[acb-diabetics] Introducing myself

[Mike Freeman]

Soaking your fingers in warm water for a minute after washing before drying 
and taking the blood sample helps to get enough blood.  No need to use 
alcohol swabs.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wanda sloan" <wsloan4 at woh.rr.com>
To: "Discussion list for diabetics and/or ACB issues" 
<acb-diabetics at acb.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [acb-diabetics] Introducing myself


> Hello, I am Wanda  M. Sloan, President of the Diabetes Action Network of 
> the
> NFB of OH.
> Welcome aboard.I don't have the latest Prodigy but I do have one.  If you
> are on Medicare and Medicate your insurance should provide you with the
> supplies for your meter.  Do you have a provider for your pharmacy 
> supplies?
> Try using the tip of your thumb.  I get good  good supply of blood to make
> my meter go Dink. .
>
> The strips goes into the little inditation at the end of your meter and it
> only goes in one way.  It will tell you if you have it right because it 
> will
> tell you.  Have you read your instructions or lisxten to them?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dorothea Martin" <bestsinger at samobile.net>
> To: <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 4:56 PM
> Subject: [acb-diabetics] Introducing myself
>
>
> Hello, all,
> I just joined this list and am looking forward to sharing insights with
> all of you. I was daignosed with type 2 diabetes two months ago and am
> learning a whole new life style and a new vocabulary to boot. I have a
> new friend named Prodigy Voice who plays Tinker Bell music and says
> polite and pleasant things most of the time. Where is the best place to
> buy test strips for the Prodigy Voice? Can someone give additional tips
> about how to get that one drop of blood out of cold fingers? Are all
> lancets created equal? Has anyone tried the Fora V20 blood glucose
> meter? Is it fully accessible? What about the Glucowatch or Glucoband?
> Is any company thinking of making them talk? What kind of cable is it
> that fits into that little hole under the rubber protector in the
> Prodigy Voice? These are some of my questions at the moment. I would
> appreciate any answers any of you may have. Thanks.
> Dotty Martin
>
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