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Sore Fingers with SD Codefree Lancer

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I've recently purchased the Codefree kit and each time I test I'm ending up with sore fingers and a slight bruise. I use a new lancet each time and have the setting on 3. I used to use the Bayer breeze 2 lancer with no problems. I usually test in the fleshy side of my finger or the pads. Do any other users of the Codefree experience this?.


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You can use any lancer you like. Some take standard lancets, others need particular lancets. I don't use the lancer that came with my current meter.
 
))Denise(( said:
You can use any lancer you like. Some take standard lancets, others need particular lancets. I don't use the lancer that came with my current meter.
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Denise is right, when I changed over from the Accu-chek meter to the Contour I continued to use the Multiclix device as the one that came with the Contour was next to useless, I've since gone back to Accu-chek.
 
I looooove my multiclix best lancer EVER!!!! I have used it through all my meters i tried the ones that came with the new meters but omg ouch! So just went back to my good ole faithful clicky xx

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Cupcaake32 said:
I looooove my multiclix best lancer EVER!!!! I have used it through all my meters i tried the ones that came with the new meters but omg ouch! So just went back to my good ole faithful clicky xx

I'd agree completely with that - I'm having no problems at all with the multiclix. I have it set on 4 but I suspect I could go a little lower

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My multi is set on 1 1/2 but i seem to test on my right hand most (lefty) so i still have holey fingers but not painful ones

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Many thanks guys. Luckily the lancets I've got fit in my breeze 2 lancer, so I've gone back to using that which is also less fiddly

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I use whichever lancer I have available at the time. I actually quite like the Codefree lancer, but if I used any particular lancer on a 3, I'd have sore fingers and big holes in them! I don't think I have particularly delicate skin, but rarely need to stab beyond a 1.
 
Luceelou, i did try the codefree on no. 2 setting but it didn't draw any blood but my hands were cold at the time of testing. I did wonder if it was because my hands/fingers are sometimes cold at the time of testing, that it what is making them sore. I know that there supposed to be warm when testing for blood for the flow but sometimes it can take forever to get them warm, even after washing or soaking in warm water.

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I would just add that really you should not test on the main pad of the finger, or at the front, but at the side. There are 2 reasons for this:

1. It is less painful
2. Over time with all the pricking the area will become less sensitive - something you don't really want to lose on the tips of your fingers
 
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