You look in the mirror every morning to see if your hair is properly arranged or if your tie is correctly knotted. You step on a bathroom scale to check your weight. You look at the thermometer to see what the air temperature is. These are all ways you have to monitor the status of your body and the world around you.

You use the information you obtain to make corrections or changes so you can live more comfortably. You brush your hair, adjust your necktie, plan what you will or will not eat, and select the clothing you will wear to accommodate the warmth or coolness of the air.

Fortunately, today you have measurement tools to help you improve your life with diabetes -tools that weren’t available or perhaps affordable just a decade or so ago.

Through the magic of electronics and chemistry, these measurement tools can tell you what is happening inside your body. You are fortunate because these tools are readily available, inexpensive, relatively easy to use and precise enough to provide you with accurate information.

Among the most important tools available to you are the devices for measuring blood glucose. These include meters, test strips and lancing devices. The information they provide can help you adjust your diet or exercise, or even your diabetes medication if it has been prescribed, to keep your blood glucose levels within the normal range.

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