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04-24-2008, 06:59 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Miramichi, nb
Posts: 2
| |  new member question?
I have recently joined and been reading the messages to get educated. The posted readings seem to be in the 3 digit range i.e. 122,110. My meter testing results are in the 2 digit range 5.3 to 12.9. Are the US readings calculated different than Canada? |
04-24-2008, 07:01 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 590
| | Yup... Good Question 
USA uses mg/dl and Canada (plus most of the rest of the World) uses mmol/l
For example: 5.5 mmol/l is equal to about 100 mg/dl
If you look on this web page under Site Navigation there is a Converter.
Welcome to the site and keep those questions comin'
~ Frank
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
04-24-2008, 07:51 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Miramichi, nb
Posts: 2
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Thanks you Frank, its too bad we all can't be on the same level of test results readings. |
04-24-2008, 07:56 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 5,561
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Originally Posted by Drgolf  Thanks you Frank, its too bad we all can't be on the same level of test results readings. | Shhh! We don't want to piss-off the Americans, eh! 
Welcome to the forum neighbour!
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein |
04-24-2008, 08:57 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kent, WA USA
Posts: 2,438
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Originally Posted by xMenace Shhh! We don't want to piss-off the Americans, eh! | Heh. I'm one American who wouldn't mind moving to the metric system. It's a he|| of a lot easier!  As for bg values, I can multiply and divide by 18, so it's no big deal, but it would be nice to make all the lab values consistent too... |
04-24-2008, 09:45 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Landenberg, PA
Posts: 924
| | Metric's too easy. We keep sharp down here by multiplying by 12 & such while you guys get all soft shifting decimals. 
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Pumping since 2002 |
04-24-2008, 10:04 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 590
| | It's not just Metric... it's actually SI units as in an International Standard
But then the US does have the World series of Baseball... who actually plays in the World series of Baseball? And don't even get me started on "Football" where the ball rarely if ever actually contacts a foot, and a "touchdown" only requires the player cross the line carrying the ball... without actually touching it down anywhere
Only kiddin' y'all
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
04-24-2008, 11:01 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 151
| | USA! USA! USA!....
ha ha ha |
04-24-2008, 11:13 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 590
| | It's only a matter of time before we annex the USA and make it another Canadian Province... "like Maple Syrup dripping down the map of North America" ... "Anne Murray, all day.... every day!"
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
04-24-2008, 11:34 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California
Posts: 832
| | I'd vote for Natalie MacMaster's fiddle music too. And for that matter, listening to it in Banff!
Okay. Off topic.
Insulin insulin insulin test strips. There.
Mich |
04-24-2008, 11:42 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont
Posts: 815
| | | Oh Canada... Blame Canada!
Where's Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles when you need them? Isn't it a boot time that we all just get along?
My daughter is dancing in our local Maple festival this Sunday. We actually have one here in the U.S.!
Local golf courses are open now but Jay Peak is still open for snowboarding!
Welcome to DF Drgolf! Tee up another question, grip it and rip it!
__________________ Diagnosed Type 2 on Sept 11, 2007 - A1c 8.8, Dec 2007 A1c 6.0, Apr 2008 A1c 5.7
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