By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:53:12 +0000

OK, it was the ATLast. I think that’s fairly hard
to use too and IMO is kind of ugly. does give fair readings so, you may want to stay with
it, or get to the Lifescan ULTRA. hadn’t seen your other post to which I’m replying now,
when I asked for the name. brain now.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:06:38 +0000

I have been using the Accucheck Advantage machine
since February. I’m also testing a machine for my
nutritionist called At Last which does not require a finger
stick. You can use your arms or legs instead of the
fingers. Yes, you have to use a test strips. Each box of tests
strips comes with a computer chip. As long as you use
the chips that come with the box each time, then the
readings are accurate. Accucheck Advantage has two
different types of test strips. The one I like best is the
Comfort curve. This strip has a little cut out on the
side so when you get a drop of blood you can hold your
finger sideways to the machine and the cut out draws the
blood onto the strip. The other strip requires you
place the blood on top of the strip. Sometimes it

smears as the blood sample is very watery. With the
Comfort curve, even watery blood gets drawn in so it
doesn’t require another stick. “pen” for the lancets that you can set to the depth you
need so you don’t feel the stick as much but still
allows you to get an adequate sample. Accucheck Advantage machine keeps the last 100 blood checks
in memory along with the date and time, so if you
forget to write it in the log book, you still have
access to it when you do write it down. I tend to forget
to write it down a couple of times a week.
to use as it has a “Straw” on the strip to draw up
the blood but the “straw” doesn’t always work. The
machine also uses lancets, but you don’t feel it going
into your arm or leg. The machine requires you pump it
to draw up an adequate sample and it does an average
of the last 14 tests, but it’s only good for 2500
tests then you have to get a new one. insurance covers the test strips for the Accucheck
Advantage but not the lancets. I’m glad they do since I
only pay $15 for 100 strips and retail is $65 - $70
for 100.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 18 May 2004 04:40:44 +0000

No problem, I was actually getting a bit
incredulous that accu-chek (I, like a fool, spelled it
properly: Accu-Check) was so ‘hidden’. If not for mendosa’s
site, I’c have been up the proverbial
creek.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 16 May 2004 01:29:41 +0000

Thanks so much for the sites concerning glucose monitors. I really appreciate
you taking the time to help me out!

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 04 May 2004 07:58:59 +0000

Scratch that web addy…sorry…

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