[Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question

Fri May 1 18:59:46 UTC 2020

I once got told to put a rubber band around my finger before I pricked.
Don't have to now, but I admit it did help at the time. Diabetic educators
for the most part have no clue how we even do this. It's a matter of
practice, trial and error, and no matter how good you get at it, there will
sometimes be oddities that you just cannot explain.

Jeanette

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From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2020 12:35 PM
To: mota1252 at gmail.com; 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Cc: Veronica Elsea
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question

Diabetes education classes did absolutely nothing to help with this problem.
My finger doesn't spit out the same exact amount of blood every time. Heck,
the stabbers are so cheap that I've figured out they're not even all the
same length or at the same angle. The only thing a diabetes educator ever
said to me was, take an aspirin and you'll bleed more. Now there's great
advice. Not! 
I think our best defense is to use all the techniques we know like the warm
water, milking etc. Beyond that, know that you have lots of company, whether
they admit it or not. <grin>
Veronica

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From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Milton via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2020 9:13 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Cc: Milton
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question

Hello Lisa,

Are you able to meet with a Diabetes Educator or a Nurse via a virtual
meeting to help you figure out and help you check to see if you have enough
blood to draw or even a sighted family member.

Even using Be My Eyes or Aira might also be of help until you get a good
idea about how much blood is coming out. I must say that testing for a blind
person can sometimes be guess work.

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Lisa
Belville via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 9:33 AM
To: Michael Barber via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Lisa Belville <missktlab1217 at frontier.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question

Just a nutritionist back in January before the Covid made an appearance.  I
would need more hands on assistance, and I'm not sure how that could be done
unless the person had the right PPE. This is a rural area, so we don't have
great access to resources right now.

I've only gotten conflicting results once, but I sometimes have issues
getting enough blood.  It doesn't happen often, but it bothers me because
there's a strip wasted.

Lisa

Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com

On 5/1/2020 7:57 AM, Michael Barber via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> May I ask if you've beem to a diabetes education class as yet?  Your
insurance should pay for it and I found it was a pretty good experience.
You might do a one on one eith your diabetic educator when it comes to  a
finger poke and see if they can help.  It's a real pain to start with, but
eventually you get used to it.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
> Lisa Belville via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 6:29 AM
> To: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk 
> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lisa Belville <missktlab1217 at frontier.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question
>
> You've had years of practice.  <grin>  The hardest thing for us Newbies is
to know if we have enough blood in the first place.  It can be frustrating,
especially if I'm running low on strips.
>
> Lisa Belville
> missktlab1217 at frontier.com
>
> On 4/30/2020 2:39 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
>> In my experience, if it takes more than a second for the strip to accept
my blood, it's going to error. I take it out even before the meter reads it
and start again.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
>> Lisa Belville via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 2:30 PM
>> To: Louise Peyton via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Lisa Belville <missktlab1217 at frontier.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question
>>
>> This has happened to me once.  I think it was something funky with the
meter.  It was early in the morning before I'd eaten and I could tell my
sugar was     getting low.  The test said it was 155, so I purposely took it
again from a different finger and the reading was 94, which is more
consistent with my morning readings.  It didn't take long between testing of
the first finger, hearing the reading, removing a new strip and doing
another test, probably less than three minutes.
>>
>>
>> If it kept happening I'd think there was something wrong with the meter
or the strips since it can't test if there's not enough blood so that
couldn't be what's causing the discrepancy.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lisa Belville
>> missktlab1217 at frontier.com
>>
>> On 4/30/2020 2:03 PM, Louise Peyton via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>> Does anyone know why you can have two different blood sugar readings
from different fingers after a few seconds of finger pricks that are within
a minute of each other?
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