[Diabetes-talk] Problems drawing blood

[d m gina]

Hi,
I have trouble with my rite hand this way, and all I do is shake it 
down and then it will do as I wish so I can get a sample.
if I still don't get one, then I go to the other hand.
I am pleased you are feeling better.
I know there are tablets out there you can keep in your purse and take 
one when this happens.
I keep candy with me, and suck on it.
this also stopps the shakes.
Things like that.
You can get bags of life savers.
this was a request from my diabetic coordinator I had at one time.

Original message:
> Good afternoon,

> I'm kind of perplexed about a problem I am having and am not sure what to
> do, so I thought I'd ask since I would think other people on here have
> experienced this.  On Friday, my doctor increased my medicine I take because
> my A1C was a little high, 8.6 to be exact.  This morning while I was at the
> store, I ate something and then shopped afterwards for about an hour.
> Coming home from our shopping, I started feeling really clammy.  It was like
> I wasn't sure if I was hot or cold but I was sweating and feeling a little
> nauseous at my stomach.  I felt something else too, not quite sleepy but
> that's the closest thing I can think of to describe it, maybe droopy?
> Thinking I might have been having a sugar issue, I tried taking a sample so
> I could see what my reading was, and couldn't get any blood to come out.  I
> had run my hands under hot water both times before I tested.  I also milked
> the finger.  Nothing worked.  I know my lancing device is set to maximum
> penetration at 5, and I tried 4 spots on different fingers and had no luck
> getting anything.  I never was able to do the sugar check, but I did eat
> something and the problems I experienced wore off for the most part.

> Is there something I'm doing wrong for the sample?  Can your fingers get
> callused enough to where blood won't come out anymore?  I changed lancet's
> too thinking that the one I was using wasn't sharp enough, but to no avail.
> Could the spring on the lancet just wear out and I'm not getting stuck
> enough?  I felt the sting, but nothing at all came out.  During my last lab
> visit, they had a lot of difficulty drawing blood out of me then too so I'm
> wondering if something's going on more than the equipment failing.

> Any ideas I could try for how to fix this and get a blood sample would be
> helpful.

> Thanks.
> Julie


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