[Diabetes-Talk] Blood on Test Strip

[gary-melconian]

Hopefully all the advice helps you in getting your  readings with your meter. 

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mary Sanders via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 2:29 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Mary Sanders <sanders.mary1992 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Blood on Test Strip

Thank you all so much, all of your advice really helps and it’s good to know it doesn’t come overnight and to be patient.

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> On Oct 4, 2018, at 3:18 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Eventually, you will be able to tell when blood is on the finger just by how it feels. There's a slight difference, especially if you have a decent amount of blood, but, these days, with lancets the way they are, they don't usually poke deep enough to produce a huge droplet of blood. But, meters also don't require as much blood as they used too. I've been doing this for years completely on my own, so, don't worry, it will come.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mary Sanders via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 3:06 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Mary Sanders <sanders.mary1992 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Blood on Test Strip
> 
> The one time I successfully got enough blood on the test strip was when I was with somebody cited, and the interesting thing is between the finger pad and the sides I got two different readings. One was 95, the other was 116. Any reason as to why they are so different? Unfortunately, I will not have anyone cited to assist and I want to be able to do this independently. Thank you guys for your help.
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>> On Oct 4, 2018, at 2:04 PM, Mary Sanders <sanders.mary1992 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> I’m having a really hard time getting enough blood on to the test strip. I’ve tried both the sides of my fingers as well as the pads of my fingers and still struggling. I am totally blind so I don’t have any vision to tell how much is on my finger so if I can please get some tips from you guys that would be very much appreciated. I am using the clever choice voice meter. 
>> Mary 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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