When is 34 mg/dL bad?
It was late evening (around 9:38 pm) on 23 March 2007 when it was time to test my blood sugar. I punctured my left forearm but must have left the needle against my skin too long. I got a smear of blood instead of a little drop. I made a second puncture. In both cases, I wiped the "smear" of blood off my arm and tried squeezing out a drop. At the second "hole", I sampled my blood. It didn't take; that is, the meter didn't recognize the "blood offering". I tried again (on the other side of the test strip) and this time the meter gave me the "working" response.
The result was good.
Too damn good: 34!
At this level, I should have been unconscious and I obviously was not!
The test strip had to be bad, very bad. I made a third hole and used a second test strip and got the far more reasonable result of 116!
Now, I wonder if the recent reading of 77 was due largely in part to a bad test strip?
Must I wonder if "good news" is really just bad news and not my having "done well" on the food, etc?
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