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

[Mark Tardif]

Hi Paul from down under, where I hope it is much warmer than it is here. 
Seriously, I would suggest several things.  I found for me that it helps to 
put a rubber band around the finger, closer to where it joins my hand.  This 
is similar to when a nurse or doctor puts a tourniquet around your arm when 
they are about to administer a blood test.  I also prick myself in the same 
place several times right away to make bleeding more likely.  I don't think 
it helps to move the end of the strip along your finger to the drop of blood 
because you might knock the drop off or smear the blood.  I try to put the 
end of the strip directly where I have pricked the finger with a minimum of 
movement.  Put it where the pain is, so to speak.  Also, I place my hand in 
a position so that the side of the finger I have pricked is facing up, again 
making it less likely that the drop of blood will wander and fall off.  The 
strip should actually suck the blood upward toward the glucometer.  I hope 
these suggestions help.

Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Paul Magill via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Monday, February 08, 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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