[Diabetes-talk] a little humor in blood testing

[COLLEEN ROTH]

 Hello,
I can really relate to this.
I don't even have the luxury of getting enough blood.
I usuually allow about thirty minutes.
Forget doing this in the morning before coffee.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Julie Kline <julie.kline at rochester.rr.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Bl'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, December 5, 2013 4:24 pm
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] a little humor in blood testing

>
>
> This is primarily to Star Gazer but could be of interest to anyone, but I
> wanted to offer my recent testing experience during one night this week,
> after our meal was done and dishes were put away, etc. etc., I made myself
> sit down at our kitchen table with my solo meter and a paper towel and
> decided I was going to give testing another go.  It was at a time in the
> evening where I wasn't rushing off to be somewhere (rare for me) and not
> during a morning or time of day where I had to rush off to work or someplace
> else (again, extremely rare for me since we're always going).  My doctor is
> mainly interested in fasting blood sugar numbers so he probably wouldn't
> have cared about this test, but I figured I may as well start somewhere.  It
> wasn't the 30 second test that most people seem to experience here.  As a
> matter of fact, it took me probably 4 or 5 minutes, 3 different test strips,
> the use of 3 fingers, and 4 sticks with the lancing device set on the
> highest it would go to finally get it right where I had enough blood to make
> the damn thing work.  (I wonder with the number of items I mentioned here if
> they'd make a Christmas carol out of my testing debacle).  Anyway, I got
> enough to finally get a reading.  It was the only time this week I ever
> messed with the meter.  Prior to that, I haven't touched the meter in
> several months because things took so long to do.  I guess what I wonder
> from that is maybe I should practice at a time where I'm not against a
> deadline, even if my doc or no one else will care about the result.  I know
> when I decided to try taking up testing again, I look back on that night and
> find the humor there even if it was a handful of things to coordinate.   At
> any rate, if things don't go smoothly for you, you can think of my story.
> good luck.
> 
>  
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