I got the accu-chek meter, question

"Fawnhawk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I saw the pharmacist today and got the accu-chek meter for my reactive hypoglycemia. She showed me
the control solution that shows whether the strips are accurate. Does that mean they are 100%
accurate if the control solution is the right number (the mean) or is it still a percentage off?

I

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ask especially about it reading low numbers, since that's my problem.

No meter is 100% accuate. I only use my control solution if I get some wild looking number. I've
really only used it maybe 6 times at the most in the 4 years or so that I've had it. In fact, I use
it so infrequently that it often expires and I haven't noticed.

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I am glad the testing doesn't hurt, heh. I set it on 2 and I can feel it, but it doesn't really
hurt. There wasn't enough blood, so I lightly squeezed my finger and then there was plenty.

Try washing your hands with really warm water first, then shake your hand or allow it to hang at
your side for a few mintues before testing.

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She was going to only prescribe enough strips for once a day, but I told

her

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how can that be effective testing.. what would be the point of testing. I told her I wanted to
test 6-7 times a day, at least until I understand how what I eat affects me.

I use medicaid for prescriptions and she said medicaid only pays for once

a

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day, for those who don't use insulin, but she said the way she wrote out

the

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script "use as directed 3 times a day" she could order 100 strips. So I have enough for 3 times a
day, at least. I'm going to check into the situation and see what else I can do.

I still can't believe the lack of attention I have experienced with

doctors

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and insurance about hypoglycemia.. especially when it is a pre-diabetic condition for so many
people and could stay there longer with good

control.

I know what you mean! Many Drs. do not even consider it to be a real medical condition.

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btw, I got an 83 at the doctors office, which was 2 hours and 35 minutes after eating breakfast
of 2oz orange juice, 3 slices of ham (carb 1g, protein 5g), and 12 peanuts. Not bad for a first
test, heh.

Great!

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Fawnhawk wrote in message ...

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. . .(snip). . .

I still can't believe the lack of attention I have experienced with doctors and insurance about
hypoglycemia.. especially when it is a pre-diabetic condition for so many people and could stay
there longer with good control.

. . .(snip). . .

Fawnhawk

AFAIK, there is no therapy for hypoglycemia.

It is one of the glaring examples of :

"The patient does all the work and most of the management. The docs mostly sit on the sidelines
cheering us on and writing the occasional prescription"

Regards Old Al