[Diabetes-talk] Glucose testing, and that elusive drop of blood

[Mike Freeman]

Lately, I've started sticking myself on the pad of the finger (note, not the side as is recommended) while holding the hand flat, palm-up. Then I bring the meter/strip and place the knotch about where I think the blood is. I may use a thumb to squeeze the finger a bit. Then, still just barely touching the strip to the finger, I rotate the hand 180 so palm is down. Finally, I make very, very small circles with the strip around the puncture. Lately, this has given me a good reading right away almost all of the time.

Again, a different technique.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 7:05 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Eileen Scrivani
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Glucose testing, and that elusive drop of blood

Paul, 

Sometimes it can be frustrating while other times the process moves through the steps like a charm and without a hitch.  

I always try to hold the hand with the finger I’ve stuck steady and straight – try not to bend or tilt the stuck finger. 

Of course, use the unstuck hand to pick up the meter and let that hand move meter with strip already in it to the stuck finger. 
I try to start dragging the strip at a lower point than where I think the puncture is and slowly move it up along the finger. 

As soon as it tells me its in process I stop moving the meter and just let the strip stay in that position on the stuck finger until it comes back with a reading.

Now there are times like you said the drop of blood runs to some weird location on the side of my finger.  If I am getting really frustrated and not getting a result, I will move the strip over to the side where the blood droplet has run and many times that will give me a result. So, SHHHH don’t tell the testing police on me, the technique may not be the sanctioned way of doing it but when all else fails it can give me a result when I’ve had it with this unpleasant nonsense.

Good luck.

Eileen 

From: Paul Magill via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 2:10 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Paul Magill
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Glucose testing, and that elusive drop of blood

Hi All,

 

Long time lurker seeking some assistance.

 

I had  been going ok with doing my blood tests, but beginning 2 nights ago I have found it extremely frustrating!  

 

I came down to pricking my finger 3 or 4 times before trying to get a measurement, and wasting more than that number of strips with error messages, before getting a reading.

 

Today my daughter called by, and explained that I am getting enough blood out, but that it is moving away from the puncture site before I get the test strip to it, and that I am not so good at getting the strip to the puncture site either, but the main issue is the blood drop going for a wander.

 

I am wondering whether over there, there might be some sort of little plastic ring like mini dam I could put over / around the puncture site to
stop the blood drop moving away.   Then I could move the test strip along my
skin till it reached the little dam wall, then up and over into the blood.

 

Am I just dreaming?

 

Is there another way?

 

Any help will be much appreciated.

 

Thank you,

Paul from Australia

 

 

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