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Monitoring

Controlling your blood glucose is a very important part of managing diabetes. Testing your blood glucose regularly helps measure the effectiveness of your meal plan, physical activity and medications. You can use this information to make large-scale decisions, like whether to continue with a particular workout program, or small ones, like whether to eat a snack.

To self-test your blood glucose, you need a meter, a strip and a lancing device. Then, follow these steps:1

  • Wash and dry your hands. Using warm water may help the blood flow.
  • Prick your finger with the lancing device to obtain a drop of blood.
  • Hold the strip to the blood so that it can absorb the amount of blood it needs.
  • Wait a few seconds to view your results.
  • Discard the lancet and strip properly.

Follow the instructions included with your lancing device to get a drop of blood — which normally include shaking your hands below the wrist or gently squeezing your finger a few times. While testing from the tip of a finger is most common, it is possible to use alternate sites for testing. Other methods of testing and monitoring will look at your blood glucose in the long-term. An A1C (also known as glycated hemoglobin or HbA1c) gives you a picture of your average blood glucose control for the past 120 days (3 to 4 months).


* Treatment goals and strategies must be tailored to the indvidual with diabetes, with consideration given to individual risk factors.

1Joslin Diabetes Center. Blood glucose monitoring: your tool for diabetes control. Available at: http://www.joslin.org/managing_your_diabetes_650.asp. Accessed September 13, 2011.
²Canadian Diabetes Association, 2008 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Managment of Diabetes in Canada

The Accu-Chek Testing in Pairs simple, 7-day paper tool

Accu-Chek Testing in Pairs

See how the things you do affect your blood glucose

Accu-Chek Testing in Pairs is a simple tool that helps you track your blood glucose before and after a specific meal, exercise or other event. Use it when you want to focus on just one thing in your daily eating habits or routine. For just 7 days, see how the things you do affect your blood glucose and what works for you.

Food/Drinks.
How does the food or alcohol you choose affect your blood glucose?

Exercise.
How does it affect your blood glucose?

Daily life.
If you try to reduce stress, does it help?


How did your blood glucose change between Before and After?

  • After 7 days, what did you learn about your blood glucose?

  • What can you do next? Can you think of some simple steps to take (e.g., such as changing your serving sizes or walking after dinner)?

  • You can take your completed Accu-Chek Testing in Pairs tool to your healthcare provider, and talk about what you both see. Are there any changes you can make to keep your blood glucose in a healthy range? Is there another kind of activity you want to try with the before-and-after testing?


Download and print the free tool, and get started with just 3 easy steps.

Accu-Chek Testing in Pairs tool (English)

Accu-Chek Vos tests en deux-temps (French)

 

How do I use the Accu-Chek Testing in Pairs tool?

Start by thinking about what you'd like to learn about your blood glucose. Then use the Accu-Chek Testing in Pairs tool to find the answer. Here's how:

  1. Start with a simple question and use your blood glucose results to see what works for you.

  2. Each day, check your blood glucose before the meal or activity, and write the number in the Before column. Check it again at a specific time after the meal or activity (usually 2 hours after), and write it in the After column.

  3. How did your blood glucose change?

 

 

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Hypoglycemia and Exercise
Physical activity or exercising for a prolonged period can lower blood glucose, but there are several measures you can take to treat it.

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