[Diabetes-talk] tinkering with test strips

[d m gina]

OK with the free hand I pick up the machine and sneek my finger with 
the stick and blood on it to the edge of the strip on the end.
Then if I need to move the machine I can do this, until it beeps.
I hold my finger there until I get the reading,
I hope you can try this so you won't need to use anything else.

Original message:
> The only way I can get readings is by using the stylus on these strips.
> I got two readings today for the first time ever.  One of the readings
> that failed yesterday was the one on which I didn't use the stylus on
> the test strip.  This won't be the first time diabetics got defective
> test strips, doing a google search for diabetes test strip problem shows
> more than one F.D.A. recall.

> On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, Grant E. Metcalf wrote:

>> Jude,

>> I don't think you should be using your stylus or anything else to 
>> modify your test strips. Better I think to work on sampling technique 
>> and/or get a different system that might work better for you. Remember, 
>> warm, clean hands, milk the finger before and perhaps after sticking, 
>> try and keep the finger in a still position when attempting to sample 
>> with the strip. Even the old pro's on the list have their bad days. 
>> However, practice increases success.
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