Blood glucose monitor

[Chesneyhawkes1]

I bought one off Amazon and wondered how accurate they are?

My Dad has diabetes and I've been having some similar symptoms.

Anyone use one?

Ive bought a free one from NHS Glucomen areo 2k . I think all metres are supposed to have a tolerance of 15%. However i had to buy a new one in an emergency as i forgot mine . I bought a glucorx nexus which seems to read a bit higher than my Glucomen.
I am having my first Hb1ac test since diagnosis in August. I use Diabetes M app which is forecasting 5.6 or 37 based on my Glucomen areo results , so it will interesting to see how accurate it is.
I am on insulin and test 4 times a day.

Thank you for the reply.

I don't have diabetes. My Dad does. However I bought one to test my levels before I do long training runs - I'm marathon training.

Tested yesterday and it was 3.1 which I thought was good - lower score the better I thought. But apparently not 🤦‍♀️

Did it again an hour later and it just said "LO". So maybe I just need to keep an eye on what I eat and when

Tested yesterday and it was 3.1 which I thought was good - lower score the better I thought. But apparently not

Im diabetic; I'd be treating that as a hypo (risk of coma etc if untreated)

If you're worried, see your GP.

Oh, and my meter goes down to below 2 before it displays 'LO'

Diabetic and non diabetic blood glucose ranges here: www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html

Thanks for that chart.

I'm not sure if I'm worried. I do tend to get shaky, cold and irritable when I'm hungry.

And I don't eat a lot of sugar as I try to eat super healthy.

I'm going to test a few more times a day and see if I get a similar result.

It's good to know there's a reason why I feel rubbish sometimes though. And it will be helpful to see the effect of 2 hour plus training runs on my blood sugar levels

I forgot to say I did it on waking this morning and I was 4.8. So higher at least

4.8 is pretty normal. You need to check before eating ie. first thing.

Your fasting level is fine. 3.1 would make me feel shaky. How are you fueling long runs?

Normally porridge for breakfast. Then a gel at about 8 miles and another at 15 ish.

The 3.1 was strange as I'd had lunch and a small flapjack. It was 2 hours after I'd eaten that I did the test as that's when Amazon delivered the gadget