Type 1 Blood glucose testing and visual impairment

[stevieboy269]

Can anyone help ???

As a visually impaired person and living on my own I am having difficulty finding the blood on my finger after pricking and getting the test strip to it. I have good light and magnification and a talking moitor but with the bit of blurred vision I have it can still be very difficult getting the blood onto the test strip..

Has anyone been in a similar position and found a solution ???/

 

[Nidge247]

Hi @stevieboy269 welcome to the forum.

Other than one of the newer type of meters which removes the need for finger pricking, I can't think of an answer as I don't have the same impairments as yourself. I do wonder if either your DSN or the RNIB might have some further suggestions, as you certainly won't be alone with this issue?

 

[azure]

Bumping this for you @stevieboy269 You can't be alone in having this problem.