[Diabetes-talk] solo v2 test strips question

[Mike Freeman]

I rather doubt it. I'd recommend having a diabetes educator watch you as you try to get a reading. Perhaps she can give you some pointers in technique.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message -----
From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Friday, November 30, 2012 2:56
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] solo v2 test strips question

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> I had another failed set of readings this morning.  Not enough blood for 
> the strip as usual this morning.  Before I tossed the diabetes debris in 
> the trash this morning though I used my finger nail accidentally on the 
> area inside the V-shaped indentation on the test strip.  I noticed 
> something that for me was kind of strange.  The strip felt as if it had a 
> polished surface inside that V-shaped area on the strip.  Usually polished 
> surface happens because paper is made high gloss by impregnating the paper 
> with clay which repels fluids.  If you want to absorb fluid on paper 
> though you have to have larger pores on paper and that paper will feel 
> rough in that case not smooth like high gloss paper feels.  Braille paper 
> surface is high gloss while a piece of typing paper has less gloss on it.  
> I'm wondering, could these test strips be defective?
> 
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