[Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.

Diane dianefilipe at peoplepc.com
Sat Feb 28 16:38:53 UTC 2009 

Please remember how important it is to stay well-hydrated with water!!!  It 
help everything work better, and we all want to keep all of our organs!
Di
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.


> If you're not thirsty, don't worry about it! Unlesss you are in DKA (and
> you'd know it if you were, believe me!), your body will tell you when
> you need to drink more -- unles you are totally absent-minded like me --
> I remember in college thinking: ya know; seems to me I decided I was
> thirsty two hours ago! Wonder if I did anything about it? (har)
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Returning member with questions.
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> +-+-+-
>
>   for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of
> yourselves; it is the gift of God, Ephesians 2:8
> ~~~
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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
>>
>>
>>
>> +-+-+-
>>
>>   Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him,
>> and he in God.
>> 1 John 4:15
>> ~~~
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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.
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> +-+-+-
>>>
>>>   There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ
>>> 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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