Table of Contents 3. The Blood Glucose Meter: The specific device I use is called FreeStyle, and its web page is located at http://www.therasense.com The following are photos of the box (front and back). It comes with a meter, a lancing device, some test strips, some lancet, testing liquid and a pouch. There are various glucose meters on the market.  I selected this one for two reasons: 1) Ramona recommended it. 2) As Ramona pointed out, it requires the minimum amount of blood (0.3 microliters) to measure blood glucose. I checked other devices on the shelf at a local Walgreens and confirmed this to be true. The following photo of the back of a package shows the size of the blood bubbles required by various meters. (No, I'm not a salesman for this company at all.  I just wanted to share my decision points.  If you find a better one, just try!  A friend of mine is currently hard at work to develop a device that will be able to measure glucose without a blood sample. I just hope it will be ready soon, and will work for dogs too.) Copyright 2005, A.K.