[Diabetes-talk] testing with meter

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

I'm totally blind and don't have many problems getting my blood on the
strip pretty quickly. Once the meter indicates it has it, I give it like
a second then remove it. My doctor and I have not noticed any major
discrepancies between my glucose records and my A1-C, and I test about
12 to 15 times a day. My poor fingers, grin.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 8:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] testing with meter


I tend to hold my finger for an additional few seconds after I hear the

beep.  I don't hold it on the test strip until it reads.  I have found
that 
since I can't see anything and don't know how much or how large of a
drop  of 
blood I have hanging off my finger and I was advised to hold it there a

little longer to be sure enough blood had a chance to get sucked up in
there. 
 Maybe if we could see we could pass judgement better and just touch
and 
remove.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 4/10/2012 9:00:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dmgina at samobile.net writes:

Hello,
When I was trained with testing I was told to put the  blood on the 
strip and hold your finger there until you get a  reading.
I have done this for years, not knowing anything different until  today.
I was complaining to my doctor that I felt my numbers were way to  high 
and I was getting frightened.
Trying to stay calm trying to fix  the problem, because the nurses 
wanted to see what the a one c was  like.
It is still in the six point range but 6.9 instead of 6.4.
I was  concerned it was higher.
the lady who took the testing with both meters,  theirs and mine, said 
theirs was a higher number than mine.
That was a  shock to me. what she did though, was to put my finger on 
the strip, she  heard the beep and pulled my finger away.
I was concerned it wouldn't read  like it should.
What do you folks do.
Just thought I would  ask.
Thanks,

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