I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes and because of my art, I can't bear to test out of my fingers anymore. My doctor just switched from a Prestige IQ meter to an Accu-Chek Aviva meter and he requested that I use both for a week to ensure testing results were similar. I am finding that I have sometimes up to a 30 point difference between both meters, even from the same blood from the same finger. Can anyone tell me why?

My prestige IQ is set up on the Plasma setting and I used the Aviva default. Even when I change settings on the Prestige IQ to blood instead of plasma like I was told to use, the results are still 30 or more points off.

Can anyone help me figure out what's going on with my glucose meters?

Thanks in advance.

I too have GD but I also have bad anemia. I found out that my one monitor didnt work properly due to my low iron, so I switched to the contour (was using the crappy tru-track one) and everything's been fine since. I am not sure if you are anemic or not, but iron was an issue for me. If your points are still wacky I would talk to your diabetes educator and see what it might be? I know sometimes testing from different areas (forearm testing etc) can throw off the readings. But I only test from fingers so I am not sure. I have to test when I first wake and 1 hour after each meal. I know it probably doesn't, but I hope this has helped.