[Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?

[d m gina]

Check for strips on amazon there is where I get mine.
That works well.
Warm water will also bring blood to the tips of fingers.

Original message:
> 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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