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

[Jude DaShiell]

Prodigy recommends range testing with control solution once a week.  Whether you need low control solution medium control solution or high control solution depends on  what level your diabetes is at now.

On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 10:29:41AM -0600, Matt Davis via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> Hello 
> Your Prodigy meter might need new batteries? The test strips do not need
> much of the blood droplet. 
> Just a friendly thought. 
> Mary 
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> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ali
> Benmerzouga via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2025 8:33 AM
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> Cc: Ali Benmerzouga <ali.benmerzouga at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Prodigy Voice and Blood Test Strips Question please
> 
> 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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