[Diabetes-talk] testing difficulty

[Jude DaShiell]

Very often I'm having difficulty just getting enough blood on the test 
strip to even get a reading.  Earlier today I had my hands under warm 
water to try and prevent the capilaries from constricting; work place and 
my apartment are air-conditioned and that didn't even work.  The strips 
usually end up sticky by the time the meter shuts off too.  I'm using the 
sides of some of my fingers, but not the index fingers since I intend to 
be able to continue reading braile for the rest of my life.  The meter I 
have can do alternate site testing but I haven't yet learned the good 
places to do that yet.  It's all very frustating!