Comments on: glucose test site, was"Metformin" http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/05/01/glucose-test-site-was-quot-metformin-quot/ Byetta is an Incretin Mimetic, blog for diabetics! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: sylvia18 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/05/01/glucose-test-site-was-quot-metformin-quot/#comment-24853 sylvia18 Tue, 01 May 2007 14:58:56 +0000 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/05/01/glucose-test-site-was-quot-metformin-quot/#comment-24853 Thanks Dan. I posted that comment. I just test mornings and bedtimes....hardly ever before or after meals. My numbers are usually in the 80 to 110 range. My last 2 fasting glucose tests have been within 5 points of what the meter said that morning. I just did an fasting glucose blood draw this morning....my meter number was 91...I won't have the fasting glucose results back for a few days. My endo says I am doing just fine the way I do it. I only take a long acting insulin (Lantus) + Byetta + metformin pills. Testing on the arm has not been an issue with any of the doctors or nurses I have talked to about it over the past three years. Thanks again, <!--more--> John Regan "I find it a lot easier and less painful to poke blood samples from the arm...either up near the elbow area or down closer to the wrist but never the fingers." You might want to consult your meter manual and/or the company 800 customer service number. All alternative testing site meters I have seen say that when glucose levels are changing quickly such as 2 hours or so after eating, any site but finger tips can produce an unreliable number. The fasting and between meal numbers are similar regardless of test site. XB IC|XC Thanks Dan. I posted that comment. I just test mornings and bedtimes….hardly
ever before or after meals. My numbers are usually in the 80 to 110 range. My
last 2 fasting glucose tests have been within 5 points of what the meter said
that morning.

I just did an fasting glucose blood draw this morning….my meter number was
91…I won’t have the fasting glucose results back for a few days.

My endo says I am doing just fine the way I do it. I only take a long acting
insulin (Lantus) + Byetta + metformin pills.

Testing on the arm has not been an issue with any of the doctors or nurses I
have talked to about it over the past three years.

Thanks again,

John Regan

"I find it a lot easier and less painful to poke blood samples from the
arm…either up near the elbow area or down closer to the wrist but never
the fingers."

You might want to consult your meter manual and/or the company 800 customer
service number. All alternative testing site meters I have seen say that
when glucose levels are changing quickly such as 2 hours or so after
eating, any site but finger tips can produce an unreliable number. The
fasting and between meal numbers are similar regardless of test site.

XB
IC|XC

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