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<blockquote data-quote="ajbod" data-source="post: 2507428" data-attributes="member: 544995"><p>The trick with finger pricking is DON'T prick on the centre of the finger pad, aim at the side where there are less nerve endings. It amazes me even so called health care professionals fail there.</p><p>buy a lancing device i have 2 an old accu check one, and a truedraw one. with these you can adjust the depth of penetration.</p><p>Along the way you may have the odd failure of insufficient sample size but you will reach the point where you probably won't feel it. i often only know it's successful when a gentle squeeze brings a tiny blood spot.</p><p>the other thing is you don't have to mash it against the finger just gently rest it there and press the trigger.</p><p>my old accu-check device i would liken to a butterflies kiss, literally no pain at all. Also you don't need to change the lancet in the device every time as the instructions tell you, medically that may be sound advice, but you are not sharing the thing with others so the chance of infection is minimal. you only change when it blunts and starts to hurt, you could even carry on with that one but why suffer pain when you can avoid it.</p><p>start reducing carbs straight away and you will see results whether they are amazing or slight it will confirm that you are starting to control things.</p><p>The last bit is don't panic, it took years to reach diabetes, so a few months to get it under some semblance of control will not be a problem. hope things go well, and remember we all here are at some stage through the same journey you are on and the advice given may differ as to what to eat, but you WILL find a bit here works and a bit there works for YOU,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajbod, post: 2507428, member: 544995"] The trick with finger pricking is DON'T prick on the centre of the finger pad, aim at the side where there are less nerve endings. It amazes me even so called health care professionals fail there. buy a lancing device i have 2 an old accu check one, and a truedraw one. with these you can adjust the depth of penetration. Along the way you may have the odd failure of insufficient sample size but you will reach the point where you probably won't feel it. i often only know it's successful when a gentle squeeze brings a tiny blood spot. the other thing is you don't have to mash it against the finger just gently rest it there and press the trigger. my old accu-check device i would liken to a butterflies kiss, literally no pain at all. Also you don't need to change the lancet in the device every time as the instructions tell you, medically that may be sound advice, but you are not sharing the thing with others so the chance of infection is minimal. you only change when it blunts and starts to hurt, you could even carry on with that one but why suffer pain when you can avoid it. start reducing carbs straight away and you will see results whether they are amazing or slight it will confirm that you are starting to control things. The last bit is don't panic, it took years to reach diabetes, so a few months to get it under some semblance of control will not be a problem. hope things go well, and remember we all here are at some stage through the same journey you are on and the advice given may differ as to what to eat, but you WILL find a bit here works and a bit there works for YOU, [/QUOTE]
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