Guest guest Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 I take my readings in my arm. My doctor told me that it was ok. to do that. Dale Begin forwarded message: > > Date: April 8, 2006 9:11:58 AM EDT > To: diabetes > Subject: Re: Needle phobia/Mike > Reply-To: diabetes > > Are you using a lancet device? You should be able to be very percise > on > what area you are using. > > Regardless... this cream probably won't work for finger sticks > (considering > you have to put it on and put a dressing over it an hour before you > would > perform the stick)... and it sounds like your problem is *doing* the > stick > more than the actual pain. > > Have you tried using the forearm for testing? I personally don't > like it, > as I find it more difficult to actually get the sample, but it is less > painful since you don't have as many nerve endings in the arm as you > do in > the fingers. > > Mike > > > > > > > Mike the nurse who gave me the training told me to always use the > side of > > my > > fingers and I find it very painful and once I over shot came close > to the > > nail and I wasin pain all day. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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