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

[Mike Freeman]

Hi, Paul.

Welcome to our list and glad you've come out of lurker status though I'm
sorry for the reason. (smile) Unfortunately, the drop of blood is *so* small
that, even were such a "dam" available, there would still be a surprisingly
large margin of error in placement of the thing.

You're getting lots of good advice here. Stay with us and let us know how
it's going.

Mike Freeman, President
Diabetes Action Network


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Paul Magill via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2016 11:10 PM
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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