[Diabetes-talk] Random incorrect readings with prodigy voice

[Mike Freeman]

Ronit:

Every meter on the planet does this occasionally (there are some who will
dispute this but this is my experience).  Moreover, you will get to know the
meter well enough that you will know from its respone whether the reading is
likely to be incorrect.

I think you will find that when you think you have enough blood on the strip
but the reading is wrong, most often the blood is smeared a bit so that
while the strip appears saturated, the area with the chemical reagent is
not.

The Solo V2 is a bit less prone to this behavior.  However, it has the
show-stopping drawback at the moment that the times of readings from memory
are not spoken.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:22 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Random incorrect readings with prodigy voice

Hi again everyone,
Sorry to be a bother, but thank you to everyone who has helped me out so
far. I was just wondering if any of you have had this experience. Sometimes
when I test, I will get a reading that I know is incorrect. Usually it's a
very low reading, somewhere around 40 or 50. When I retest with a new strip,
this is corrected and I get a reading that sounds more believable. I thought
this was happening when it took me a while to get blood on the strip but I
have found that it is stil happening even when I get the blood on the strip
easily. I had someone sighted help me a few times and it was even happening
when I had help. Granted it doesn't happen every time but it's quite anoying
to have to prick myself twice after I get a reading that is incorrect. Also,
I have checked that my meter is working properly with the control solution
and it gives an accurate reading. Have any of you ever had this problem?
Anything I can do to prevent it? Thanks so much!
Ronit

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