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05-21-2008, 08:37 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Victoria Canada
Posts: 837
| | | are we going backwards here?
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Dx Sept 2004
A1c 5.2
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05-22-2008, 04:33 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucks County, PA, USA
Posts: 1,067
| | If you do go backwards, please make sure no one is standing behind you. 
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05-22-2008, 06:04 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
Posts: 1,610
| | | no thanks!! I know we're after non-invasive but it's not what i was thinking!! lol
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Type 1 Since - 24/7/2006 HbA1c
13/10/2006 - 7.2%  | 15/12/2006 - 6.0%  | 29/06/2007 - 7.1% | 02/11/2007 - 7.8% | 29/02/2008 - 6.5% | 07/08/2008 - 6.8
Insulin - Levemir and NovoRapid | Meter - LifeScan OneTouch Ultra smart  Pasta is a gift that just keeps giving... |
05-22-2008, 06:48 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 3,458
| | According to the manufacturer:
" It's not exactly the same as a blood sugar level, but the measurement should provide correlative evidence as to how much sugar is running rampant in one's blood stream."
Surely it indicates how much sugar is in the urine which is body waste and therefore could not accurately show current BG levels. Is this not something that would be used by Doctors/Hospitals in conjunction with blood testing and not instead of blood testing.
Aside from that I don't my work colleagues, friends or family would be comfortable with me testing in front of them if I had one of these
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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%
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05-22-2008, 07:48 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Landenberg, PA
Posts: 1,337
| | | I haven't peed on a stick since the year I was dx'd 19 years ago!
Mike
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05-22-2008, 08:05 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,265
| | | It seems that they're taking a Giant leap backwards with that (talk about a total waste of money!)! I remember doing urine tests & it was not only annoying, but inaccurate as well (it gave a "range" of what the BG might be!). Granted, I'm not saying BG meters are accurate 100% of the time ('cause they're not), etc., but I'd trust a blood reading over a urine sample any day of the week.
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05-22-2008, 01:32 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alabama
Posts: 925
| | | I remember when all my Dad had to check his BG was the urine strip. The more glucose in the urine, the darker green it turned which, of course, meant the higher your BG. It wasn't perfect, but it was all that was available.
Like Dewey, I'll take a BG meter reading over a urine strip any day!
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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  |
05-22-2008, 01:53 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,290
| | | Well well. That's a blast from the past.
Why would anyone advocate urine testing? It was never accurate for me. I could be diving into a hypo and my urine would test Four Plus (the highest.) Some doctors claimed I had a "low renal threshold." I think I just hadn't gone for a while and was showing results from my last meal.
We had a name for the days of urine testing. We called it GUESSING.
Bah Humbug.
Mich |
05-22-2008, 02:06 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 590
| | Would be nice if it was testing reneal function. But it would limit where you could test! Or at least where I would test. Man I got really good at using my meter while driving down the road... maybe that's why the doc doesn't let me drive anymore. 
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type 2 40 years
Avandia, Glipzide & Metformin
Grandmother to 4 wonderful children
I have diabetes, It does not have me!
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05-23-2008, 11:15 AM
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Posts: 31
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mich  We had a name for the days of urine testing. We called it GUESSING. | haha thats a great line...accurate |
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