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Andrew

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Type 2
my tester has arrived -
reading the book if lower than 20mg/dl - 1.1mmol/L lo will display
above 500mg/dl 27.8mmol/L hi will display

how does this relate to the 33.4 which sent my Dr nuts --- and the 7.4 he mentions and the 4.8 he seemed pleased with?
 
Hi Andrew, the numbers your doctor uses are in mmol/L so the 33.4 will show up as HI and the 7.4 and 4.8 will show up as normal on the screen, only something as low as 1.1 will give a LO which is a serious hypo. Hope this helps
 
The normal non-diabetic range for BGs is about 4-7 mmol/l.

As a type 2 you need to aim for 4-7mmol/l pre-meal and no higher than 10mmol/l 2 hours after.

Unless you're on insulin or certain other meds, you won't go below about 4mmol/l, and certainly won't reach LO (if you do, you probably own't be conscious).🙂

In the US and other countries they use mg/dl, for which there are conversion charts somewhere on the web (but I'm too lazy to look!) :D

Rob
 
Conversion to/from mg/dl is multiplication or division by 18
 
Thanks

Hi
Thankyou for the information, I will have to see how i get on with it.
 
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