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(More customer reviews)My experience with this meter.
My annual blood test showed that I was pre-diabetic
with fasting glucose 109 and A1C also slightly above the
desired range. I bought this meter to check myself
further.
This meter showed that I was diabetic, with a
fasting glucose above 130. I went to a doctor after
eating and Dr measured me in the office on their meter
at 122. My Abbott meter showed 154. They suggested
I get the control solution and check the accuracy
of my meter. I did, and according to the check
the meter was accurate.
Abbott meter was showing me diabetic and the annual
blood test and DR meter was showing me just
slightly above desired reading.
I bought another brand of meter. It also showed
similar to the lab test and Dr meter. It consistently
showed me about 20 points lower than the Abbott meter.
I called the Abbott help line and told them that
their meter was consistently showing me 20 points
higher than my annual blood test, my new meter,
and my Doctors meter. The guy argued with me
for about 20 minutes trying to tell me that this
Abbott meter was correct. Among the things he
said was things like:
Your glucose varies constantly, It may read 106
and then one minute later may read 140. I could
not get through to him that this meter consistently
measured me about 20% higher than three other
sources. He just was insistent that the Abbott
meter was correct. Actually if you believed what
he was saying, then you would have to believe
that glucose measurements were actually totally
useless, since they varied at random from second
to second by large numbers. He did not make
any sense whatever. It meant nothing to him
that his meter was consistently 20% above these
other sources doing numerous trials. He just
insisted his meter was accurate.
Finally I told him I was not going to keep using
this meter and buying the Abbott test strips with
it reading this bad. Finally, without admitting
that his meter was off, he said he would do a
one time replacement of the meter, free of
charge.
The new meter arrived from Abbott and it also
checked the same as the original Abbott that
I had. I checked this one also with the
control solution and it too said that it was
accurate.
Now I had 2 Abbott meters showing me quite a
bit high on glucose compared to my other meter
and to my lab blood tests.
To resolve it, my doctor had blood drawn for a
lab blood test, and using this same blood we
checked the 2 Abbott meters and my other brand
meter. The next day the lab results we returned.
The lab showed my glucose at 104.
Abbott number 1 showed it at 125.
Abbott number 2 showed it at 123.
My other meter was almost identical to the
lab test just a couple points or so lower.
The Abbott meters showed an average of 20%
higher than the lab and my other brand of
meter.
It is probably a good idea to check any meter
you get against a lab test, if you suspect it
is not accurate.
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