Diabetes: What meter are you using?

What meter are you using? The readings are in the normal range. You must have great control. The variations in your meter are variable. If your bgs are really 500 and you get 60, that would upset me. The reverse is true also. I know if I take blood from each finger the reading is never exact but close. If I take the blood from the same finger and take several readings they are close enough. I do not think the lab is exact, it is the best we can get at any given moment. It could be wrong, even completely wrong. The docs do not tell you how many errors spring from the lab. I have called Johnson many times on this and the explanation is always to use the same meter and not to confuse yourself the way you have. Do not be discouraged, your hard work will pay off.

Keep in mind that we mimick our pancreas poorly. Injecting insulin into the subcutaneous or fat layer of our skin is a crude imitation. Do you understand how glucose changes in your body, the way diabetics mimick the pancreas is not fast. I read somewhere that the bgs are not the same at every point in your body. The normal bg for those who are not diabetic is 80 and they have a glucose system regulated by sensors that move quickly within the blood stream to adjust the bgs to normalcy. I think that the carb excess normal folk engage abuses the system and forces it to break down with diabetes.

Remember, today's Leonardo d' Vincies are not employed by the meter companies and so we have the goofy behavior you mention. Our companies do not like competition, they prefer to monopolize mediocre meters and through collusion fix their cost and other aspects such as strips. I don't think we need strips but they are so profitable. Abbot Labs have for some reason produced the ReliON meter sold by WalMart which is accurate as far as that word applies. It has a reasonable price and its strips are almost reasonable. This meter has escaped the unimaginative clutches of the run of the mill meters. I plan to start using it soon.