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

[Mike Freeman]

Eileen:

You are right to be miffed; your meter should do better than that. In fact, 
most Prodigy Voice meters do quite well.

However, as I said in another post, there ain't a meter on the market that 
reliably differentiates between insufficient blood on the sample and low 
blood glucose even though some manufacturers *say* their meters won't give 
false readings if there is insufficient blood on the strip. Some 
manufacturers are working on meters wherein the blood must complete a 
circuit (apparently only doable if there is enough blood on the strip) but 
IMO it hasn't happened yet.

I'd bet your problem has been solved by now!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 12:17 PM
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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