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View Poll Results: How often do you do a Control Test using the solution? | |
Weekly or more
|    | 1 | 1.64% | |
Monthly
|    | 6 | 9.84% | |
Quarterly
|    | 3 | 4.92% | |
Yearly
|    | 5 | 8.20% | |
Never (or so rare you have to read the manual before testing.)
|    | 46 | 75.41% |
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04-21-2008, 10:58 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 115
| | | Control Solution
Just curious how many people regularly test their meters using the control solution?
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Glucoweb
diagnosed 1995 pumping since 2000
Pump: Deltec Cozmo |
04-21-2008, 11:34 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 2,219
| | | I do a fasting blood sugar at least every 6 months so I generally test with my own meter on the same arm within 5 minutes and compare results. I expect them to be within 15% of each other.
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Pumping since April 2004. VSG 20th October 2008 Obesity and Type 2 are strongly associated. Most people assume that Obesity is the cause and Diabetes the effect. It is equally valid to suggest that the underlying metabolic disorder which leads to the Type 2 causes the Obesity. |
04-22-2008, 09:24 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas
Posts: 788
| | | I usually have to call the company and ask them to send out a new bottle of control solution because mine has expired. |
04-22-2008, 10:19 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 3,458
| | | I got a bottle of control solution from Bayer about two weeks ago and haven't gotten around to using it yet. I started using the meter at end of Nov'07
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One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness; it usually comes back to you. - Anon Christmas card exchange: started Postcard Round 3: 3 received Cosmo the Duck: en route to Alison in Oz Ping the Duck: in Ireland
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07
Metformin 500mg twice daily
Enap 5mg
14th Dec'07: 11.6%
15th Jan'08: 9% 
3rd March'08 6.8% 
6th June'08 6.1%
30th Sept'08: 5.1% |
04-22-2008, 11:25 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alabama
Posts: 925
| | | I do a control test for every new batch of strips. Averages about once a month.
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Glycemic impact diet
exercise
Metformin 2000 mg
Byetta 10 mcg/2x daily
Enalapril 40 mg
A1C, 11-14-08: 5.2!! 
A1C, 8-7-08: 6.3 
A1C, 5-1-08: 5.6!!
A1C, 2-5-08: 7.4  |
04-22-2008, 12:23 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sarasota (sort of) Florida
Posts: 391
| | | every batch of test strips.
Never found a faulty batch but I still test them anyway.
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So far, So good
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04-22-2008, 12:47 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK
Posts: 565
| | | Don't have enough strips to waste them on test solutions personally. I think I would quickly discover if i had a faulty batch. I can see the argument for using control solutions, I have some for my new one touch ultrasmart might test my contour with it. |
04-22-2008, 12:49 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chepstow, Wales, UK. Currently on location in India.
Posts: 155
| | | I test every time I get through 50 test strips which is about 1 week to 10 days
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Diagnosed June 10 2005. Type 1
A1C Feb 6.3 2008
A1C Nov 6.1
A1C Aug 6.1
A1C May 6.0
A1C Mar 6.0 2007
A1C Dec 6.3
A1C Sep 6.0
A1C Jun 6.1 2006
Changed from Lantus to Levemir split dose 4 units night/13units morning
NovaRapid 3x/day,0.5unit, 2-3.5units, 3-4.5units
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04-29-2008, 05:43 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cape Coral, Florida
Posts: 71
| | | I honestly had no idea what that stuff was for... I hate reading directions. It usually just sits in the zipper part of my meter unused.
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04-30-2008, 08:45 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alabama
Posts: 925
| | | Well, the nice thing about the control solution is that, if your meter gives you a really bizarre reading that you KNOW can't be right, doing a control test will tell you if you meter is working normally. You might not have washed your hands very well, or you might have gotten hold of a screwy strip. So, I test every batch, which only uses one strip, or if my meter seems to be acting strange.
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Glycemic impact diet
exercise
Metformin 2000 mg
Byetta 10 mcg/2x daily
Enalapril 40 mg
A1C, 11-14-08: 5.2!!
A1C, 8-7-08: 6.3
A1C, 5-1-08: 5.6!!
A1C, 2-5-08: 7.4 |
05-04-2008, 12:19 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tacoma, WA
Posts: 47
| | | Um never. I take the advice to use control solution just like I do to use an alcohol swab to clean my finger before testing...
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dx 1984
H-tron+ 2001-2007
Currently on the Cozmo
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05-04-2008, 01:44 PM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 79
| | | I've never used a control solution before, but my numbers have been really low lately, so I just ordered a bottle. |
05-04-2008, 02:57 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Universe, Planet Earth :P
Posts: 1,049
| | I've never bothered about it lol I just compare to the meter at the lab when i'm there  and if i have a totally wierd reading, i wash my hands and test again, if it's still a wierd reading, i open another container of teststrips and test if it's just as wierd still... So far, washing hands has done the trick...
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22 years old, diagnosed T1D on october 14th 2004.
On MDI, Novorapid and Levemir, using the NP4
Currently back to pumping with my IR1200, April 2008.
Been using D-tron and Animas IR1200 but prefer the pen |
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