I ran out of test strips for my Omnipod (that’s what happens when your endo won’t let you have a cgm because the other patients think it’s “annoying” so they assume you will too, even though they know of the wild blood sugar swings and testing up to 20 times a day /rant over) so I was using the True Track meter from Rite Aid since Monday. For someone living on a tight budget, this meter is appealing financially, which was the reason why I bought it as a back up meter. The bad thing about this meter is its inconsistent readings. One test I’m at 173, the next 124, the next 229... So its really a crap shoot on where you really are but if you are feeling low and it reads lower, then most likely you are low. If its wacky high and you feel high, then yes, you are high… how much you should correct is more tricky with this method though. Okay tricky isn’t really the word. While using this meter I have been all over the place. Last night before bed it read 78 but I felt lower, so I had 24 grams of carbohydrates, bolused for 12 and went to bed. I woke up at 283. Which number was right, the one before bed or the one waking up? I know the FDA stated something that mentions how test strips have a +/- 20% variable in accuracy and that it may be greater in generic brands, but really, what I have been experiencing has been more than the 20% window that they give. Which leads to “Blood Sugar Brain”. Blood sugar brain starts to occur above 200 where you feel off… you start to get agitated, you get snappy, tired, thirsty, you cant think as sharply, you want to drink down an ocean, all typical signs of high blood sugar. The Boyfriend is now trained in detecting Blood Sugar Brain and luckily for me, he knows he needs to be more gentle and practice his patience with me. My supervisors and coworkers are not trained in Blood Sugar Brain detection, even though I wish they were sometimes.