[Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?

[sandi]

The blood doesn’t need to drip through the air. You need to carefully place the strip and touch your finger so the blood goes into the strip, and then not move it (for instance, don’t rake the strip across the finger), which smears the strip. Like Bridgit, I find it best to pick up the meter and bring it to the finger I’ve poked so that I move that finger around as little as possible. 

Sandi


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From: Diane via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 5:26 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: dianefilipe at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?

I have not heard of “the blood needing to drip through the air”, but it needs to be pooled on your finger so the test strip can absorb it.

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> On Jan 1, 2019, at 8:19 AM, Jude DaShiell via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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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