[Diabetes-talk] {Spam?} Re: Glucose testing, and that elusive drop of blood

[Milton Ota]

Another helpful tip to getting enough blood for testing is to put your 
hand under warm water or soak it in warm water so that blood will move 
up to your finger tips.

Original message:
> 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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