Different readings from different meters?

Dennis R. wrote:
> In article <6g9k01FerstjU1@mid.individual.net>,
> me@privacy.net says...
>
>> snip
>> strange that CR would miss a meter sigh
>>
>> i do find that the CR reports like SMALL and 'techy' and 'ease of use'
>>
>> those meters that use a drum would drive me nuts
>>
>>
> I also shudder to think of the cost of those damn drums
> if you didn't have good insurance. Then again, my
> eyesight isn't that bad yet, and I don't have arthritis
> in my fingers yet. I also am not that squeamish about
> blood from a lancet.
>
> I am however, squeamish about watching the needle slide
> in for blood tests at the labs. I think it comes from
> watching those 15 gauge dialysis needles punching into
> my arm the first couple of times. After that, it was no
> more looking. ;-)
>
> Dennis (Type 2)

plonk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i had amniocentisis done as i was 37 yrs old when i found out i was pregnant

i TOLD the tech, the Dr and everyone else who walked into the room to
make SURE that it would be IMPOSSIBLE for me to see the 'needle'

then, later in the procedure, they asked me if i wanted to see the ultra
sound

sounded great to me........................... they forgot that the 10
inch long needle was ALSO showing on the screen

boy, did they RUN for the barf tray for me
lol

--
kate
type 1 since 1987
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http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/n...diagnosed.html

Tiger_Lily wrote:
> strange that CR would miss a meter sigh

Well, new meter models are constantly coming out.
Maybe the one missed didn't exist when they first started planning the
study. Surely it took more than a month to do the study and print it.
Then ___ weeks before I heard about it here, then another week before I
found it at the library, and a few more days before I called Bernstein's
office.......

--
Wes Groleau

Change is inevitable.
Liberals need to learn that "inevitable" is not a synonym for "good."
Conservatives should learn that "inevitable" is not a synonym for "bad."
-- WWG

I got my new free One touch slim colorized ultra the other
day. I did a little testing with the same code strips in it
and my old ultra and my Accu-check Aviva using the testing
fluid that came with the new one touch. Two strips in each,
six tests with fluid in about 2 minutes. Varied +- 10 points.
Yes 20 points spread.

Good thing my life does not depend on it huh?

peace
dawg
"Wes Groleau" <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote in message
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> Robert Miles wrote:
>> "louise" <louise@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>>> I've now checked both meters twice, no more than one
>>> minute apart, and my readings are different by 12 points.
>>
>> I've seen my fasting blood glucose (FBG) readings vary by
>> to to 10 points (US measurement) just by going from one
>> vial
>> of test strips to another, even when staying with the same
>> meter.
>
> For a while, I was using both Accu-Chek and OneTouch.
> The data sheets the came in each box of strips had
> accuracy and precision formulae which made it clear
> that at around 110 mg/dL, I should expect one meter
> to average about 6 mg/dL low and the other about six high.
>
> --
> Wes Groleau
> "To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying
> Amen to what the world tells you you should prefer,
> is to have kept your soul alive."
> -- Robert Louis Stevenson

On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:47:13 -0400, louise <louise@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>Through a long series of events, I now own an AccuChek Versa
>and a FreeStyle Freedom Lite. Accucheck sent it overnight
>free when I called to ask about the difference between the
>softclix and the multi-clix and explained I planned to use
>the pen with a Freestyle meter :-)
>
>The Accuchek came with control solution, the FreeStyle did not.
>
>I've now checked both meters twice, no more than one minute
>apart, and my readings are different by 12 points.
>
>The Accuchek gave me 135 one hour after a meal and the
>Freestyle gave me 123.
>
>Before the meal the Accuchek gave me 99 and the FreeStyle
>gave me 112.
>
>What do I make of this? Are these meter readings only true
>when you're using the same meter?
>
>BTW, I did use the control solution on the accuchek and it
>came out within range.

Just found this on Jenny's blog

http://diabetesupdate.blogspot.com/2...our-meter.html

amazing! my camera flashes a low battery warning for a while then
*before* the voltage drops to a level that it will no longer function
effectively it locks up and won't function again until the batteries
are replaced

You'd think they might build a similar feature into medical test
equipment