Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Thanks, Sugar. I will feel a lot better when I get the new supply of strips because then if I have to shoot a few of them while I am finding a good foolproof method it won't be so bad. Testing Troubles > > Hi All, > My doctor is finally coming tomorrow and so I will see what he has to say > about this whole thing. But I am having a real problem with testing. I > have gotten over being afraid of the poke and I know now that it is the > tip of the test strip that is the sensitive part. But I have only had > success a couple times getting blood to come out. Sometimes those pokes > hurt quite a bit and I squeeze my fingers and everything and it won't come > out. Or at least I cannot get enough of a sample to make the strip happy. > So after a lot of frustration and repeated pokes on different fingers I > put just a bit of control solution and it works like a charm. > What am I doing wrong and should I think about alternative site testing? > I only have one more test strip and two lancets that came with my meter. > The guy at Prodigy said they could be old. But why do they work perfectly > with control stuff? > So I only got one reading myself that was high and two that said it was > low without giving me a number which could mean it got too little blood to > measure. > My brother got the 137 the first day I got the meter. I can't waste the > other one until I get new strips so I don't know what to tell the doctor. > He will probably just have the technician come to draw blood and test it > that way until I really get set up and going. I really need a way I won't > goof it up. Lora > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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