.1
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108 (6.0)0
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1000
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I was way shakey...and im just not used to it being that low. With my pancreas issues I'm not supposed to have my numbers below 95 or 100 per my gastroenterologist.
Seems like your pancreas would be under more stress the higher your BG....?? If your GI is trying to guard against hypos, you might want to verify that your endo is on board with such a high bottom end of your glucose range. (Lots of things to balance, and different docs may have different priorities.)
I have the same pancreas issues. My Endo has said my FBS, as long as it's below 9.9, I'm okay. Anything lower than 5, and I'm shakey and headachey.
But, by all means, check with the doctor.
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6.8 (123). Good morning all.0
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190!?!0
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1510
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96 today.0
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Today was 1120
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5/20 - 91
5/21 - 100
5/22 - 87
5/23 - forgot to get fasting
5/24 - 1011 -
117 (6.5)0