Blood glucose monitoring diary

[Kaylz]

Just wondering if anyone knows where I could get a GlucoRx monitoring diary as mines is going to run out in March and although it's just a diary I prefer the size etc to the previous tiny one I had any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks 🙂 x

 

[Northerner]

Have you registered with the meter company? They usually provide free diaries. I have been getting free diaries from Accuchek for the past 8 years! 🙂

 

[Caroline]

If the monitor firm can't supply them, look on Amazon or do a google search

 

[pav]

Get mine when needed free from the meter suppliers.

 

[Kaylz]

Have you registered with the meter company? They usually provide free diaries. I have been getting free diaries from Accuchek for the past 8 years! 🙂

Its accuchek I'm with but whenever I've tried adding one to my basket it never works, are they nice diarys meaning like a good size and well laid out etc x

 

[grovesy]

In the past I just rang the meter company up. Though I don't use anymore.

 

[Northerner]

Its accuchek I'm with but whenever I've tried adding one to my basket it never works, are they nice diarys meaning like a good size and well laid out etc x

I find them a good size, not too small or too big. Here's what they look like (next to a normal sized paperback book)



...and on the inside...



As @grovesy suggests, I'd give them a ring if you are having problems with the website 🙂

 

[grovesy]

Its accuchek I'm with but whenever I've tried adding one to my basket it never works, are they nice diarys meaning like a good size and well laid out etc x

Why not ring them, I have always found the companies I have contacted the staff are helpful.

 

[Kaylz]

I find them a good size, not too small or too big. Here's what they look like (next to a normal sized paperback book)

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...and on the inside...

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As @grovesy suggests, I'd give them a ring if you are having problems with the website 🙂

Oh that's about the same size as the one I'm using I will try the website once more and if it doesn't work will give them an email or call 🙂 x

 

[Kaylz]

Why not ring them, I have always found the companies I have contacted the staff are helpful.

I emailed the GlucoRx company and they are going to send me one out, can't remember the brand of the one I was sent home from the hospital with but it was tiny and my DSN wasn't a fan of the small one either lol x

 

[Kaylz]

I find them a good size, not too small or too big. Here's what they look like (next to a normal sized paperback book)

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...and on the inside...

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As @grovesy suggests, I'd give them a ring if you are having problems with the website 🙂

Well managed to order them this time so problem solved, I like being organised you see haha x

 

[grovesy]

That is good, the One Touch ones used to be small.

 

[malturn]

I get mine from Sanofi just give them a ring and they send me 2 at atime.

 

[Anthaas]

So, I guess the question is should I keep logging my levels in a book? I have the accuchek Aviva expert and that logs it for me?

 

[Northerner]

So, I guess the question is should I keep logging my levels in a book? I have the accuchek Aviva expert and that logs it for me?

If that keeps all the information you want to keep that's fine, or some people use apps 🙂 I've never had a fancy meter so got used to using a book and a pen - I also write in a bit of shorthand about other things like exercise etc.

 

[KookyCat]

So, I guess the question is should I keep logging my levels in a book? I have the accuchek Aviva expert and that logs it for me?

I don't log mine in a book, my meter stores it and it goes to an app on my phone. The DSN wrinkled her nose because they like diaries, so I offered to send her the download and let her write it in if she wanted....weirdly she declined, doesn't have time apparently 🙄

I also don't keep a food diary about which she is frankly quite disgusted, but I'm sure she'll have got over it in a few years 😉

 

[AaronH83]

I use mySugr on my phone, dietician thinks it's fantastic (and she's type 1 too. RESULT!)

 

[Dave W]

My meter (Glucomen) keeps a record and I could get an app to download it, but I prefer to enter my readings to an Excel spreadsheet so I can do whatever calculations I want and produce graphs. GP scans my graphs and stores with my medical history.

 

[Kaylz]

So, I guess the question is should I keep logging my levels in a book? I have the accuchek Aviva expert and that logs it for me?

Same as mine but it will only store so many so I just fill out the diary so it's to hand rather than having to use the meter x

 

[grovesy]

I like mysugr as I can also access via computer and once a month a download and print off the results.