[Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?

[Jude DaShiell]

If you fail after three attempts it's not a good day for readings.
Before an attempt, you might try stretching all parts of your body in
order to maybe get some circulation up and going.  On your first day,
your body was surprised by what you did to it which is probably why you
succeeded.  Today, your body is now apprehensive and reacting
accordingly.  Try rinsing your hands in warm water and see if you can
get some circulation up that way.  If you have be my eyes on your phone
or tablet, you can connect with a volunteer and ask them to look at the
specific areas of your fingers and tell you if any of those areas are
pink.  If you got a pink area, likely there's an available donation for
your new metal vampire available.  When I started doing my own testing
be my eyes wasn't even available since at that time it didn't exist.

On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk wrote:

> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 12:02:31
> From: Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
>
> Bridgit:
>
> Thanks for the ideas. I just don?t understand what I?m doing wrong today that I wasn?t doing wrong yesterday.
> I have no access to sighted people to help me with this, so I?m just trying every method I can think of to try.
> Also I don?t qualify for MediCare, so I?m at the whim of my insurance company.
> I will keep trying. I?m going to run out of test strips soon, LOL. But I feel this skill is one I have to have in case the Libre I get goes down for some reason.
> Amber
>
> > On Jan 1, 2019, at 10:32 AM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Plenty of totally blind people test their blood sugars with success every
> > day. Even sighted people can struggle in the beginning with testing; nurse
> > educators don't just see blind patients, grin. Sight can make it more
> > convenient in the beginning, but I don't think it's necessarily a sight vs.
> > blindness thing. Some of us don't have many problems testing nonvisually,
> > and some of us need more practice and patience. But it's the same for
> > sighted diabetics; I speak with experience here, grin. So, it's very much an
> > individual situation here and not always specific to how much or little we
> > see.
> >
> > Amber, I'm sorry it's so frustrating right now. Perhaps using the highest
> > setting on the lancer is giving too much blood? Just keep practicing and try
> > as many methods you can think of. When you go to the endo office, they wipe
> > the finger after poking then squeeze again to try to avoid smearing, so,
> > maybe try that.
> >
> > Bridgit
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jude
> > DaShiell via Diabetes-Talk
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 9:19 AM
> > To: Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
> >
> > My guess is you smeared the strip.  The blood needs to drip through the air
> > onto the strip in order for you not to smear the strip.  This is why
> > Medicare doesn't recommend totally blind people do their independent blood
> > sugar testing.  Much easier for those with sight to do this.
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 09:54:30
> >> From: Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Cc: Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
> >>
> >> I got my meter on Sunday. Sunday and yesterday I did OK with it.  Today,
> > however, no matter what I do it says my blood sample is not enough.  It
> > beeps like it?s going to test, and does it really quickly like I got enough
> > of a sample on the strip but no matter what it won?t do a reading.  I know
> > there is plenty of blood because I can feel it on my skin.
> >> Is something defective or am I doing something wrong?  Like I said I did
> > fine yesterday.
> >> I am finding the meter super frustrating to be honest.  But I want to be
> > able to use it successfully when needed.
> >> Amber
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