[Diabetes-Talk] meter question

[Patricia Maddix]

Gary,
Not sure I’m quite understanding your question, but I will take a stab at it. No pun intended. The technique that I have found to get the blood on the test trip that works for me is as follows. As I tend to not bleed very well at all. I always have to wash my hands and very warm, soapy water for a considerable length of time to draw the blood to my fingers, and then shake my hand down to my side a bit. Then I prick my finger, and Try to remember just where I felt the prick. Then after inserting the strip in the meter and I like this meter because it’s shaped sort of like a flat pen, I put the strip at about a 45° or 30° angle on my finger quite a ways below where I felt the prick. Then I slowly move the strip up my finger to the point where the prick was and if there’s blood there it sucks it right up and beeps. I always had a terrible time getting blood in the strip and smeared, around if I just tried, tapping the tip of the strip at various places on my finger to find the drop. we all know that once the blood is smeared, you’re in big trouble.

Hope this helps.
Patricia

> On Sep 8, 2023, at 2:32 PM, gmelconian619 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Ok, that  is even a selling point. Ok thanks for that .  do you find it easy to geth blood from the test strip to the meter that was one thing I had issues  with the protegy meters.  
> 
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> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Patricia Maddix via Diabetes-Talk
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> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meter question
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> On the contour, it beeps when you’ve gotten the blood in right and it takes a very small amount. I find that if I hear two short beeps, it’s an error message and I need to start over. Then beeps when the results are available and the app starts talking. I have found with a recent update that it no longer automatically reads aloud the value, but all I have to do is swipe left or right to quickly get to the test result. 
> Patricia
> 
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>> On Sep 8, 2023, at 11:38 AM, Doula Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>    I have a question about meters.  I've been using the accuchek 
>> guide and was initially happy with it.  It would beep when I put in 
>> the test strip and beep again when I got blood on the strip for the 
>> test.  However when I got a new replacement that was gone.  So now I 
>> either have to guess if I'm getting blood on the strip or have someone sighted do the reading for me.
>> Frustrating that they took that feature away.  Am wondering for other 
>> meters that connect to an app like the contour, how do you know when 
>> you have gotten the blood on the strip successfully?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Warmly,
>> 
>> Doula
>> 
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