[Diabetes-talk] testing difficulty

[cheryl echevarria]

When testing your fingers do not use the tips of the finger, use the sides of the fingers, only because the tips, after awhile use lose the sensitivity in them, you were never suppose to do the tips, those with difficulty getting blood, just try like you are pointing your finger at something, them prick you finger not to close to the nail bed, right where you feel the finger just starting to turn to the front of the finger, it is also less pain full.
Learned this many years ago from the people who have shown me how to do it, it is less painful, also I find it easier to find the blood as well.

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> From: n8tnv at att.net
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:52:01 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] testing difficulty
> 
> Hi,
> Well the only thing new that I discovered in these posting is wrapping a rubber band around finger at first joint.
> Since I have the same issue I will give this a try.
> Colleen Roth
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
> To:  diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 01:21:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] testing difficulty
> 
> >
> >
> > I do the tips of my fingers, not the pads.
> > Check with your diabetic person, they should come up with a way for you 
> > to do this.
> > 
> > Original message:
> > > 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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