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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / October 2005Meters and the VA
At 1500 today the VA will give us an ACC-Chek Advantage meter. I copied a google check that compares all the meters which I will take with me me. The military and most other VA facilities have gotten Precision Extras long ago. The Accu-chek takes 40 seconds, range- 20-600 mg/dl, drop size 4ml Advantage The Prec Extra takes 10 seconds, " 20-600 mg/dl, drop size 1.5ml. The Accu-chek is not recommended for children because of the time and amt of blood required. Does this mean that older men or war veterans would prefer these disadvantages? What this is telling me is that the VA got a lot of free meters or very reasonable ones, I am going just to speak up for veterans and just for the hell of it I may tell them I would rather keep my old medisense that takes 30 seconds and buy my own strips.. My insurance covers meters and strips if it comes to that. I will let you know if I upset the apple cart. Charlie T-1 since 71. > At 1500 today the VA will give us an ACC-Chek Advantage meter. I > copied a google check that compares all the meters which I will take [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Charlie T-1 since 71. I love accu-check mostly because of the comfort curve strips. I have yet to use something easier. there probably are easier meters but for me the comfort curve strips make things pretty easy to do. when I was first dx'd blood was pretty hard to get out. now with 1 little pinch I could probably test 5 times.  SignatureTom Exercise Today = Life Tomorrow Information you can trust from the diabetes experts... Your American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp the American Diabetes Association's Message Boards http://community.diabetes.org/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=amdiabetesz&nav=index Pictures of My motorcycle and I think 2 of my doggies. http://www.adventurseofvtx1300c.com.50megs.com/photo.html Tom, the meter I got was not exactly like the specifications I quoted. Google said 2 penlite batteries, it has a cadium plated battery, test time is 20 seconds, she made a point of showing me that it took less blood than what I said. The funniest part was that we were told to keep our old lancets etc and got only a meter. How cheap is that, all meters come with a full package even the ones you get from the military. The precision extra that I got recently takes 10 seconds, needs 1.5 ml of blood and best of all the strips are wrapped individually making it very easy to carry 5 or ten in the pocket as I travel frequently. The best part was that I got a flu shot(ouch) even though the VA used a local Naval dispensary to give out these meters. Charlie >At 1500 today the VA will give us an ACC-Chek Advantage meter. I >copied a google check that compares all the meters which I will take >with me me. The military and most other VA facilities have gotten >Precision Extras long ago. The Advantage is a royal piece of junk. It typically reads 20 to30 points higher than any other meter I have. Other people said the same thing. If the VA insists on accu check meters, then go for the Complete meter. It is the equivalent of the Lifescan Ultrasmart. The Complete measures within a couple points of my freestyle, one touch ultra, and elite xl meters. The complete and advantage use the comfort curve sticks. _____________________________________________ http://wave.prohosting.com/ugleeeee/ Health Diabetic Software - Free I went specificly to get the lancing device and they told us to use our old ones. Am I surprised? No, I have worked for the government all my life since 1957. The VA's idea of saving money is to restrict the number of strips one may receive per month, per day etc. Have you ever tried to fight city hall, it ain't worth it. It read 5 points higher that my old medisense. So much for that subject. Over and out. Time for a Lake Country red ! Charlie >I went specificly to get the lancing device and they told us to use our >old ones. Am I surprised? No, I have worked for the government all my [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >a Lake Country red ! >Charlie If you need more sticks than alloted by the VA, then ebay is the best choice. _____________________________________________ http://wave.prohosting.com/ugleeeee/ Health Diabetic Software - Free >>At 1500 today the VA will give us an ACC-Chek Advantage meter. I >>copied a google check that compares all the meters which I will take [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > http://wave.prohosting.com/ugleeeee/ > Health Diabetic Software - Free My Flash reads 10-15 points higher than my UltraSmart. In fact I've checked THREE Flash units against TWO Ultrasmarts. I try to remember the Flash reads higher because I'm so used to the readings from the UltraSmart. dave >>>At 1500 today the VA will give us an ACC-Chek Advantage meter. I >>>copied a google check that compares all the meters which I will take [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >the Flash reads higher because I'm so used to the readings from the >UltraSmart. That is weird. I find the freestyle is the most consistent meter I have. I've only had 2 bottles of sticks for the OTU meter, so I don't have adequate experience on how the OTU stacks up. The damn OTU sticks are so outrageously priced, even on ebay. >>>>At 1500 today the VA will give us an ACC-Chek Advantage meter. I >>>>copied a google check that compares all the meters which I will take [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > have adequate experience on how the OTU stacks up. The damn OTU > sticks are so outrageously priced, even on ebay. I'm not saying it is INCONSISTENT; I'm saying it reads higher than the US. when my US reads 59, my Flash reads 75. Doesn't matter if the readings are under 100 or over 200, the Flash is nearly always about 15 points higher, but it IS consistent. Dave Charlie, my friend just got the Precision Extra and I was amazed at the quickness of it and the small amount of blood needed. I wish you good luck. Loretta -- In tribute to the United States of America and the State of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and terrorism. Loretta, the funny thing is my new endocronologist suggested that I use an Accu-Check so SHE can download it. I've got news for her, I bought the software to download my new Precision Extra so I will download it prior to my visit. I wanted to see the Accu-Chek and ask questions that may have surprised them, only one other guy asked a question. I will say good bye to the VA on Oct 24. What happened to Guy? He used to post every day. Have fun next week !!! Charlie The VA also gave me an Accu-Check meter to use, and it does read much higher than it should. The VA only wanted me to test once or twice a week and 1 day out of the month 4 times. Now that I am covered by Medicare, I went back to my Ascensia Elite XL meter, and can test twice a day now. > Loretta, the funny thing is my new endocronologist suggested that I use > an Accu-Check so SHE [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Charlie > The VA also gave me an Accu-Check meter to use, and it does read much > higher than it should. The VA only wanted me to test once or twice a > week and 1 day out of the month 4 times. Now that I am covered by > Medicare, I went back to my Ascensia Elite XL meter, and can test > twice a day now. Medicare paid for mine "One touch", 5 second and I get my strips from Liberty, paid by Medicare. They send me enough for 3 a day and more if I ask for them. I hate to complain about the VA but I do have other insurance and if you have a service connected disability you could always return if you were unfortunate enough to get on dialysis or something worse. The VA treats many people like my neighbor who was in during the Korean conflict and served two or three years in the Army. His only 'legal' source of income is Social Security. Charlie |
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