Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 > and they hurt the first time too..i'm a suck..i have a > bruise on my finger where i did it also. Don't forget that you can also change the depth of the prick by adjusting the settings on your lance " pen " . Start off with the smallest depth and work your way deeper if you don't get enough blood for a reading. I'm lucky, I can get enough with my pen on the shallowest depth. My first pen was a Fast Take and I did get bruises and pain, but when I traded to an Accu-Chek Compact the pen was different and I only need a very gentle poke to get a good amount of blood. If I change meters again, I will be keeping this pen because it is gentler on my fingers. BTW, I am not selling them or anything, so I hope this is not in violation of the " rules " , but I find the Accu-Chek monitor to be very useful. Instead of having individual strips that you have to keep the lid on so they don't go bad and you have to make sure that you don't touch the test areas etc. this one has a " bullet pak " of 17 strips in a little case (size and shape of a roll of camera film) and you put the whole case in the monitor and then each time you turn it on, it pushes one of the strips into place. You don't need to touch the strip until you switch off and it " ejects " . Also, the price of the strips is $75 CDN ($48 US) for 6 " bullet paks " or 102 strips. It has made things easier for me. Promo over ~ Jayd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 do you use it on your arm?..i find the drop is too small. ----------------------------------------------- --- Bill Karpus wrote: > I use the one touch and like it a lot. > > Bill ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 so what do you do to prepare the area on your arm lets say to make sure there is enough blood? -------------------------------- --- i_cry_for_all_survivors wrote: > I use the Freestyle and I can poke myself just about > anywhere and get > enough blood. It really does hurt less when you > don't have to prick > your fingers. They still say that fingers are more ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 wish i knew about that one before i bought this peice of #$@$#@$#@%$#@...hahah no really this one touch ultra is ok..but the pen you have sounds good:) ------------------------ --- Jayd Dragon wrote: > > > and they hurt the first time too..i'm a suck..i > have a > > bruise on my finger where i did it also. > > Don't forget that you can also change the depth of > the prick by > adjusting the settings on your lance " pen " . Start > off with the ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 No, I use my finger tips. Took a while to get used to it, but it does not hurt and by adjusting he dial I have found the correct setting for me. Bill Re: lancets do you use it on your arm?..i find the drop is too small. ----------------------------------------------- --- Bill Karpus wrote: > I use the one touch and like it a lot. > > Bill ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Diabetes homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes/ To unsubscribe to this group, send an email to: diabetes-unsubscribe Hope you come back soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 For me I don't really have to wait at all. it's a 1/3 size drop of blood. I still use my fingers though alot because my arm bruises easily. Sometimes though the bleeding didn't want to stop. What I have done though is just rub the area for a bit then prick to get the sample. Carol > I use the > Freestyle and I can poke myself just about > > anywhere and get > > enough blood. It really does hurt less when you > > don't have to prick > > your fingers. They still say that fingers are more > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 Would the shaver's stiptic pencil stop the bleeding right away? Hansen Re: lancets > For me I don't really have to wait at all. it's a 1/3 size drop of > blood. I still use my fingers though alot because my arm bruises > easily. Sometimes though the bleeding didn't want to stop. What I > have done though is just rub the area for a bit then prick to get the > sample. > Carol > > > I use the > > Freestyle and I can poke myself just about > > > anywhere and get > > > enough blood. It really does hurt less when you > > > don't have to prick > > > your fingers. They still say that fingers are more > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > Diabetes homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes/ > > To unsubscribe to this group, send an email to: diabetes-unsubscribe > Hope you come back soon! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 Thanks Jayd, might just have to look into that, I like the one touch that I have, but the strips are killing me on the price, even with insurance, Re: lancets > and they hurt the first time too..i'm a suck..i have a > bruise on my finger where i did it also. Don't forget that you can also change the depth of the prick by adjusting the settings on your lance " pen " . Start off with the smallest depth and work your way deeper if you don't get enough blood for a reading. I'm lucky, I can get enough with my pen on the shallowest depth. My first pen was a Fast Take and I did get bruises and pain, but when I traded to an Accu-Chek Compact the pen was different and I only need a very gentle poke to get a good amount of blood. If I change meters again, I will be keeping this pen because it is gentler on my fingers. BTW, I am not selling them or anything, so I hope this is not in violation of the " rules " , but I find the Accu-Chek monitor to be very useful. Instead of having individual strips that you have to keep the lid on so they don't go bad and you have to make sure that you don't touch the test areas etc. this one has a " bullet pak " of 17 strips in a little case (size and shape of a roll of camera film) and you put the whole case in the monitor and then each time you turn it on, it pushes one of the strips into place. You don't need to touch the strip until you switch off and it " ejects " . Also, the price of the strips is $75 CDN ($48 US) for 6 " bullet paks " or 102 strips. It has made things easier for me. Promo over ~ Jayd Diabetes homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes/ To unsubscribe to this group, send an email to: diabetes-unsubscribe Hope you come back soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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