[Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.

Wed Feb 25 11:10:08 UTC 2009

No, I meant drinking water.  I was wondering to myself lately if, maybe, I wasn't drinking enough water, and so, maybe, my blood was too thick?

Isn't it great the ideas we untrained medical amateurs come up with? 

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: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:56
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.

> No but I thought it might get your hands a bit warmer.
> 
> Mike
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.
> 
> 
> Ooh, no, not five minutes...and not by my own choice...it was never 
> suggested I do a full five minutes...I will keep that in mind.
> 
> Does amount of water intake make any appreciable difference?
> 
> 
> 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: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 09:31
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.
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> 
>> Yes, some lancets are thicker than others.
>>
>> Let me ask you this: have you really and truly spent five minutes with
>> your hands under warm-to-hot water? I have Raynaud's Syndrome so am 
>> very
>> familiar with not getting enough blood to the extremeties. But a bit 
>> of
>> patience and a lot of hot water often helps.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 9:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.
>>
>>
>> Ann,
>> I've tried everything you suggested, right up to the rubber bands.  My
>> only thought is I must be picking a poor place to do the sticking.
>> Then, again, that could be fine, too.  I second guess myself too much.
>>
>> BTW, someone said something about lancets varying in size, is that 
>> true?
>>
>>
>> In Christ,
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
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>> Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh,
>> but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:1
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ann Williams" <clevelandann at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:50
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.
>>
>>
>>> Alan,
>>>
>>> Alas!  It is not unusual or someone to have trouble getting enough
>>> blood
>>> from his or her fingers.
>>>
>>> Here are several things I have seen people use to get enough blood 
>>> out
>>> of their fingers:
>>>
>>>   1. You already mentioned the first one, starting with warm hands.
>>>      You mentioned warming your hands in water, which is a good idea.
>>>   2. Set your lancer to poke you as deeply as you can stand.
>>>   3. Shake down the hand you're going to poke, as if you were shaking
>>>      down an old-fashioned mercury thermometer.  The idea is to get
>>> the
>>>      blood down into your hand.
>>>   4. Before you poke your finger, take a rubber band (thick is better
>>>      than thin), and wrap a double thickness around your finger, like
>>> a
>>>      small tourniquet.  Do not loop it over the top of the finger,
>>> just
>>>      use the double thickness as if it was one piece.  That way, if
>>> you
>>>      need to take it off after you lance, to get more blood flowing,
>>>      you won't wipe off your blood drop. You can wrap it fairly
>>> snugly,
>>>      but not so tight it's painful. You can hold it down with your
>>> thumb.
>>>   5. When you can feel the blood engorging the fingertip, lance the
>>>      side of the finger.  Many people will get a fairly large drop of
>>>      blood easily this way. But if you don't, take the rubber band 
>>> off
>>>      now, and squeeze the finger from the base to the tip.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Ann Williams, RN, CDE
>>>
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