[Diabetes-talk] A quick question about testing

[Sandi]

Amen, Veronica!  I start out enthusiastic and glad to be learning what my
blood sugar is doing.  But after I've stuck my fingers several times and
wasted several strips just to obtain a number I'm not sure is valid, I begin
to wonder what that little exercise was worth!  And as for the discussion of
low value vs. not enough blood, I have gotten the low value message when my
next test showed a number that was almost certainly more correct--and not
low at all!  It's all a crapshoot.

Sandi


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Veronica Elsea
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 10:55 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A quick question about testing

Well, many of you already raised some of the flaws in this question. But who
says sighted people don't vary. I know some who test 12 times per day and
some who don't do it at all. I would imagine the range is as wide for blind
people as well. I usually have a phase where I test six to eight times and
then when my fingers get to cranky I drop back to four. But there are times
when I have to do five or six sticks per test and sometimes give up before I
get a number. 
In a way, a part of me thinks that the question should be phrased, how often
do blind people attempt to test? <grin> But in truth, some of us are
motivated; some of us are lazy; some of us need more intense management;
some of us are right at the edge of needing anything; some of us are new and
curious; some of us are fighting burn-out. 
It might be an interesting survey to find out whether any of us, blind or
sighted would test more often if the process were easier or if the meters
were more user-friendly. Says she as she is about to go warm up her fingers.
<grin>
Veronica

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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Mike Freeman
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 8:12 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A quick question about testing

Hi, Eileen!
I test four times per day with an occasional test two hours after a meal.

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone


> On Jan 31, 2014, at 8:01, Tom And Eileen Rivera Ley
<riveraley at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Question: how often do blind and visually disabled people with 
> diabetes
test glucose each day?  More, less, or  as often as our sighted peers?  I'd
love to know your experience. 
> 
> Eileen Rivera Ley
> Baltimore, MD
> 
> 
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>> Eileen, your post interests me. 
>> I use Prodigy Voice, and I always thought when it said "blood glucose
level
>> low" that the glucose was indeed low.  Am I incorrect in this? I've
gotten
>> the "not enough blood" error, and I always took that to mean a 
>> different error.
>> When it says "blood glucose low" I normally have other symptoms.
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