Comments on: Did I Seriously, Really, Actually Forget My Glucometer? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/did-i-seriously-really-actually-forget-my-glucometer-78/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:59:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kendra James, RN http://www.blisstree.com/articles/did-i-seriously-really-actually-forget-my-glucometer-78/comment-page-1/#comment-50931 Kendra James, RN Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:35:13 +0000 http://www.diabetesnotes.com/did-i-seriously-really-actually-forget-my-glucometer/#comment-50931 Hey Roger, Thanks for the comment! Popcorn and I do great together, usually. I have never had a problem eating th natural pop stuff, maybe it is just my weird body but... "but stick to what I know works" for me. Everybody is different but this is what is ok in my body. And a sundae here or there isn't the worst thing, at least I don't think so, and believe me when I say my kids consumed most of it, and it was sugar free ice cream as a base :). Not that bad? Anyway, fruit... I find this topic interesting. Most diabetics stay clear of this but it is perfectly acceptable to have a half of banana or half of an apple. I don't do the raisins, grapes, figs and oranges. But I have a half of a nana every day! Always have, especially after finding out I was diabetic. So, I am not saying go eat all the fruit and ice cream and the whole darn bag of popcorn, but there is something to be said about eating what works for YOU! I know my limitations and I also know that I still eat my 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day, and WITHOUT them my bs goes way up. I hope you are having a great weekend. PS- I checked my bs on my backup glucometer and it read 98 so I think I was in the clear, this time! Thanks for the tip though! Kendra :) Hey Roger,

Thanks for the comment! Popcorn and I do great together, usually. I have never had a problem eating th natural pop stuff, maybe it is just my weird body but…
“but stick to what I know works” for me. Everybody is different but this is what is ok in my body. And a sundae here or there isn’t the worst thing, at least I don’t think so, and believe me when I say my kids consumed most of it, and it was sugar free ice cream as a base :) . Not that bad? Anyway, fruit… I find this topic interesting. Most diabetics stay clear of this but it is perfectly acceptable to have a half of banana or half of an apple. I don’t do the raisins, grapes, figs and oranges. But I have a half of a nana every day! Always have, especially after finding out I was diabetic. So, I am not saying go eat all the fruit and ice cream and the whole darn bag of popcorn, but there is something to be said about eating what works for YOU! I know my limitations and I also know that I still eat my 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day, and WITHOUT them my bs goes way up. I hope you are having a great weekend.
PS- I checked my bs on my backup glucometer and it read 98 so I think I was in the clear, this time! Thanks for the tip though!

Kendra :)

]]> By: Roger Holmen http://www.blisstree.com/articles/did-i-seriously-really-actually-forget-my-glucometer-78/comment-page-1/#comment-50932 Roger Holmen Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:20:38 +0000 http://www.diabetesnotes.com/did-i-seriously-really-actually-forget-my-glucometer/#comment-50932 A CDE should know that "cooking" a meter & strips can lead to erroneous readings. But it sounds like the 114mg/dl reading was taken at face-value, meaning everything was OK. But was it really? It's most likely that after being in the hot car for 5 days that the strips are shot & even the meter would be questionable (witness the dim display commented on). Time to check the meter against another or a-lab reading, at the very least. Then there's the fact that without a meter to keep tabs on bg's, she was eating things that were surely destined to drive bg's up (Ice cream sundae, fruit & popcorn). All this kind of shakes my faith in CDE's. A CDE should know that “cooking” a meter & strips can lead to erroneous readings.
But it sounds like the 114mg/dl reading was taken at face-value, meaning everything was OK.
But was it really?

It’s most likely that after being in the hot car for 5 days that the strips are shot & even the meter would be questionable (witness the dim display commented on).
Time to check the meter against another or a-lab reading, at the very least.

Then there’s the fact that without a meter to keep tabs on bg’s, she was eating things that were surely destined to drive bg’s up (Ice cream sundae, fruit & popcorn).

All this kind of shakes my faith in CDE’s.

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