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05-24-2004, 11:09 AM
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| | | How low
How low can you get before your bg meter won't read it. |
05-24-2004, 11:51 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Strathclyde University
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| | | Depends on the meter, think mine goes to about 1.2 |
05-24-2004, 12:25 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SF Bay Area
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| | | Lorna's right, I think it depends on the meter. I have the freestyle flash, and I think the lowest is 20 (I can't find my conversion chart).
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05-24-2004, 02:04 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
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| | | As the others have said, each meter is different. I have a One Touch Profile and the manual says it gives readings in the range of 0 to 600. I've got a One Touch SureStep and the manual says it gives readings in the range of 0 to 500. My Accu-Chek meter gives readings in the range of 10 to 600. It seems the lowest reading of most of the meters I've seen is 20 although I have seen one who's lowest reading was 30.
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05-24-2004, 02:07 PM
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| | | I told my bg today and all I got was err. Finally after a hamburger and fries it read 145. |
05-24-2004, 03:06 PM
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| | | What meter are you using? I've gotten an "err 05" mesage (I think) with my Prestige meter a few times, I'm guessing it was because my blood sugar was under 20. A few days ago, the paramedics treated me and got an "err" message on their meter and they said they get that when the blood sugar is below 30. Each time I didn't think to check it with a different meter to see what it would show.
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My Little Princess
August 18, 1990 - May 3, 2006
Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Lead me, save me
from my solitude . . .
Say you want me
with you ,
here beside you . . .
Anywhere you go
let me go to . . .
Christine,
that's all I ask of . . .
(you) |
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