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Falty Test Strips

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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 :/
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Yeah, I was storing them in the bathroom, (after 30 years you'd think I'd have known not to do that!)I had readings all over the place. One said 500, and when I tested again it was like 95. =0 But then my meter malfunctioned. It wasn't the strips anymore. So minimed sent me a new one. There really is soooo much room for error. Anytime I have a really bizzare reading, I test twice. Cold weather makes a big difference too, by the way! Take Care ;)
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Well a coupple of weeks ago, I put the wrong code in my meter. My strips ( I use the freesyle flash meter) were coded to 1, but there are 50 in a bottle. Even though I use them all the time, like a complete nerd, I coded my meter to 50 instead of 1. So for a week, I thought my blood sugar was high. I thought my insulin wasn't working, but I was also not feeling well, so I thought it might be that too. Then when I opened a new bottle of strips I saw the 1 and the 50 and realized what I did. When I called the Freestyle customer service, they couldn't tell me what the margin of error was between the two codes ( they are really helpful...) So I have no idea what my real blood sugar was that week. I think it's important to check out all possible reasons for an unusual reading and not just assume it's one thing or another, and pay attention to what your body is telling you, sometimes it is a lot more accurate than your meter!
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If you use a lifescan product and you think your strips are bad call the number toll free on the back they will ask you to do a test and then ask you to send in your meter and the un-used bottle of strips and they replace this all totally free for you...

My bottle i had said they were to low so i was not taking enough insulin once i got the new bottle of strips wow i was high but since i was well controlled before this happen i went back to controll pretty quickly...

With ppl on insulin taking even one unit to much can really BE TO MUCH i can tell ya that has bottomed me out many of times...
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