[Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.

[Alan Wheeler]

The sting isn't the issue.  It's actually tolerable.  It's my seeming inability to get any blood at all.


In Christ,
Alan



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:15
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.


> The real problem here is the flip-side of the advantage of alternate 
> site testing: fewer nerves. So it's correspondingly more difficult to 
> find exactly where the spot of blood is on the alternate site.
> 
> Better in my estimation to just put up with the sting and do 
> finger-sticks; the readings are more accurate anyway. Moreover, I 
> *prefer* a bit of a sting in that I know the lancet has punched thru any 
> calluses that may have built up.
> 
> Mike
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 4:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.
> 
> 
> Which of the prodigy meters are you using?  That has been a lot of my
> problem with the audocode, and, I agree that it's very frustrating.
> If it is the audocode, you might have someone who sees watch you test. 
> This
> was a big help to me, because I was assured that I continue to be a good
> bleeder.
> The main thing I would encourage you to do is not to get too down on 
> your
> self-confidence to deal with, and keep after it.
> If you've been gone a while, welcome back, and best of luck.
> 
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alan Wheeler
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:33 PM
> To: Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.
> 
> Hi,
> This is for Prodigy meter users who do alternate site testing.  Which 
> sites
> other than the fingers seem to give you the best results?
> 
> I am still having great difficulty getting samples, to the point of 
> sheer
> frustration. I wonder if, perhaps I am not drinking enough water?  Any
> thoughts?
> 
> In Christ,
> Alan
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> I
> direct my prayer unto thee, and will look
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