Diabetic Diet & Blood Gluecose

does anyone know the news on the bloodless glucose meter are they anywhere close to making one?
i’m tired of pricking my hands for blood

How about here:

www.mendosa.com/meters.htm

I have a reli On Blood Glucose meter and I havent used it in over a yr. I want to know if I should change the battery.

If it starts it will work, but batteries are cheap.

For my project at school I’d like 2 know the good and bad things about the meter could u tell me

Every meter is different. And so are the costs of the test strips.

One Touch is awfully expensive for test strips. About $115.00 per 100 strips if you buy them outright.

Walmart and Krogers so far, are the cheapest for test strips. Those cost about $36.99 to $39.99 per 100 strips.

Now, no meter is accurate, no matter what they claim. They can be as much as 25% off of the true reading and still be withing acceptable limits.

This doesn’t help diabetic who are trying to tightly control their blood sugar levels.

The one touch meters look really nice though. Other meters seem drab and black.

Most meters have a port you can download the readings onto a computer with.
BUT, there are problems with this as well.

1st, you have to order the cabling and software from the manufacturer’s site, and NONE of them work with Linux.
2nd, you have to use a credit card to get one.

Too bad they won’t sell them where you buy the meter.

The one touch ultra mini is pretty compact. It can fit in your pocket. Nice feature.
The display is a bit small, but it’s not too bad.
The pouch you carry it in is NOT waterproof though. So, if it rains and it’s in your pocket, it gets ruined. The pouch is too small to carry much. A couple of syringes at best, maybe a bottle of insulin. But no spare room for glucose tablets if you want to keep it all together.

Overall, I would go with the meter that had the cheapest strips if you have to pay for them yourself.

The difference between the one touch and the Kroger brand is about $75.00

I have better uses for that $75 than to help maintain some filthy rich CEO’s obscenely lavish lifestyle.

I need a meter that will upload my bg numbers and print it out to give to my doctor that would be the easiest method. anyone have something like that?

There are several manufacturers making glucometers that interface directly with computers. Bayer diabetics Care, for example makes several. Home Diagnostics also offers several products. (Links to information in sources below).

Microsoft offers a free to use electronic medical records service called HealthVault that can be used to store medical information and forward it to your health care providers at your discretion.

My meter reads up and down to quickly. Why would I check my blood sugar five straight times in a row and it read something different every time? It went high to very high to low to mid high to mid high. I cant even decide how high or if my blood sugar is close to normal with these kind of readings? What should I do?????? Thanks

Your blood machine will read to a 10% fault each time. In other words one test can say 75 when the very next could say 65 and the next can say 85. If your results vary more than that then you might need a new meter. Call your doc, have them check you and see if they can cooperate in getting a new meter for you. The meter company might also be able to help you get a new one.

Good luck…

Please respond, don’t ignore this question

I would need to know if you have eaten anything OR if this is a fasting result. Either way, its not really bad at all. Normal range for fasting is between 70- 100 for a non diabetic. 2 hours after a meal it should be about the same, but can be a little more elevated up to about 15 or 120.

Okay, I went for my gestational diabetes test last week and brought along my own meter. True track. :/
well, an hour after drinking 50 grams of sugar according to my METER it said i was at 158…yikes..its supposed to be 140 or less. Okay…I accepted the fact that I might have gestational diabetes.

Then the doctor calls me about an unrelated issue I’ve had in my pregnancy and I ask her what my results were…(assuming that she was going to have me come in for my 3 hour test…She said i was LOW normal..at a 97!
97? Really?
Either my meter is WAY WAY off or there was a mistake…(the guy who did the blood draw was BRAND NEW, said it was his first day…) so it really in my un professional opinion could go either way. Either he messed up or my meter is TRASH.
I wanted to know if there are any RELIABLE sites that might have information on which meter is most accurate (.org .gov .edu) anything. Personal experience is also helpful. I HAD a contour a while ago, but it got lost in the move to our new place…From what I experienced with that meter it was pretty right on with what I was feeling, so I had no problem trusting it.

Thanks in advance for your opinions, and links to helpful sites.

From personal experience, I would say do not buy a One Touch Ultra Mini. Those are off by more than 30%, sometimes, making the difference between your doctor wanting to you on meds, or not… which is what is happening to me. I have switched to the Bayer Breeze2, as it has been the most accurate for me. It told me my sugar was 235, on the morning when my fasting glucose at the hospital was also 235… So, I do trust it a bit more. They also give that meter away, free, on their site. The e-mail you a coupon, and with a prescription from your doctor for one, it’s free. I’d give it a try, though honestly, the best glucometer is the one that is easiest for you to use, and you feel comfortable testing every day. With the Bayer one, I don’t have to code any longer, and it uses these discs that let me know how many strips I have left. It’s convenient for me, at least.

I was recently diagnosed with Gestational diabetes. I have been home testing since then and everything was fine. I coded my meter the very first time and my levels have been normal. All of a sudden for the last 2 days, my levels have been higher (with no new change in my diet). My meter is a OneTouch Ultra and I receive 4 vials of test strips (each vial contains 25 strips). All the vials in the 4 pack have code 25 on them. So I figured I just code it once using 25 and it was ready. Am I supposed to code it every time I open a new vial?? Or once I open a new 4 pack of vials? I am really confused and I hope my levels haven’t been wrong! I really need some help correcting this because I do not want to be put on insulin. Thanks
You code the meter for each NEW vial of strips.

If the meter already has the proper code for the NEW vials of strips, then you do not need to recode.

Still, it is better to just go ahead and recode for each new vial. get into the habit, and you will NEVER be wrong.

I don’t need it to be precise, I just want a general idea of whether or not my blood glucose level is getting too high. My little brother used to have this little jug of strips that he would use and just compare the color to the color on the jug. That’s what I’m after. Do they still make these?

I’m presuming that colorimetric Blood Glucose test strips (ones that you compare visually against a color chart) are still available as I’ve just logged onto the following two websites and seen examples of them. (Sorry, but the second url takes you to a site in the UK, but I would assume that they have them in the USA too.)

Oops! I’ve just seen the spelling of colorimetric test strips on the first site too, which indicates that that site is in Australia.

Apparently, GlucoFlex-R test strips are sold by Ambe Medical Group though I’m afraid I have absolutely no idea how much they cost.

Try your local pharmacy to see if they have them in stock, or could order you some.

I do hope you’re able to find what you want.

im looking for an actual blueprint or a design on what goes on inside the meter.

thanks

You’re asking for proprietary information. Your chances of finding out exactly what is inside a glucometer are practically non existent. The meter is really nothing more than a device to measure the amount of electricity or continuity produced by the blood’s reaction to the enzymes on the strip. The strip itself is where all the magic takes place. That’s why the strips are so expensive and the meters are practically given away.