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On average, how many glucose strips would you estimate you currently use per week?
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This question should specify whether one is using a CGM or not.
Rarely. But, yesterday, I hit blood when I installed my CGM, a gusher. I had to wipe up and wait. I wasn’t sure I wasn’t getting accurate blood glucose readings, so I did a few blood tests. They were similar to my CGM readings. All is well.
I put ‘other’ as it depends on what is going on…. If the CGM is wonky, or expired prematurely – I’ll use more test strips, as in about 10+/day. If the reading on the CGM seems incorrect, I’ll use a test strip to confirm or otherwise. Most weeks I use well under 6 or 7.
I don’t trust my cgm to take insulin by
Around 7 or 8, I have never counted, don’t
Totally trust my Dexcom.
Glucose Strips??? Do you mean the strips that go with my meter? If so, I only test when needed. So it might work out 1 per week at most.
I put “0” since my CGM is usually accurate and that is my most common answer. If on the rare occasion I don’t trust a reading, I may do a finger stick. If I forget to apply a new CGM to myself a day in advance of starting it (on the last day of my old CGM), I will do up to 4 fingersticks between the time I apply a new sensor and when the old sensor stopped. I do this because the readings of the sensor are too low on the first 12 hours or so.
I don’t have to test because I use a Dexcom G6 CGM. I trust it 99% of the time