I was told not to use the thumb and the finger next to the thumb :SRotate the use of which fingers you use
10 fingers = 20 sides to test from, and gives a lesser chance of callouses and sore bits building up . Also , keep your hands well moisturised
Signy
I had a feeling it was something like that haha! Have never used them what about little finger??xAvoid pricking your thumbs, index fingers and the tips/ central parts of the other fingers, as they are very sensitive and it may damage the nerves.
http://www.uhsm.nhs.uk/patients/Diabetes patient leaflets/Monitoring blood sugar.pdf
Thank you - that's interesting. I was never told that, and have been testing index fingers and thumbs for years and years, thankfully with no ill effectsPossibly because of the rotation of fingers anyway .. There's quite a few things now that you are told to do or not to do , that wasn't told us back in the Dark Ages of vials , syringes and the most horrible finger pricker ever seen (There;s a picture of one somewhere on the forums )
Signy
You must remember the golden days of vague home testing by dropping a tab in a test tube of pee & water..??
Finger pricking was a treat at the hospital.... Lol
Ah yes - in it's plastic beige box (well mine was !) Clinitest wasn't it ? Jaylee, was it you who posted up the photo of the guillotine type lancet device ? The one many of us just didn't bother with and stabbed away with the lancet ?
Signy
Although uxing the Aimes Clinitest kit meant weeing in a jug over the toilet and drawing up 5 drops of wee with 5 drops of water and putting a tablet in the tube and watch it change colour, there was no pain to fingertips, just a bit of time needed. Clinistix strips on the otherhand, were a dream come true.
I am so confused with all of this ahhaha....but now they have come up with testing your glucose in your eyes....how times have changed lol!!They were indeed the "future" at that time... But try & match the Dulux colour chart with a hypo at 4am... Lol
I have no issue with blood tests.. "Water sports" was never my bag..!Giggity.!
Thank you all will give them ago!xAnother thought is prick the bottom of the earlobe to draw blood. Weirdly, its painless. The arm is also painless but tends to mark a bit and might not be as accurate as pricking the finger. The palm of the hand is ok at the base of the fingers. The back of the hand at the bottom of the nails can also be used but would need only a tiny prick to drsw blood (1 or 2 level).
Thank you - that's interesting. I was never told that, and have been testing index fingers and thumbs for years and years, thankfully with no ill effectsPossibly because of the rotation of fingers anyway .. There's quite a few things now that you are told to do or not to do , that wasn't told us back in the Dark Ages of vials , syringes and the most horrible finger pricker ever seen (There;s a picture of one somewhere on the forums )
Signy
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