Does anyone else not bother with a lancing device?
@Rohvannyn (3098)
United States
March 30, 2016 5:38pm CST
If any of you test your blood sugar using a glucometer, you know how you need to get a drop of blood to put on the strip? I don't use the lancing device at all. I just take the lancet between thumb and forefinger and poke with that. It still doesn't hurt much. In fact, the snapping sound of the lancing device always startles me - so I like to have full control over the stick.
I started thinking about this because I have people call me up and talk about needing to use a lancing device to go with a particular machine, when generally it doesn't matter how you get that essential drop. I'm not diabetic but I don't want to get that way, therefore I'm monitoring my levels to check for problems ahead of time.
So, does anyone else just 'rough it' and forego the handle?
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@sallypup (58038)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Mar 16
Dad should probably be checking his but doesn't. There's probably something for the blind that he could use. Otherwise, no, @Rohvannyn.
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@bobbyjoe143 (1287)
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30 Mar 16
Not sure if they make them for fully blind people to use independently, My friend is registered blind, but does have very minimal sight left and can just about read what the information on the meter says using her glasses and extra strong magnifying glass (one that was given by the blind society, don't think there is actually a higher magnification out there for general public use). Using the lancet is only a small part of checking blood sugar unfortunately :(
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
31 Mar 16
Yes, they make talking glucometers. They are also really easy to use - even if you helped, all you'd have to do is read a number.
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
31 Mar 16
@bobbyjoe143 one of the talking glucometers is called the Prodigy Voice.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
1 Apr 16
I wonder if other than taste, using or not using matters
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@bobbyjoe143 (1287)
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30 Mar 16
My friend is a diabetic who has to check her blood sugar lever several times a day, she has got pretty used to the lancing pen that she has.
She is registered blind and has been for quite some time now, she really needs the housing (the pen) for her lance, otherwise she wouldn't be able to see (what little she can see) what she was doing.
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@ElicBxn (63245)
• United States
17 Jun 16
Both of my friends who are, or were, diabetic used the lancing device. One because she can't see that well, the other because she sure couldn't poke herself. I probably couldn't do it either, but I suspect that they are afraid that you are contaminating the lancet some how. Or maybe they are afraid you will poke yourself someplace other than where you are aiming at. Or maybe they don't understand that you can poke yourself without the device. I agree, the snap sound always makes me jump.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49067)
• United States
1 Apr 16
I use a lancing device. Not sure if I could just poke myself.
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