Diabetes Type 2 Support Group
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...
A few days ago i received some meter testing solution for checking my meter. It turned out to be OK. Then tonight I noticed that the testing strips had expired about 6 months ago.
I had the pharmacy fax my doctor for a prescription for more> I called Bayer because I am using their meter and accessories and the lady told me that their is no quarantee of accuracy with expired strips.
Just how significant do you think readings with expired strips could be. I have been watching my numbers all day and they have been running consistently high daily average of 224. I haven't eaten anything ( not out of choice) except a small breakfast of steel cut oats, coffee, low fat yogurt , sunflower seeds, pumpkins seeds, a dozen blackberries, and one whole egg and one egg white. That was seven or eight hours ago. I walked to the pharmacy just a bit ago, about a mile round trip and thought would bring my number down . They went down to 205 was all and just for a few minutes then shot back up to about 238. Can not eating cause the numbers to go up?
Any thoughts appreciated
John7013
I had the pharmacy fax my doctor for a prescription for more> I called Bayer because I am using their meter and accessories and the lady told me that their is no quarantee of accuracy with expired strips.
Just how significant do you think readings with expired strips could be. I have been watching my numbers all day and they have been running consistently high daily average of 224. I haven't eaten anything ( not out of choice) except a small breakfast of steel cut oats, coffee, low fat yogurt , sunflower seeds, pumpkins seeds, a dozen blackberries, and one whole egg and one egg white. That was seven or eight hours ago. I walked to the pharmacy just a bit ago, about a mile round trip and thought would bring my number down . They went down to 205 was all and just for a few minutes then shot back up to about 238. Can not eating cause the numbers to go up?
Any thoughts appreciated
John7013
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
I would not use expired strips if I were you. But maybe once you get some in-date ones you can test with those and compare to the expired results. There will be some difference, even if you use the same finger, but if there is a massive discrepancy you will know for sure.
Also don't go testing every couple of minutes, numbers change constantly and yes not eating will result in higher numbers because the body thinks you are not going to ever feed it so it goes into survival mode and creates its own sugar, and then the pancreas will create insulin to process but with diabetes the two body organs no longer talk to each other.
did you check the carb totals for your breakfast? do watch the seeds since they can have a lot of fat
But I do not think it is worth it...
And YES! the eating consistently is important...
.IMO, not eating, and them eating the wrong foods can slowly but surely, trigger diabetes..
Now, to lower the numbers more, I think more exercise is the key - jogging rather than walking; weight lifting rather than sitting...
I also think that fat eating is tied into exercise....But this has to be done carefully, as, as Gayle states, the pancreas no longer communicates well....
Annie