? Mimi 12/23 What the heck is going on with my meter!?

[Mimis mom]

http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/mimi-12-22-dropping-again-4-32.223287/#post-2497526

she’s now reduced to 1.5... hopefully she’ll behave on this one!

 

[Sue and Luci]

Oh great...I read your post, then looked at your SS - it says 'she NOT' reduced...when in fact you did...good job!

Just a little typo. I hope Mimi behaves herself today...

 

[Mimis mom]

Yes- I saw that and corrected it lol. She is on 1.5 everyone!!! Hehe

 

[Sandra And Buddy (GA)]

Crazy night for you! Congrats on the reduction and good luck! Now go take a nappy!

 

[Mimis mom]

Crazy night for you! Congrats on the reduction and good luck! Now go take a nappy!

I wish I could- time for work!

 

[Mimis mom]

Mimi +11 217. She’s bouncing along​

 

[Mimis mom]

Um- freestyle just said 73- when not even an hour ago it was 217.
I tested it against the Relion I still have and they read her at 265!???

oh man... my head hurts...
I also just tested my own BG and got 116 on Relion and 92 on freestyle which is telling me it’s working.
Can her BG jump like that!???

 

[Red & Rover (GA)]

Wonky strip?

 

[Red & Rover (GA)]

We tend to think of strips as just a piece of over-priced plastic but they are much more than that.
http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2012/jul/anatomy-of-a-test-strip.html

 

[Mimis mom]

Um- freestyle just said 73- when not even an hour ago it was 217.
I tested it against the Relion I still have and they read her at 265!???

oh man... my head hurts...
I also just tested my own BG and got 116 on Relion and 92 on freestyle which is telling me it’s working.
Can her BG jump like that!???

Just tested again on freestyle- got 200... wow so is this a thing now with the meter- it can have a screwy test strip?

 

[Mimis mom]

We tend to think of strips as just a piece of over-priced plastic but they are much more than that.
http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2012/jul/anatomy-of-a-test-strip.html

Well I get nervous because I get them on eBay which I know this guy has thousands of 5 star reviews but I still get a “little” skeptical because they are soooo cheap...

 

[Mimis mom]

We tend to think of strips as just a piece of over-priced plastic but they are much more than that.
http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2012/jul/anatomy-of-a-test-strip.html

Interesting article, what I’m wondering is why it gave me a wrong number and not an error code

 

[Charlotte and Lucky’s mom]

Well I get nervous because I get them on eBay which I know this guy has thousands of 5 star reviews but I still get a “little” skeptical because they are soooo cheap...

Are the strips old by any chance?? Is the expiration date on the box/bottle still good??

 

[Mimis mom]

Are the strips old by any chance?? Is the expiration date on the box/bottle still good??

Ya it is - everything checks out. Batman did knock the entire bottle over and all of the strips went flying and fell onto the floor. Maybe that messed a few of them up??

 

[Charlotte and Lucky’s mom]

Hmm shouldn’t have messed them up unless they were out in the air for a while?

 

[Mimis mom]

Hmm shouldn’t have messed them up unless they were out in the air for a while?

Oh does air exposure mess them up? I don’t always close the lid so it’s easier to grab them

 

[Mimis mom]

We tend to think of strips as just a piece of over-priced plastic but they are much more than that.
http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2012/jul/anatomy-of-a-test-strip.html

Interesting article!

 

[Charlotte and Lucky’s mom]

I believe the instructions say to keep the bottle closed... double check me!

 

[Charlotte and Lucky’s mom]

Oh does air exposure mess them up? I don’t always close the lid so it’s easier to grab them

http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/gluc...-of-your-test-strips-for-accurate-results.htm
So some of these things aren’t as important bc we are testing cats eg test strip code -
Most of are using meters that don’t require calibration. Washing and drying hands aren’t as critical bc we are not testing ourselves but obviously they should be clean anyway bc are poking our cats!! Hope this sheds some light on strips!

 

[Stressedcatmom]

My vet said they could dip like that. She has seen cats go way down and right back up using the Freestyle Libra

 

[Si am cat mom]

Oh does air exposure mess them up? I don’t always close the lid so it’s easier to grab them

I used to preload my glucometer and have a strip out and in the tray...then I realized I was getting values that did not match up at all. So, after losing my mind I figured out that it did make my test read a lot lower than they should have