{"id":37731,"date":"2015-04-05T06:05:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T10:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=37731"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:41:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:41:43","slug":"accurate-blood-sugar-testing-is-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=37731","title":{"rendered":"Accurate Blood Sugar Testing is Key"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you know me personally, then you&#8217;re probably aware that I am a professional at panicking and ac certified worrywart. You might think I&#8217;m too young to be so overly anxious, but what can I say, it&#8217;s in my nature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-False-Low...-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37733 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-False-Low...-1.jpg\" alt=\"Accurate Blood Sugar Testing - The False Low... (1)\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-False-Low...-1.jpg 235w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-False-Low...-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a>So as you might be able to imagine, I didn&#8217;t react well when I woke up one recent morning to a blood sugar reading of 33 mg\/dL.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">33? It seemed impossible! Mere moments before testing, I was begrudgingly waking up to my alarm blaring. The thought of getting ready for work made me want to hide under the blankets for the remainder of the morning. I knew this wasn\u2019t a viable option, though, so I got out of bed to test my blood sugar as I do every morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Five seconds later, that scary number was glaring at me in black and white. I was momentarily dumb-founded and found myself reflexively reaching for my tube of glucose, which I always keep near me when I go to bed. I chewed four tabs furiously as I contemplated how this could have happened. If I was that dangerously low, then how come I didn\u2019t hear my CGM? I sleep lightly enough that I almost always wake up when it vibrates to call my attention to a high or a low.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-true-reading-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37734 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-true-reading-1.jpg\" alt=\"Accurate Blood Sugar Testing - The true reading...\" width=\"235\" height=\"314\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-true-reading-1.jpg 235w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-true-reading-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a>That\u2019s when I started thinking more rationally and reached for my CGM. The screen showed that I was in the 70s, with an arrow pointing to the right \u2013 this means that the blood sugar wasn\u2019t going up or down, it was steady. I cursed myself for my rash actions and hastily grabbed my vial of test strips so I could use a new one to test one more time. I did and, <em>voila<\/em>, my meter informed me that my blood sugar was 78 \u2013 what a difference!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After learning what my true number was, I knew I could proceed with getting ready. As I went about my routine, I couldn\u2019t help but wonder what happened to cause a false first reading. My hands had been clean. My lancet was relatively new. Could it have been an issue with the test strip? The meter itself?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unfortunately, I can\u2019t be sure of what caused the error, but it did make me realize a few important things. Technology may be great, but it\u2019s not always accurate. In situations like these, accuracy obviously matters more than anything. That being said, maybe I should learn to trust my body and what it might be trying to tell me instead of depending solely on my meter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also showed me that sometimes I need to stop and evaluate a situation before I act. A blood glucose reading of 78 almost will never require me to use four glucose tablets to correct it, but it was too late by the time I did my second test. I was fortunate enough to avoid a horribly high blood sugar later on in the morning, but I did have to wait for my blood sugar to level out before I could eat my breakfast \u2013 definitely irksome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This incident showed me that sometimes, certain circumstances may call for me to second guess what technology tells me and read my body\u2019s signs more carefully in order to care for it optimally. Accuracy is invaluable, especially to someone with diabetes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":37732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Accurate Blood Sugar Testing is Key<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Technology may be great, but it\u2019s not always accurate and accurate blood sugar testing matters more than anything. 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