Which fingers are best to use being a T2

[0firefly1]

Which fingers are best to use being a T2, are they different for a T1?
I get better blood letting from my ring and little pinky, then my first two.

Chris

 

[bulkbiker]

I use all my fingers on a rotational basis and sometimes even thumbs..
I think that blood should be the same whichever finger it comes from.

 

[0firefly1]

thank you bulkbiker, that's what I was thinking, it was just the way my T1 was saying it, him being a T1 for a large chunk of his life and now his 18 yr old is a T1 as well

 

[Bluetit1802]

I also use all my fingers and try to rotate them although I often forget where I am up to in the rotation. I also use my thumbs and find them the easiest. There is no reason why it should make any difference, T1 or T2. It is all the same blood in every finger!

 

[Deleted Account]

I also use all my fingers and try to rotate them although I often forget where I am up to in the rotation. !

I have a little method to remember my rotation
- left hand odd numbered dates
- right hand even numbered dates
Then I split the day into four separated by meals and sleep and dedicate a finger to each part of the ... so little finger for breakfast, ring finger for lunch, etc.
I rarely use my thumbs. I lose them as “backup” if a finger gets sore ... or I trap one in a car door (yes, I did).

 

[bulkbiker]

I have a little method to remember my rotation
- left hand odd numbered dates
- right hand even numbered dates
Then I split the day into four separated by meals and sleep and dedicate a finger to each part of the ... so little finger for breakfast, ring finger for lunch, etc.
I rarely use my thumbs. I lose them as “backup” if a finger gets sore ... or I trap one in a car door (yes, I did).

Spookily similar to me .. start out at little finger and work my way in.. as I usually only test 3-4 times a day (FBG then after lunch before and after dinner) inside and outside of fingers noted each time and recorded on spreadsheet.. creature of habit.. me? hehe

 

[Mr_Pot]

Any fingers as long as they are your own.

 

[Antje77]

Any fingers as long as they are your own.

Although testing someone elses finger hurts less and probably shows better BG's...

 

[Rachox]

I use mainly my thumbs, index and middle fingers on rotation. I find that although they bleed more easily my ring and little fingers hurt more so I avoid them.

 

[Boo1979]

Whichever hurts the least and gives a good drop of blood, alternating between hands to stop the build up of a callous. For me thats my little fingers

 

[PenguinMum]

My ring finger is the only one to bruise.

 

[mountaintom]

My ring finger is the only one to bruise.

That must mean something.

 

[mountaintom]

I use all except thumbs. Has anyone used an ear lobe?

 

[Rachox]

I use all except thumbs. Has anyone used an ear lobe?

Not on myself but during my 36yrs nursing I only ever had two patients that asked me to use their ear lobes!

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Which fingers are best to use being a T2,

I use all fingers and thumbs on a rotational basis.

 

[Mick1959]

I use a method of starting with the right hand, pricking the left side of fingers, moving from index finger to little finger, then do same for left hand.

I then start with the right side of fingers one at a time moving through one hand to the next.