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Old Mon, Sep-08-03, 19:01
switzr switzr is offline
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Originally Posted by Sherrielee
When I tested before my Dr's appointment, I was 16 pts higher on the Freestyle than the lab results. (I can't believe BG would drop from 76 to 60 in a 30 minute car ride.)


Hi Sherrielee,

When I spoke with the people at TheraSense they said that the freestyle meters generally run around 5-10mg/dl HIGHER than other meters and Lab Tests. They are really puzzled on why the ultra's results are ALWAYS higher for me (in fact tonight before dinner the ultra gave me 95 and the freestyle gave me 82) .... I was very impressed with TheraSense's customer support and their help - in fact, they are sending me a duplicate meter just to verifiy my readings.

Why can't a magazine actually rate the meters - yes, I know that consumer reports did a rating, but I was not impressed with that article.

I just like the low readings from the freestyle ;-)

Thanks,

Adam
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