Can Anyone Else..

Chris Bowsher

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Squeeze a drop of blood from their finger without using a finger pricker.

I just found out I can..
 

christine18

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ha this happens to me! I prick my finger and end up with 2 drops of blood coming from different areas of the finger!!
 

kev-w

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ha this happens to me! I prick my finger and end up with 2 drops of blood coming from different areas of the finger!!

I've had the same many times, but would use the blood from where I'd pricked and not from the 'random' bleed.

Does anyone else suck the blood from their finger afterwards? :)
 
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Tony337

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I've had the same many times, but would use the blood from where I'd pricked and not from the 'random' bleed.

Does anyone else suck the blood from their finger afterwards? :)

I do this and try to guess whether I can taste the sweetness of my blood relating to my blood machine reading!

Tony wanders off whistling a jaunty tune....
 

Tony337

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I find it strange people talking about wiping it each time......who has time for all that carry on.....;)

Carry on wiping...........they missed a trick with that one matron.....

Tony
 
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Chris Bowsher

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Carry on wiping...........they missed a trick with that one matron.....

Tony

Funnily enough i can normally guess pretty accurately my BG from the speed at which it shoots up the test strip It must be to do with how thick / sticky the blood is i guess.
 

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My concern is that if you squeeze +++ you might squeeze out other fluid in addition to blood and this could dilute the blood sample and affect the result.
 

Tony337

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I do know the ridiculousness of my idiocy.......