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I will read your notes, BJM - thanks.

Julie, yes I always use a new lancet and apply pressure. I'll add that ointment to my list. I'm going to go get a human meter right now.

Thanks for everyone's comments.

And special thanks to you, Dyana, for staying with me all day! I appreciate it so much!

BTW - his last reading a few minutes ago was 91.
 
I just read the glucometer notes, and I don't understand it. According to the numbers they use as an example, I don't see that they are adding a certain number or certain percent to the human to equal the Alpha. I'll go get my meter and study up .... then I may be back to bug you all again! But I'll try not to.

Please everyone, enjoy the rest of your day!
 
Don't even try to compare them. If you got a human glucometer, just switch to it and keep your AT as a back-up. We've had incredible confusion with ATs. Some of our dosing protocols used 80 as the equivalent to a 50 on a human glucometer. The more recent say 68 is a 50 equivalent. The larger the blood sugar number the greater the difference. We've had members do comparisons on their meters, same drop of blood, and many of those seem to be about 30 points apart.

You'll go nuts trying to compare them. Just stick with one. Make sure whatever you're using is either in your signature line or bold and clear in Nuggie's spreadsheet.
 
What Julie said. Just use the reference numbers for the kind of meter you are using; no math needed, nor desired. The numbers come from our protocols and our spreadsheet uses some of these to color code the results to help you see patterns.
And remember that bit about the FDA allowing meters to read +/- 20% of what a lab would get. Once you get a high number, the exact number really doesn't matter. Its higher than you want it to be, so you'll follow your insulin protocol and adjust what you are doing to improve the management.
 
Maybe I should buy another pack of AT strips till he gets stabilized. I'll experiment with it tomorrow.

And read that note again.

But I'll need to know what the new numbers mean.

And I'm afraid my vet will throw her arms up in the air. She is very very good to me and Nuggie, but with all his problems I'm just throwing in one more complication. And if I suddenly change systems, she won't know what the numbers mean. I was hoping I could just add on - say 50 or some number - to make it equal what I've been doing.

I really appreciate everyone's comments. Thanks.
 
No add on; just use the reference numbers specific for the AlphaTrak in my Glucometer notes. They are in the curly braces {}.
 
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