UltraSmart Meter

I’ve been using it for a week.

Using the test strips is enough different from the Freestyle, that I frequently screw up the procedure, thus wasting the strip. In fact, Wednesday morning, I wasted 3, then called the company and had them walk me through the procedure. Did it again Saturday and asked for some free test strips to make up for the ones I was screwing up.

I will probably be sticking with it. For a pumper, having a graph of your blood sugars by meal is invaluable. Also, having all the log book information in my hand and organized in different ways is also invaluable. The UltraSmart does a bunch of stuff EzManager doesn’t do, both the Palm and PC version.

However, you can’t transfer data back and forth between the three, which is sad.

I did see that the FDA issued an approval on something Lifescan called an ONETOUCH ULTRA 2 BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM. I am wondering if that is going to communicate with the Animas pump.

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4 responses to “UltraSmart Meter”

  1. Michelle Avatar

    I had trouble switching from Freestyle to UltraSmart, too. I think the UltraSmart just needs more blood. Overall, I like the UltraSmart much better, though.

  2. Michelle Avatar

    I had trouble switching from Freestyle to UltraSmart, too. I think the UltraSmart just needs more blood. Overall, I like the UltraSmart much better, though.

  3. Johnboy Avatar

    Hey, Kathleen. I thought you hated this meter. I have been using it for about 1.5 months and love the graphing as well.
    Having to get all the blood in the strip quickly OR ELSE is my major complaint. A strip light would be quite helpful as well.

  4. Johnboy Avatar

    Hey, Kathleen. I thought you hated this meter. I have been using it for about 1.5 months and love the graphing as well.
    Having to get all the blood in the strip quickly OR ELSE is my major complaint. A strip light would be quite helpful as well.

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