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Group 7-day waking average?

Pretty good start to the day buddy.. Just got to shake this man flu off and all will be sound... 🙂
 
Can cope with the cold ( sorry man flu ) but the piggin cough which keeps you awake all night drives me crackers..... Then finally fall to sleep then alarm goes off for work ... :-(
 
Morning all 🙂 - 11.2 for me today
 
A surprising 4.7 today, as it was yesterday too, which I can only attribute to following the good advice given here (thanks, guys 🙂 ). So much for doing what they tell you at the doctor's... 'don't test, it's not necessary, every 6 months is fine...' pffft!
 
Morning 6.9 for me starting to rise, not seen my lovely mid 4.0's on waking for months.
 
Morning everyone 13.7 for me today
 
Northerner said:
On the high side Gill :( How are your waking numbers comparing to your bedtime ones?
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Here's the last 4 days:
21.01
whiskysmum said:
Morning everyone 🙂 - 9.0 for me
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Bedtime 7.9 (20.01)


22.01
whiskysmum said:
Morning everyone 🙂 - 8.7 for me
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Bedtime 16.5


23.01
whiskysmum said:
Morning all 🙂 - 11.2 for me today
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Bedtime 13.9


24.01 (today)
whiskysmum said:
Morning everyone 13.7 for me today
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Bedtime 15.3

I increased Lantus by 2u last night from 14u to 16u
 
3.6 for me this morning
 
Last posted here for 17th. 😱 Time flies.

18/1....5.6
19/1....5.6
20/1....5.1
21/1....5.4
22/1....5.3
23/1....4.9
24/1....5.1

Also did Dr Bernstein's test of this cheap/cheerful SD Codefree: he says do four tests in succession--results must be within 5%: At 14:00, one hour after lunch: 5.8, 5.8, 5.6 and 5.9 as fast as I could stick two fingers. This little gizmo's well wurf the money :D
 
Lurch said:
Last posted here for 17th. 😱 Time flies.

18/1....5.6
19/1....5.6
20/1....5.1
21/1....5.4
22/1....5.3
23/1....4.9
24/1....5.1

Also did Dr Bernstein's test of this cheap/cheerful SD Codefree: he says do four tests in succession--results must be within 5%: At 14:00, one hour after lunch: 5.8, 5.8, 5.6 and 5.9 as fast as I could stick two fingers. This little gizmo's well wurf the money :D
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That's a pretty impressive set of numbers Lurch! Well done! 🙂 And some good, consistent numbers from the 'speed test'!
 
I've just done this four-test thing two hours after lunch, using two different fingers, and the results were 5.8, 6.5, 5.1 and 5.3. Does this mean my meter's up the creek??
 
Pine Marten said:
I've just done this four-test thing two hours after lunch, using two different fingers, and the results were 5.8, 6.5, 5.1 and 5.3. Does this mean my meter's up the creek??
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No, there can be wider variations, even between fingers. Strips only have to be within 10% either way, so there can be up to a 20% difference. Most manufacturers try to be more accurate than that, but there are still 'outliers' that may be completely at odds - they are allowed something like 3-5% to be like this I think. Plus, you can get different results from different fingers at the same time.

To suggest that there is something amiss if four tests aren't within 5% of each other is a bit unrealistic from Mr Bernstein 🙄
 
Ah right - thanks, Northerner, I'm hopeless at maths and didn't know if that sounded wrong. I'd not heard of Mr Bernstein or his test before, so thought I'd try it after reading Lurch's post.
 
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