[Diabetes-talk] Problems Drawing Blood

[Mike Freeman]

Bern:

I've used the same lancet device for two years! I think the operative term is: if it ain't workin', fix it. Otherwise, don't worry about it.

Likewise, how often one changes lancets is in great measure a matter of personal preference. I use a lancet a day. That's testing four times daily. 
Some people use the same lancet for days or even weeks. The oldage adage YMMV applies in spades.


Nonetheless, your advice is in accord with current orthodoxy. <grin>

Mike Freeman
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On Feb 5, 2012, at 14:12, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> I've used mine for two years. 
> 
> Mike Freeman
> sent via iPhone
> 
> 
> On Feb 5, 2012, at 13:56, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
> 
>> Oh my gosh I didn't know they only lasted six months?
>> I have used the same one for quite some time, because it is my favorite one.
>> So when you get lancets do you ask for another holder?
>> I don't know where else you would go just to get a holder?
>> 
>> Original message:
>>> Good Afternoon Julie:
>> 
>>> Actually, I do have a couple things you might try.
>> 
>>> 1.  Firstly, as  for the lancets, and lancing devices,  The lancets really
>>> need to be changed after every use to aleviate unnecessary tearing of your
>>> fingers.  Each time you use one lancet, the end bends ever so slightly so
>>> the next time you try to use it, you may get a prick, but it may be just
>>> enough off that the lancet will tear your skin.  You also run the risk of
>>> contamination because you used it once, then again, it's like playing germ
>>> warfair--russian Rulet with your fingers.  Not something I would recommend,
>>> my friend.
>> 
>>> The next thing is that any lancing device is only affective for six months.
>>> After that, pitch it and make sure you have a new one onhand.  The springs
>>> are only good for so long.  I would say all the other things you're doing
>>> correctly.
>> 
>>> Have a great day!
>> 
>>> Bern
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Julie Kline" <julie.kline at rochester.rr.com>
>>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 4:05 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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