Diabetic anyone?

Andrew, Jr. · 04-20-2011, 09:59 AM

Oh my dear sweet Belle,

Thank you! I love donuts! I miss them so very much. In fact, I go and stare at them in the grocery store back in the bakery. The smell, the taste...I just miss them sooo!

You are such an angel!

Love you from the bottom of my fat little heart,
Andrew
ox

Andrew, Jr. · 04-20-2011, 04:22 PM

I am trying to get blood out of my fingers for the finger stick - glucose testing. I can't. Nothing. I "milk" my fingers - nothing. I run warm water over them. Nothing. So I changed up, and I got a AccurCheck lancet. It lets you lance your hands, forearms, legs, and so on. Well, it works very well, but no blood will come out. So I have been using my toes. I called my doc and she read me the riot act. I am back to the beginning. Any ideas? Yes, I am using the highest no. for the deepest cut.

My one forearm is very scarred up from where I tried to lance it before. I have tried to cover up the scars with lotion to try to heal the wounds, but nothing seems to work on that either. I am using Neosporin now. But the scars are still there. And my fingers are callased.

04-20-2011, 05:23 PM

I would highly recommend talking to your doctor in person. It could possibly be that your blood is too thick for you to get any blood out. You may need to be on a blood thinner or even 1 aspirin a day as I have been told that it also helps in thinning out your blood.

I certainly am no doctor but that is the only thing I can think of. I know my blood tends to be thick quite often and drs have trouble drawing blood from me sometimes because of it.

So just check that out and I am sorry I could not be of further assistance. Also make sure you are poking in the right spots such as kind of on the tip of your finger. It always works for me there. And occasionally i have to push the stick thing down like into my finger kind of before i push the button to release the pricker as I call it.

Hope you figure something out soon.

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Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

I am trying to get blood out of my fingers for the finger stick - glucose testing. I can't. Nothing. I "milk" my fingers - nothing. I run warm water over them. Nothing. So I changed up, and I got a AccurCheck lancet. It lets you lance your hands, forearms, legs, and so on. Well, it works very well, but no blood will come out. So I have been using my toes. I called my doc and she read me the riot act. I am back to the beginning. Any ideas? Yes, I am using the highest no. for the deepest cut.

My one forearm is very scarred up from where I tried to lance it before. I have tried to cover up the scars with lotion to try to heal the wounds, but nothing seems to work on that either. I am using Neosporin now. But the scars are still there. And my fingers are callased.

Andrew, Jr. · 04-20-2011, 05:40 PM

Thank you SoulSearcher! I do take an aspirin a day, and I still have "thick" blood. Even when I go for my 3 month bloodwork for the A1C, the tech has problems keeping it flowing. By the time I am done, I am usually bruised, and exhausted. I am waiting to see what my cardio wants to do next.

It is really hard to explain to most people until you tell them your Diabetic. Then they seem to understand. Thank you for your advice. I am going to try it your way and see how it goes. I will let you know tomorrow.

*Hey Belle,

Thank you for your kind rep to me. I have no clue as to how to leave you one. I called the # you left me, but it didn't work. Just an fyi.

Much love to you and the furkids,
Andrew

Rockinonahigh · 04-20-2011, 07:45 PM

I have been folowing the meal plan and have lost a couple more pounds,I thought I would have lost more but I will take what I can get.I found brown rice that is instant from uncle Bens rice product..not to bad.Not so with whole wheat spagettie..yech, nasty tasting stuff,I will contenue with the regular kind but with way smaller portions.I have gotten most of my exersiseing from my work cause im always moveing and walking everywhere,tonight I played basket ball for a half hour with a neighbor..yes I still got it with a basket ball,wish I could find a volly ball team somewhere..will check into that.I 'd rather play with a team than work out cause it gets boreing by myself..nobody else around hear works out or cares to.

JustJo · 04-20-2011, 08:28 PM

For Andrew, and anyone else having trouble with blood tests or finger pricks.....drink lots and lots of plain ol' water. Most of the time, these troubles happen because we're dehydrated, even though we don't feel thirsty. Aim for 6 or 8 big glasses of plain water a day, every day....and see if it helps. It certainly can't hurt!

MsTinkerbelly · 04-21-2011, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

I have been folowing the meal plan and have lost a couple more pounds,I thought I would have lost more but I will take what I can get.I found brown rice that is instant from uncle Bens rice product..not to bad.Not so with whole wheat spagettie..yech, nasty tasting stuff,I will contenue with the regular kind but with way smaller portions.

I'm not sure about the brand (I just head for the yellow box) but I think it is Barilla...not the usual pasta, but the HIGH protein pasta made with Lentil flour...for whatever reason it doesn't mess with my blood sugar, cooks just like regular pasta, and is tasty.

Rockinonahigh · 04-21-2011, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly

I'm not sure about the brand (I just head for the yellow box) but I think it is Barilla...not the usual pasta, but the HIGH protein pasta made with Lentil flour...for whatever reason it doesn't mess with my blood sugar, cooks just like regular pasta, and is tasty.

Good and thank you,I got to have my spagettie now and then,

Rockinonahigh · 04-21-2011, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly

I'm not sure about the brand (I just head for the yellow box) but I think it is Barilla...not the usual pasta, but the HIGH protein pasta made with Lentil flour...for whatever reason it doesn't mess with my blood sugar, cooks just like regular pasta, and is tasty.

Good and thank you,I got to have my spagettie now and then.

MsTinkerbelly · 04-21-2011, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

I am trying to get blood out of my fingers for the finger stick - glucose testing. I can't. Nothing. I "milk" my fingers - nothing. I run warm water over them. Nothing. So I changed up, and I got a AccurCheck lancet. It lets you lance your hands, forearms, legs, and so on. Well, it works very well, but no blood will come out. So I have been using my toes. I called my doc and she read me the riot act. I am back to the beginning. Any ideas? Yes, I am using the highest no. for the deepest cut.

My one forearm is very scarred up from where I tried to lance it before. I have tried to cover up the scars with lotion to try to heal the wounds, but nothing seems to work on that either. I am using Neosporin now. But the scars are still there. And my fingers are callased.

Andrew....

As others have said drink lots of water, and instead of pricking the tips of your fingers use the sides of your fingers. It doesn't hurt nearly as badly on the sides as it does pricking the tips, and the blood flows much more freely (for me) than the tips ever did.

Andrew, Jr. · 04-21-2011, 11:12 AM

What lancet do you all use? This part is just frustrating to me.

MsTinkerbelly · 04-21-2011, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

What lancet do you all use? This part is just frustrating to me.

I just use the generic ones they sell at Ralph's Grocery....

04-20-2011, 04:22 PM	#2
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04-20-2011, 09:59 AM	#1
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04-20-2011, 05:40 PM	#4
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04-21-2011, 11:12 AM	#11
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