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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sweaty betty" data-source="post: 475733" data-attributes="member: 42918">Much sympathy, I am exactly the same.I've managed by using the Freestyle monitors that come with a clear cap that allows you to test on alternative sites (you can contact them and ask them to send you one of their meters, but request that specific cap as they didn't send me one last time until I requested it - <a href="https://www.myfreestyle.com/products.html" target="_blank">https://www.myfreestyle.com/products.html</a> ).  They also need a smaller amount of blood than some, so win-win!  For the past 10 years I've tested on my forearm, which is painless on all but the odd occasion.  I would never go back to finger pricking again.I've been injecting insulin for 4 years now and would rather do those injections than finger pricking.</blockquote>

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