[acb-diabetics] Insufficient blood.

[Mike Freeman]

Putting a rubber band around the finger shouldn't afect the blood glucos 
readings much. However, I find it preferable to just warm my fingers in warm 
water for a couple of minutes rather than messing with rubber bands and 
such.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jostombaugh at hotmail.com>
To: <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:46 AM
Subject: [acb-diabetics] Insufficient blood.


>I often have insufficient blood on my test strip and was wondering if 
>anyone has tried putting a small rubber band between the first and second 
>joints of the testing finger? I have read about this tip but was wondering 
>if it would cause too much blood to come up or if it would affect the 
>glucose reading in any way? Any information would be greatly appreciated. 
>Jo Anne Stombaugh.
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