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From: JJ Jones on 7 Mar 2006 10:05 I was just diagnosed with "mild diabetes". I noticed that there is a cheap blood glucose meter at Walmart, "Reli-on" for $10. Is this any good? What are the pros and cons of blood glucose meters? Why do they differ so much in price? Do any come with less expensive test strips, or are they all about the same? Do any hurt less? Should I buy this Reli-on meter? Your advice is appreciated.
From: Ma?k on 7 Mar 2006 10:36 On 7 Mar 2006 07:05:33 -0800, "JJ Jones" <jamesjonathanjones(a)yahoo.com> Huffed and Puffed the following into the madness of usenet: >I was just diagnosed with "mild diabetes". I noticed that there is a >cheap blood glucose meter at Walmart, "Reli-on" for $10. Is this any >good? > >What are the pros and cons of blood glucose meters? Why do they differ >so much in price? Do any come with less expensive test strips, or are >they all about the same? > >Do any hurt less? > >Should I buy this Reli-on meter? > >Your advice is appreciated. what the hell is "mild diabetes"? are you actually type 1 or type 2. the relion meter is fine. The meters vary in cost because of some of the features they have like graphing, downloading to your PC etc. the relion test strips and the walgreens meter test strips are probably the cheapest on the market off the shelf. You have to use the correct test strips for the meter you have. As to whether they hurt less or not, that depends on the lancet and lancing device not the meter. My personal choice is the softclix lancets and device. if you want a reliable comparison on meter features versus cost etc go to rick mendosa's site at mendosa.com and go to his meter review section. -- M?ck?? Deltec CoZmore Pumper Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ....Theodore Roosevelt (o ?) --ooO-(_)-Ooo-------------------- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." ....Bilbo Baggins Jesus never hated anyone.
From: Susan on 7 Mar 2006 10:57 x-no-archive: yes JJ Jones wrote: > I was just diagnosed with "mild diabetes". I noticed that there is a > cheap blood glucose meter at Walmart, "Reli-on" for $10. Is this any > good? > > What are the pros and cons of blood glucose meters? Why do they differ > so much in price? Do any come with less expensive test strips, or are > they all about the same? > > Do any hurt less? > > Should I buy this Reli-on meter? > > Your advice is appreciated. > Folks here have reported satisfactory results using Relion meters. The most important advantage is that the strips (the big expense) are much cheaper than those for other meters. FYI, diabetes isn't mild; use your meter purchase to keep yours under good control and keep it from causing you a host of problems. Susan
From: David on 7 Mar 2006 10:58 JJ Jones wrote: > I was just diagnosed with "mild diabetes". I noticed that there is a > cheap blood glucose meter at Walmart, "Reli-on" for $10. Is this any > good? > > What are the pros and cons of blood glucose meters? Why do they differ > so much in price? Do any come with less expensive test strips, or are > they all about the same? > > Do any hurt less? > > Should I buy this Reli-on meter? > > Your advice is appreciated. > A better deal is to call for a FREE meter from one of the market leaders. I've gotten so many free meters for my wife and I, that I've lost count, but I can tell you I've gotten 3 free Accucheck Compacts recently, and 2 Free freestyle Flashes. That beats paying $10 for some off brand, doesn't it? Dave
From: Bit Twister on 7 Mar 2006 11:32
On 7 Mar 2006 07:05:33 -0800, JJ Jones wrote: > I was just diagnosed with "mild diabetes". Sorry you had to join the club. :( > I noticed that there is a cheap blood glucose meter at Walmart, > "Reli-on" for $10. Is this any good? It works. Define good. What features are you looking for or know you need. You may want to place your mouse pointer over Meters at http://www.mendosa.com/ The whole site is a good read, not to mention links found on the site. > What are the pros and cons of blood glucose meters? Why do they differ > so much in price? Do any come with less expensive test strips, or are > they all about the same? Stop in at Walmart and check. Use Google.com I bought mine about 3 weeks ago. They had a shelf of meters and a shelf of test strips. Pretty easy to compare prices. Find the venor web site and make a meter featue list to make your final buy. > Do any hurt less? The ReliOn meter does not hurt one bit. Now the lancet which makes the hole can hurt depending on where you use it and depth setting. :) I forgot to change the depth setting from 5 to 2 on the first try, on my little finger, and that smarted. I find I can set it on two, wash hands in hot water to soffen skin, and barely feel the pin prick, depending on finger and location. Measurements will vary depending on location, finger, palm, forearm, temperature of sample,... > Should I buy this Reli-on meter? Your advice is appreciated. Do take time to build your feature list to get a feel for what you have to have. Some have cables you can buy, later, and connect to your computer and get fancy programs to model the data. Or you can enter the data yourself in a spreadsheet like me. It has recall so you can read values to enter into database at end of day. Also has a weekly average, for last 4 weeks. More expensive meter may be more accurate. Big deal. I measured a cool finger with a warm finger reading, difference was 12 higher. I measured a strip between two different boxes, difference was 6 lower on the new box of strips. Expired date on both was year and a half away. I measured the difference in warm/cool strip, warm strip was 23 higher. I'll suggest, buy the the $10 meter and ~$43 for a hundred test strip box. Now you can: o play with getting a feel for your numbers, o play with finding out which foods do what to your levels, half, 1 hour, 2 hour after eating. see http://www.mendosa.com/GI_GL_Carb_data.zip o after exercising, how fast/much exercise raises/lowers your levels. You can take a reading just after they take your blood sample at the doctor's office to compare meter against lab results. Do your own glucose test. When you want. http://www.rajeun.net/gtt.html#Diabetes%20and%20Hypoglycemia Once you have a good feel for what is going on when, then you can decide on what meter you might want to buy. Savings on strips alone, will have paid for wasting $10 on the meter, more than once; if you trash it and get a different one. Better yet, pass it on to a family/friend or doctor who can give to a needy person. I have just finished my first 100 strip box, and have not started testing each food. |