Re: Getting blood onto the strip

January 29, 2004

Hi Devon,

when you get an error message, saying not enough blood, you must use a new

strip when you try again. If you are doing more than one puncture one after

the other, I think that it is okay to use the same lanzit, but I don't like

to use the same lanzit if a long period of time expires inbetween. What

kind of strips does your metre use? Are they the confort strips? I mean the

strips that have sort of a curved cutout on one side?

Getting blood onto the strip

> We've been kind of quiet lately, so I'm going to throw out a question. In

fact, maybe a question or two. First of all, if you have to pick your

finger again because you didn't get enough blood the first time, should you

use the same strip? Do you squeeze your finger first, and then hope you've

got enough of a drop of blood? How do you know exactly where on that strip

you should be putting your finger? By the way, I'm now using an AccuChek

metre that has a drum of 17 strips, and the strips come out the bottom. One

more question. Do you change the lancet every day? Oops! That was four

questions. Thanks for whatever anyone can tell me. Devon and Oak.

>

January 29, 2004

No. These aren't curved at all, although I've seen the ones you're talking

about. They come out the bottom of the metre. I seem to be able to find

that easier than I could the curve, but I don't always get it the first

time. Devon.

Getting blood onto the strip

>

> > We've been kind of quiet lately, so I'm going to throw out a question.

In

> fact, maybe a question or two. First of all, if you have to pick your

> finger again because you didn't get enough blood the first time, should

you

> use the same strip? Do you squeeze your finger first, and then hope

you've

> got enough of a drop of blood? How do you know exactly where on that

strip

> you should be putting your finger? By the way, I'm now using an AccuChek

> metre that has a drum of 17 strips, and the strips come out the bottom.

One

> more question. Do you change the lancet every day? Oops! That was four

> questions. Thanks for whatever anyone can tell me. Devon and Oak.

> >

January 29, 2004

Hi Devon,

A while back I was having a lot of trouble getting blood onto my strips. I

use the Acucheck voice mate with the comfort curve strips. I have found

that after I prick my finger if I squeeze my finger then pat the blood onto

the curved part of the strip, then I can most of the time get it done

successfully with one try. I find that after I have just taken a shower I

can do a test with no trouble at all. I think this must be because my

fingers are warm from the shower and the blood is nearer to the surface. I

change my lancets once a day. I find that right after I get home from work

at night I have a harder time getting my blood tests done without having to

prick my fingers lots of times. I'm not sure why that is. I usually have

to make sure my hands have been under warm to hot water and washed with soap

which I do anyway before each test. The warm water seems to help a lot.

I hope this helps.

Sharon