[Diabetes-talk] testing difficulty

[Sandi Ryan]

Hi Jude,

Have you tried all of the following?  I have a terrible time getting enough 
blood, and I've been doing better lately, doing all these things:

First, adjust your lancet.  Check what it's on and put it at a higher click 
so the lancet goes deeper.

Just before testing, wash your hands in fairly hot water and dry with a 
clean paper towel.

Set up the meter with a strip, and cock the lancet.  Then massage your 
fingers on the hand you're going to use, starting at the base of your 
fingers and working down to the tips, several times, to work blood down into 
your fingers.

Poke immediately!  Use your technique to get the blood to the strip or the 
strip to the blood, right at the tip of the strip.  If the device doesn't 
say "Testing" immediately, move your finger across the tip of the strip a 
bit to be sure you have made contact with the tiny spot you've poked.

I don't know if this will help, but I've been doing better lately following 
ALL of these steps.

Sandi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 5:21 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] testing difficulty


>I can't get enough blood for testing.  I've had help from a sighted friend
> who has diabetics in her family and we're not having any luck getting
> enough blood on the test strip or anywhere else after I use the lancet.  I
> have gone into testing several other different areas on my fingers
> excluding the index fingers since I still read and use braille and for
> that reason those index fingers are off limits.  In the last five days I
> managed only one fasting reading and that was 90 on Monday.  Today I took
> my first dose of generic glucophage too.  If I'm lucky, maybe the extra
> medication in addition to generic hctz and generic licinipril and generic
> provocol may help me solve this problem.  Finally, so far as I can tell
> aerobic exercise doesn't help either.
>
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