Variability of test strip results
Hi folks
I have a diabetic cat* and need to test his glucose 3x daily. But I’ve noticed that the results of the glucose tests strips can vary wildly within minutes of each other. For example, this evening we’ve had results of 26.4, 18.6 and 19 within 2 mins of each other.
As per instructions, I haven’t left the packet open to the air at any point, the individual strips don’t hang around for more than 2 minutes before use, and this problem is recurring across several packs of strips, so I don’t have a faulty batch.
Have any of you had this issue, or do you have an explanation for why it’s happening? It seems pointless to keep testing him when the results seem to vary so wildly across test strips.
Do you have any ideas or advice?
*he does a kind of diabetes hokey-cokey where he has it for a few months and then goes into remission; and then comes out of remission… This is the fourth time it’s happened. The vet is as perplexed as I am.