u/Spoochh

When I first got diagnosed as a diabetic, I purchased the Reli-On Premier classic. Why? It was cheap. After some suspicious readings, I decided since this was a long term issue, to invest in the Contour NEXT stick version.

I ate dinner tonight, and decided to try both two times, with the contour saying 146 and 143, and the Reli-on giving 154 and 197 respectively. No matter what I eat, it gives me these varying results. I had a salad and nuts for dinner once and it still said my glucose level was 181, and it reads my fasting glucose as anywhere from 104 to 137.

I do know my current A1C and glucose level, since I recently had bloodwork done, and my current A1C is 5.5 and my fasting glucose level listed from the labs was 86. The Reli-On stated it was 126 with the Contour stating it was 90.

Does anyone know if this is just possibly the fact that it might be defective? Or could it be the fact I paid 10$ for it? And does anyone have experience with any more expensive reli-on meters? Because contour strips are pretty darn expensive.

I posted here around 3 months ago, my doctor told me I was diabetic. A tiny catch-up, I was already starting a healthier lifestyle before realizing it, trying to cut out soda, I dont really like sugary sweets(go-to is beef jerky and sunflower seeds), and had already went from 269 to 240lbs. I saw my urine all bubbly and got suspicious, kept peeing a lot as well. Ended up eating a big meal, drank my last 2 coca colas I was ever going to purchase, and shared a little ice-cream with my niece.

Woke up at 1am having to pee like a racehorse, used a glucose meter I had got at some point, and had a 236 sugar level. Didn't drink anything and went to the ER around 4PM and found out it was like 340(first drink since the sodas was water 26 hours later). Was told I had severe diabetes, probably would've died, Yada Yada, doctor said it would've went down if I just drank some water.

Now I take 500mg of metformin daily, and I eat two big meals per day with 2 small meals in place of lunch.

Since the initial high sugar, i have had a single outlier of 177, which was because I ate a significant amount of ramen(1 1/2 packs) because I didnt read the serving sizes and also didnt know ramen is like a huge no-no. I was also running a fasting sugar of 115-123.

In the months since, my fasting sugar has gone into the 70-90 range, my post meal sugar, depending on what it is, is anywhere from 90-140, im assuming because the metformin is decreasing my blood sugar more than the food is raising it, and outside of the 177, the highest my sugar has gone is 153, which was 2 months ago. Im lucky in the fact my sugar doesnt jump over 200.

I had swapped from sugary drinks to milo's zero sugar tea, and zero sugar orange fanta, plus water. I have since stopped drinking both and just drink water. I do not eat anything with sugar in it, outside of stuff I've preset to eat, some beef jerky that i eat 2 ounces of that has 4G per ounce, and 3 pieces of a cadbury chocolate bar once in a while. Outside of that i eat black pepper triscuits, cheese and crackers, and sunflower seeds.

I cant really exercise right now due to having a damaged knee from a torn ligament and nerve damage in my arm, so outside of walking, my progress is based solely on my diet, but I have decreased my weight to 215-220, so I think I am happy with my current progress. I plan to update this post in 2 days to see what my A1C has gotten to, since it was at 11.8% 3 months ago.

Hopefully someone who is also new to being diabetic reads this, and it helps them realize it won't be the end of the world, and everything will be okay with some effort.

edit: my main meals really havent changed. Salt and peppered chicken or pork cooked in olive oil, air fried French fries, the occasional pizza, or steak. if im feeling zesty, low sodium old el paso hard tacos.

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