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I recently had an experience, where a bottle of test strips I was using was telling me that my blood sugar was super high, and eventually to the point where it wouldn't even give me a reading...
So, thinking I had high blood sugar, I can myself ALOT of insulin, and was still bothered because my blood sugar wasn't going down. I was also worried because I wasn't have symtoms of super high blood sugar... usually I get very tired, thirsty, ect... I wasn't having any.
So I opened a new bottle and the test strip said I was 134 or something. o_O So then I panic because I've given myself loads of insulin for no good reason, and risk low blood sugar...
It turns out the bottle of the faulty strips, had popped open, and been exposed to air. o_O
I just wanted to say to not take risks with strips that have been exposed, because it seems to really mess up your blood sugar results. o_O :/
So, thinking I had high blood sugar, I can myself ALOT of insulin, and was still bothered because my blood sugar wasn't going down. I was also worried because I wasn't have symtoms of super high blood sugar... usually I get very tired, thirsty, ect... I wasn't having any.
So I opened a new bottle and the test strip said I was 134 or something. o_O So then I panic because I've given myself loads of insulin for no good reason, and risk low blood sugar...
It turns out the bottle of the faulty strips, had popped open, and been exposed to air. o_O
I just wanted to say to not take risks with strips that have been exposed, because it seems to really mess up your blood sugar results. o_O :/
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