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I just had my 21st diaversary and am running into problems of the blood testing type.
Each time I prepare to test my blood I rub my fingers together and try and warm them up and all that jazz but more and more now, pricking just....doesn't produce blood. I have my pricker on the deepest setting and new needles each time, for once, but it can take multiple painful stabs for me to get enough blood to fill a strip these days.
I do have the libre but that system is not reliable outside of a set range and I always use my meter upon waking and before bed anyway. I know my fingers are weary but they still need to cough up the red stuff.
Any advice?
Each time I prepare to test my blood I rub my fingers together and try and warm them up and all that jazz but more and more now, pricking just....doesn't produce blood. I have my pricker on the deepest setting and new needles each time, for once, but it can take multiple painful stabs for me to get enough blood to fill a strip these days.
I do have the libre but that system is not reliable outside of a set range and I always use my meter upon waking and before bed anyway. I know my fingers are weary but they still need to cough up the red stuff.
Any advice?