[acb-diabetics] tips for getting enough blood

[barbara jones]

Patricia
Thanks so much for this. This is such good advice I never thought to do. I'm sure this will work so much better.
Thanks again.

On Mar 28, 2013, at 11:11 PM, "Patricia LaFrance-Wolf" <plawolf at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Barbara,  I have been doing these test since meters first came out and still
> have problems like your.  But here are some tips that may (or may not) help.
> Make sure you have warm fingers, then squeeze down to the part of your
> finger you are going to poke.  Then poke at that spot and quickly put your
> strip under where you poked and drag it up.  Hopefully you will get enough
> blood to get an accurate test.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of barbara jones
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:38 PM
> To: Bill Lewis; Discussion list for diabetics and/or ACB issues
> Subject: Re: [acb-diabetics] tips for getting enough blood
> 
> Hello folks
> I was wondering if anyone had any tips for this. I seem to have to try 3
> times some days to either get any blood or to find the spot with the strip
> to get a reading. It is so frustrating to have that lancet hit and feel like
> it made a good hole only to find no blood or not enough.
> I squeeze my finger from the side to try to push out more blood instead of
> down toward the tip of my finger. Anybody think one area is better than
> another to get blood from?
> Thanks
> Barbara
> 
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