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<blockquote data-quote="AMBrennan" data-source="post: 226175" data-attributes="member: 37697"><p>Use a different finger each time? You have (presumably) six viable fingers, each with two sides, with maybe 2-3 sites, for a total of 24-36 location. At five tests a day that means that every location has a week to heal.</p><p>Maybe you should try a shallower setting for the lancet (if you're using something like Unistick regular - I got 300 of them by mistake...)? </p><p></p><p>I have found forearm testing to be quite reliable (+/- 0.5 mmol/l from the finger stick test using the same meter) and would consider them suitable for less important tests (before lunch and dinner, since I know that pre-meal readings are always 5-ish; guesstimating the carbs in a serving of fish and chips at the local takeaway is somewhat more error prone).</p><p></p><p>If all else fails you could always get a continuous blood glucose monitor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AMBrennan, post: 226175, member: 37697"] Use a different finger each time? You have (presumably) six viable fingers, each with two sides, with maybe 2-3 sites, for a total of 24-36 location. At five tests a day that means that every location has a week to heal. Maybe you should try a shallower setting for the lancet (if you're using something like Unistick regular - I got 300 of them by mistake...)? I have found forearm testing to be quite reliable (+/- 0.5 mmol/l from the finger stick test using the same meter) and would consider them suitable for less important tests (before lunch and dinner, since I know that pre-meal readings are always 5-ish; guesstimating the carbs in a serving of fish and chips at the local takeaway is somewhat more error prone). If all else fails you could always get a continuous blood glucose monitor. [/QUOTE]
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