[Diabetes-talk] first independent reading

[Jude DaShiell]

I held the strip there until the meter played the shut off music and then 
heard the reading, so yes you're right that helps. On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, d 
m gina wrote:

> Good for you,
> I think you are catching on.
> I also leave my finger on the strip until it says your reading is, then I know
> it will read what is happening and not guess.
> Keep up the swell work.
> 
> Original message:
> > A few minutes ago, I tried a finger stick and this time got a reading of
> > 99.  I used the side of the right ring finger and had to hold the rounded
> > end of the strip in the area of the stick for about a minute and held the
> > strip so it angled down at the floor about 65 degrees.  The fact that I
> > even got the reading this morning at all was a surprise after so many
> > failures.
> 
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