[Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question

Fri May 1 19:24:39 UTC 2020

That's with the finger pointed at the ceiling and the strip lower on the
finger than the puncture then slide the strip up the finger I think.

On Fri, 1 May 2020, ang345x--- via Diabetes-Talk wrote:

> Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 13:15:19
> From: ang345x--- via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: ang345x at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question
>
> Hello when you prick your finger try sliding up the strip works every time Angela
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Greg Wocher via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 12:54 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Greg Wocher <gwocher at gwocher.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question
>
> Hello,
> This is the most frustrating part about testing your blood when you are blind. I have been a type 1 diabetic for 40 years. For 18 years of that I have been blind. Making sure you have enough blood on your finger and then getting it to the strip is really frustrating. I still struggle with it at times. What makes it even a little harder is if your sugar is high you don?t bleed all that well. Running warm water on your fingers before testing is a good way to help get the blood flowing. Also when you are milking your finger make sure your finger is below heart level. This can sometimes help.
>
> Greg Wocher
>
>
> > On May 1, 2020, at 12:35 PM, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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
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> >>> 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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