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Markie, I have to tell you, this email is a classic.

I suppose I have now heard just about everything.

Cy

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Mark Ruth

Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:38 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: using the test salution?

now I know most of you won't believe this, but when I first found out I was

a T 2, the saw bones sent me to a lady who done her best to explain to me

what I had and what I should do and how to eat and all that stuff. she also

showed me the meter that they gave me and of course it didn't talk, but it

was free and all I had right then. she explained to me and my wife was there

with me as a witness to what this lady told me. she said a man can get blood

from 3 places on his body that are easy to get to with the spring loaded

needle to get blood for the test strip. my fingers, my ear loaf and the head

of my little buddy! I'm here to let you ladies and gentlemen know right now,

I told that lady she had to be joking? she said no and it was in the book

she had and she could show me, but well I couldn't see it. I have you know I

told that lady if my finger didn't put out enough blood for the test, then I

wasn't going to poke my ear loaf and I damn sure wasn't going to poke the

end of my manhood! I thought that lady was full of cow poop, but later I

read the very same thing she told me in a book about diabetes I ordered from

the Library! I can't even begin to think of any man doing this! he most

certainly would have to be off his nut or a bit in love with pain. just the

thought of the ear loaf is enough to make my ears hurt right now, but the

other thought isn't feeling good at all right now and I never give it a

second passing thought! crazy, just to crazy! I'm starting to think now that

I give it some serious thought, the author of that book I bet was a female!

probably a divorced female at that!

using the test salution?

So far in 2 weeks I haven't tested my meter with the test solution. mainly

the reason for this is the 2 bottles I got are both 2 years out dated. now

where do I get a new bottle? plus how much should I test my meter with the

solution? best I recall with out looking, that each bottle of strips has a

range as where the test should be if it is correct? am I correct or wrong

about this? I'm wondering because this morning my first test said my sugar

was 98. ok this I know was wrong. so I try again. this time it was 138. this

could be right, but tried again and the third time was 121. I'm going with

the 138 because this is closer to where it runs first thing of a morning.

makes me wonder if all the other days are coming out like this morning? 2

weeks ago I did take it at home before going to see the specialist and his

140 test was very close to my reading before of 137. I know these meters

will never always be right and there is a ten% or higher error in our

readings either way. well anyway I suppose I just need to get a new bottle

of test solution at my drug store is where I will look first. I believe the

instruction said to test once a week, but it has been a few years since I

looked at that disk.