[Diabetes-talk] Are All Lancets Created Equal?

[Mike Freeman]

Dotty:

First, welcome to our list.  I'm the list moderator, Mike Freeman.  I'm the 
President of NFB"s diabetes Action Network; I saw your subscription message 
to the list as well as yur "hello".

Partly what you're experiencing is the travail of a newly-diagnosed 
diabetic.  I dare dsay everyone on this list (present company included) 
experienced quite a bit of frustration learning to get that drop of blood 
and, more importantly, to place it on the strip or, as I do, place the end 
of the strip with the knotch on the blood drop.  AS I said to you on the 
ACB-Diabetics list, part of the problem is that blood smears easily.  I 
recommend holding the finger flat once you've punctured it so that the blood 
drop will have a chance to bead up.  AS I also advocate, get more blood than 
you need.  To my way of thinking, all that jive about no pain finger-sticks 
is hogwash; if it doesn't sting, you're not doing it right, to my way of 
thinking. (big grin)

The lancet device with the cap is, I think, one where you manually stick 
yourself as opposed to pushing the button of a spring-loaded lancet device. 
I never saw the point of such lancets but there are those who favor them.

I've never tried the laser lancet device but would be interested in it, if 
only to play with a new dadget.  The hipe is that it causes less pain and 
makes a cleaner puncture.  But I figure I can endure a heck of a lot of 
finger-sticks for the four centabucsk it cots. (grin)

Again, welcome to our list.

Mike Freeman, President
Diabetes Action Network
National Federation of the Blind

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dorothea Martin" <bestsinger at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 8:46 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Are All Lancets Created Equal?


>I have some trouble getting my fingers to give up that magical drop of 
>blood. Are some lancets or lancing devices better at this than others? Is 
>my problem just that I'm very new at testing? What about the electronic 
>lancet? Does it work better than the ones with the spring? Also, I saw an 
>advertisement for a lancet with a disk cap that can be put back on the 
>point after the test. This seems to be a good idea to me, but is it really? 
>I would appreciate any suggestions.
> Dotty Martin
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