[Diabetes-talk] Testing Difficulties

[Dean Masters]

If you would stick the sides of your fingers it wouldn't hurt as much and 
would not interfere with reading Braille.

I wash my hands with warm water then shake the hand I am going to test for 
at least 20 seconds with my fingers toward the ground to get the blood down 
there. but I too will go through times when I have a hard time getting 
enough blood on the strip. It seems like sometimes it runs down the finger 
and there is not enough right where I stuck myself to get it on the strip.

Dean


-----Original Message----- 
From: Kris Hickerson
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 4:51 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Testing Difficulties

Hi All,



I'm new to this list, although some of you have encountered me on other
lists.



For the past month or so, I am having trouble getting my fingers to bleed
enough for a good test.  This morning I stuck myself seven times on four
different fingers and never did get a good test.  I can't be sticking myself
so much as I'm a braille user and also it just keeps my fingers too sore for
general use.



I know you need to get that first good drop of blood just in the right spot
on the strip and generally I can do that.  My hands tend to be a little cool
so I have held them under warm water but that still doesn't seem to help
much.  I'm using the Prodigy Voice.  Are there some techniques I need to be
aware of.  This is really frustrating!



Thanks much.



Kris

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