Re: Blood samples

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:15:01 +0000, guy wrote:



Having done lab work in the distant past, I know
how easy it is contaminate samples. The blood samples
are so tiny I expect to see some of variations..

When I do the pickup at the edge of the sample I do expect some
differences. The skin does have many chemicals.

So you have to consider this in your reading variations.

In earlier day some meters were noted for gross strange reading
cause by some food inputs.

If you read the specs on the strips you will find
other ingredients beside the sensing chemical
Some are to cover the problems.

Why worry so much about nothing. The meters
are adequate for their intended purpose.

That's what some people say. I'm surprised that insulin users can keep
'tight control' with the meters being as inaccurate as they are. Richard
Bernstein in his "Diabetes Solution" indicates he uses a target of 90 for
his insulin users. Given that the readings may easily be off by 15% that
seems incredibly difficult to maintain.


The world does not revolve around one person.

You have to accept what we have and learn to use it
or just skip the tests and see how well you do.

You can also bitch, moan, complain and try to get the attention of the
manufacturers until they at least release enough information to assess how
good they really are. At that point, competition may actually result in
some significant improvements. I have read of a Swiss or Swedish company
that is now producing a machine which costs $600 and uses test strips
costing around $1 per test which gives lab quality results. If it were
available in the U.S., I'd consider that.



Not me.
Guy


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