Okay, so got my new blood glucose monitor. I had to google how to interpret the results because I'm not that clued up yet. This is a handy little guide I got free from http://www.diabetes.co.uk:
My Monitoring kit came today and so I couldn't wait to try it out. I was on a nightshift last night, so I woke up about 1pm. I had not eaten or drank anything before I took the test (literally got up and saw the postie had been!).
After spending 10 minutes reading the manual to see how it worked, I dove right in. My first reading was 5.7 mol/L. Now, according to my handy chart above, this is within normal ranges! Yay! I'm just about to go and have something to eat, so will check again in an hour or so.
Edited:
Okay, so just done another test having eaten: Cous Cous with Red Pepper, Wafer Thin Ham, Bratwurst and a little sprinkling of cheese and sweetcorn.
Before food (1330): 5.7 mol/L
After food (1630): 7.1 mol/L
Now, by going with the chart above it looks like i'm still in a good range. I think tonight i'll take the monitor to bed and do a test as soon as I wake up, have something to eat and see what it says. So, until tomorrow........
Rhona out.
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