[Diabetes-talk] False Low/Good Reading on Prodigy Voice?

[Paul & Paula Jordan]

Ileen, have you run tests on your strips to see if they are the right ones?
What about the battery status?  
I know that I can get some real low readings with my morning fasting test,
but, based on the way I feel, I really think it's wrong.  
I have had both the prodigy voice, and the audocode, but they neither one
says when the blood sample is insufficient.  Sometimes, it does say that
it's low, and I generally consider it an insufficient reading.  
At this point, I've been at this for about 16 months, so I'm not a master
yet!!!  Hope this helps, and know that I wish you the very best.  

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:18 PM
To: Diabetes Talk
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] False Low/Good Reading on Prodigy Voice?

Hi folks: 

Have any of you been getting either low or good range readings on the
Prodigy Voice, but contrary results from the lab/doctor's office?  I suspect
that my Prodigy Voice is not functioning properly.  I had to go to my doctor
today for a procedure and prior to leaving the house I did a test on the
voice that came back 103 -- a very good number.  Prior to the procedure my
BG was tested and I was told the result was 236!  

Additionally, the last two A1C readings I got back from the doctor were
higher than they have ever been for me -- over 7!  I'm very upset about
this.  I test regularly, know how to count my carbs and am on a sliding
scale insulin regiment ... So I ask myself what's going on here?? I suspect
the meter is giving faulty readings.  Sometimes I know the numbers are off,
based on the way I feel and re-test and there can be a pretty big
difference.  Still the numbers that usually come back are not so outrageous
that my A1C's should be so horrible.  

Has anyone heard of other meters coming on the market?  Are there any out
there that will give an error message when/if insufficient blood drops are
placed on the test strip?  I'm very disgusted -- originally, I was liking
the meter because of its simplicity, but it appears to me that it is not
working properly.

Eileen 
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