[Diabetes-Talk] Prodigy Voice and Blood Test Strips Question please

[Jude DaShiell]

If living in the United States, you should get a prescription from your doctor then  apply for your insurance company to pay for those test strips.
Sometimes walking around with your hands above your heart can help blood flow.  Also, drink water about a half hour before trying to do a blood sugar test.
On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 02:33:07PM +0000, Ali Benmerzouga via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> Trust all is well with you and those around you.
> 
> Lately, I am facing some issues when testing my blood sugar using blood test strips and Prodigy Voice. I may need more than one blood test strip due to the quantity of blood sample needed to do the reading of my sugar. I do get the following message from my machine: "Blood Sample not enough" or something on those lines. When that happened, I need to use a new blood test strip and sometimes painfully prick myself again.
> 
> Additionally, I do wash my hands with warm water, squeeze my hand and fingers before pricking myself. Also, I do squeeze my finger after pricking it and use the test strip at an angle to collect the blood sample.
> 
> Having said that and facing the problem again and again, I will run out of my test strips earlier than expected and the only way to get more of blood test strips is to buy them from my own pocket, I believe. So far, I did not go that extreme.
> 
> Please let me know if you or you know someone who is facing the same problem with Prodigy Voice and Blood Test Strips and how you are handling it.
> 
> Thank you so very much.
> 
> Have a nice day.
> 
> AB
> 
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