[Diabetes-talk] Ouch

[Bernadette Jacobs]

Mr. Ross.

My suggestion to you is that you Lance the sides of your fingers, rather than the Pats. That's one thing you will need to do. See if that helps. Burn.

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 11, 2016, at 11:04 PM, Ross Winetsky via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> 
> 
> I'm a new member to the list and am totally blind. I use the prodigy voice.
> I have a problem I'm hoping someone can help me with. I'm a guitarist so I
> only test on my right hand because I have calluses on my left and don't want
> to desensitize my fingers when playing guitar. I use insulin so I test five
> times per day. My fingers on the right-hand are quite calloused and sore. I
> have started using gold bond diabetic hand cream which helps some, but it is
> often quite painful and difficult to get a good test sample. I've tried
> using alternative sites, but I found that it is near impossible with no
> vision
> 
> 
> 
> Anyone have an idea how I can test my fingers without making them so sore
> and difficult to obtain samples from
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> Ross
> 
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