Re: For anyone using Contour Meter for glucose

[Guest guest]

> Bayer has announced a recall of bg test strips for the " Contour TS "

> meter.

> Info on the bad lot #'s, etc is at:

>

I used to use a Contour (damn awful expensive strips though - just

like everyone else, except WalMart and Ebay . Dr. Bernstein liked

it too (and he's a stickler for accurate meters - has to be if you're

going to run a BG of 81-90) Then he changed he recommendations -

something about the test strip manufacturer changing I guess, and the

last time I used a Contour (over 6 months ago), I found it inaccurate

- both between tests and compared to my Walmart meter. The Walmart

meter is the same as the Medisense Optium/Xtra, which I find accurate

enough, and relatively repeatably.

Bayer apparently has put out a " Contour II " meter I think (this

maybe be what the 'TS' meter is), perhaps to address this - new

meter, new test strips.

I would like to get a Glucowatch (it uses infrared light to make

the measurement) when it is finally approved, although I fear that

the first (or second, or third) generation CGMS monitors are not

going to be very accurate.

<rant> After all - what diabetic wants even sorta-normal fasting

BGs? Although the new AACE (or maybe it was ACE) guidelines calling

for fasting BG under 90 (I think I remember right from Dr. B's

teleseminar) would " force " better accuracy, if they are adopted by

diabetics and physicians that is - which is unlikely I think, not as

long as high-carb remains the standard. Although, hell just

apparently froze over and the ADA endorsed LC diets for *weight

control*, but not *glucose control* (some crap about long-term

risks). Why these supposed risks (which haven't hurt Dr. B. in over

30 years) would be okay for people losing weight, but nor those not

losing weight is a mystery - " ADA-think " .. </rant>