[Diabetes-Talk] Accurate, accessible glucose meters?

[Alan Wheeler]

Hi everyone,

This is going to be a bit long, I apologize. I am starting to think I need a new glucometer. It's either that or the prodigy strips I ordered on Amazon have expired already or are defective. I have been properly takinng medication, eating the best I can and exercising. Here's the situation:

Last night, I tested my sugar at 10 PM, a good 3 hours after I ate, and I had walked to the store two hours prior to testing, and my sugar was at 215. I didn't eat after testing and went to bed.

I tested at 6 AM this morning and it was 223. I ate one blueberry muffin, then a half hour later went out for a 30 to 40 minute walk 30 minutes after eating. A half hour after the walk I tested again, and it was up to 285. Shouldn't it have been trending down, however slightly. One thing, I haven't taken my morning dosage (1000 MG of Metformin) yet.

Should I change meters and if so, what is a good, accurate meter that is fully accessible, at least as much as possible to a totally blind person?



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