[Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?

[d m gina]

Yes I move the machine around up and down just to make sure it will 
find the blood.
Some times I will put machine down squeeze finger again so that I don't 
have to poke it again.
Then I listen for the beep.

Original message:
> 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.

> Sent from my iPhone

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

>> 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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