# A warning about the Contour meters "Second-Chance"

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-warning-about-the-contour-meters-second-chance/4718
**Category:** C/GM
**Created:** [August 13, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-warning-about-the-contour-meters-second-chance/4718 "2018-08-13T01:57:13Z")
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### Author: ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-warning-about-the-contour-meters-second-chance/4718/23 "2018-08-14T17:27:38Z")

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Here was the post - I didn’t say much - but @mike_g also mentions a similar issue with a “second chance” on a relion meter.

> [@So Word on FUD Street is Contour is the Meter to go with.... but why?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/so-word-on-fud-street-is-contour-is-the-meter-to-go-with-but-why/4506/26):
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> Last night I was without CGM because my sensor had fallen off. I felt around 3.5 (63) and was going to have some cookie but decided to test anyways. I called out 3.5 to my kids but I had a strip fill problem with the contour (got the message that said add more blood). Reading came out as 2.6 (47). I said no way - I can;t be wrong, so I retested with a giant drop of blood and I was 3.3 (59), which was pretty close to the number I called out.

Moral of the story - if you want accuracy you need to use the first drop of blood. If you don’t care it you are +/- 18 mg/dl (1 mmol/l) then go ahead and use the second chance thing.

EDIT: ok - second moral - always trust your gut feeling 😄

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