RE: using the test solution?

[Guest guest]

Good question. Asked the doctor that and she told me you do not get the

same result as the finger. The sugar usually runs higher than when done in

the finger and the finger is more accurate.

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From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of angel.adorno1

Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 10:50 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: using the test salution?

I have a question about this, now can a person

get a good reading if they were to poke

themselves in the top of the arm or something like that?

just wondering.At 02:48 PM 3/20/2012, you wrote:

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>I've been told a lot when in the hospital that

>my skin is real tough to poke. I have noticed at

>home I need to hit my finger 2 and some times 3

>times before I can get a good drop for the

>meter. I have also noticed if I didn't get a

>good poke the meter won't pick up any blood the

>first few seconds I put my finger I poked up to

>the strip. if I got a good poke and blood is

>there, the meter will suck it up in a few

>seconds. I also fine I do better getting blood

>from my right hand fingers instead of the left

>hand. one finger on the right hand is my

>favorite to poke, but it gets really sore always

>going to it, so I move around. I do know where

>my reading should be and this is why I retest.

>most of the time if it takes me more then 30

>seconds to get blood on the strip I know by this

>I need to get out a new strip and start over. I

>didn't know if the testing solution was suppose

>to clean the meter on the in side or was it just

>to make sure your meter is reading correctly?

>I've tried to use solution way back in the past,

>but have never really had much luck with using

>it. blood from my finger is a lot easier for me.

> using the test salution?

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>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.

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