[Diabetes-talk] Problems drawing blood

[Joy Stigile]

Dear Julie,

sometimes when I do not drink enough water for a couple of days, I have the 
same problem.  Are you drinking at least 6 cups of water per day?  Remember 
tea and coffee will dehydrate you.

Warmly, Joy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Kline" <julie.kline at rochester.rr.com>
To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:05 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Problems drawing blood


> 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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