Diabetics I have a question?

Thanks Joy that make a whole lot of sense. So they can be wrong? I am glad you told me that! I will half to tell my friend what you said. Have a good day!

Oh yes, they sure can go wrong sometimes. My Dad almost went into a diabetic coma because his wasn't giving the right reading so he could inject the correct dosage! Have her check at her pharmacy for the test strips, and maybe talk to the pharmacist. Not sure but maybe he can check it somehow to see if it's reading true.

Thanks Joy. Have a good Saturday!

Well, I thought that the Monitor was always right!

A lot of thing can contribute to the reading being off. But you can test your blood twice in a row and booth times get a totally different reading. I know that they are more accurate now than they use to be when I used them on my patients, but still there is no way to count totally on the acurracy of any machine.
The smallest things like too much or too little blood, low batteries, too much sunlight, can cause it to malfunction.

thank you I didn't know that you half to get another just in case. I really thought that they were 100% correct, I half to tell my girlfriend. So how often shuld you get another one? This is serious, I will tell her to always keep two moniters.

marcia when I was first diagnosed I only had one of these monitors, the one my doctor gave to me. But then I decided to buy one to have with me on my way to work and then one year ago I bought one for here at home in case my monitor messes up. This has happened a few times that the monitor messed up when I needed new batteries for it. And its good to have a spare monitor for these cases

Thanks for getting back to me, This is good information you gave me, and along with everyone else. I half to go back to your response, hold on a minute.

Yes, it is good to have a spare. I didn't even know that the batteries could go bad. I really didn't know that it had batteries. That is how much I know about moniters. Thanks for our informaton.

Very good answer.
My mother checked hers like this once a week. She also took her machine to the Dr with her each time she went and checked her sugar at the same time as the Dr does to see if they read the same.
She had a back up as well. She kept one in her car and one in the house. That way if she was out and felt like she was dropping she could check her sugar.

Thank you, that was good information you gave. I am going to print out this discussion and show it to my Friend. and I want to thank Tammyr for her input too. She won't see this unless she comes back to this discussion. Have a great day!

I know you get test strips with it. But It wasn't accurate.