[Diabetes-Talk] New Meter

[Patricia Maddix]

When meter readings seem way off it’s always advisable to use the control solution and run a control test. For a blind person this requires sighted assistance because they have to look on the vial of strips and see what the normal range for the control test would be and this varies from one vial of strips to the next so can’t be memorized. Be sure and check and see if your control solution is the high or the low so that your Comparing the right numbers with each other. If after doing several control tests Tthat are out of the range on the vial, it generally means that either the strips or bad or the meter is not working properly and you need to call Prodigy. Also remember that once you open a vial of control solution it’s only good for three months although in practice I think it’s actually good a bit longer but this is the recommendation by the manufacture as well as when you open a vial of strips that they are also only good for three months. Never leave a vial of strips open longer than necessary to remove a stripped as particularly moisture in the environment will make them degenerate and become inaccurate. Also strip should not be stored in a kitchen or bathroom because there’s too much moisture and they should be stored in a cool dry place.
As has been mentioned on this list before, the Prodigy meter has been known to show readings that are way off somewhat frequently.  If I get a reading that just doesn’t seem right I often do two or three additional tests just to make sure.
Patricia

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> On Jul 5, 2021, at 3:32 PM, Les Fitzpatrick via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> David I have done the same thing matter of fact When I reported my reading
> to my daughter who is a medical assistant she told me to go to the hospital
> immediately, so I called 911 and they sent an ambulance and they came out
> and they checked my blood sugar and it was something like 116 but the meter
> sowed 35 and my Dexcom said it was something like 50 but because if I take
> the ambulance ride the insurance covers most of but if I don't I have to pay
> around $900.00 of the bill so I went to the hospital and they ran a couple
> of tests on my blood and sent me home, so now if I'm feeling fine I don't
> pay much attention to it.
> 
> Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
> Ham call K5FPT
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of David
> Andrews via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, July 5, 2021 3:00 PM
> To: Melanie Torrance <melanietorrance at icloud.com>; Diabetes Talk for the
> Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: David Andrews <dandrews920 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] New Meter
> 
> I felt fine -- and I had had three doughnuts two hours previously.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 04:53 PM 7/5/2021, Melanie Torrance wrote:
>> Well Dave-that is not good reading. It means your blood glucose was 
>> dangerously low. What kind of symptoms were you experiencing at that 
>> time?
>> Melanie
>> 
>> Sent from Melanie's i phone
>> 
>>> On Jul 5, 2021, at 5:33 PM, David Andrews via
>> Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, I finally got my Prodigy Voice, and
>> met with the Diabetes Educator.  She showed me how to test my blood. 
>> Ironically, there in her office, I bled profusely, but ever since have 
>> had problems getting enough blood.
>>> 
>>> I am getting better, but it sometimes still takes me two or three
> strips.
>>> 
>>> Today when I took a reading I think I got
>> enough blood, but instead of a number, it said "low."  What's up with
> that?
>>> 
>>> Dave
> 
> 
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