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Sticking Plaster

copepod
Yes, at least if you check the colour of the urine and you log your intake you will usually know you are doing something right and you also get a warning that something is amiss rather than just guesswork.

As for the elegant turn of phrase.......I always did have a way with words....... :D

carty.
No 6..........not too sure about that maybe we ought to ask copepod ? For me I suppose it could be amount of Guinness consumed in an evening, my lucky number, the working week if you have Sunday off, a Chicken Chow Mein on my takeaway menu..........theres more ! :lol:

Ken
 
Guiness will certainly effect the volume( drink a pint and pee a gallon) :lol: Not sure about the colour my granny didnt have a saying for that but she did like her Guiness.Its hereditary
CAROL
 
carty said:
she did like her Guiness.Its hereditary
CAROL
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No it's not........it's a drink. :)

BTW, just for copepod, Monstrilloida, No. 6 on the Subclass Copepoda Orders.....apparently..... :wink:

Ken
 
That's funny. I asked a question on the forum and now I can't understand the answers :lol:
 
I read your initial mail as the subject was 'sticking plasters. I couldn't understand what plasters had to do with anything diabetic. Never use them apart from cuts etc.
 
Your blood testing hbc1 (whatever) is done through your vein and will need a bit of pressure to stop the blood flow for a short time which is why a plaster is put on.

As advised above try lowering the force of the needle to prick your finger. A little pressure from a clean tissue should stop the bleeding in a few seconds or maybe just a little longer.

Can't say I could face the recycling of finger sucking!!!!!

No question is silly as we are all new comers at some time and need help as I still do and its only this forum that keeps me going and stops me from getting off the wagon as soon as i feel low i read the forum which helps a lot i also read it to keep in touch not just when i am low but it means more to me when i am low. We will get lows as it is difficult to keep to it being a youngter to this game only diagnosed in March which seems a a life time away now.

All the best keep smiling
Sue :D
 
Thank you for that Sue. I agree with what you say about this forum too :) :)
 
Ken
Guiness is not JUST a drink it is the emerald isles finest export .True story(not one of grannies tales) An old neighbour aged in his 80s was very ill he asked his daughter to get him a bottle of Guiness she was suprised because he never drank but she got him a Guiness and he lived well into his 90s .Now if one bottle can do that what can a couple of pints do :?: wey hey :lol:
CAROL
 
carty said:
Ken
Guiness is not JUST a drink it is the emerald isles finest export .True story(not one of grannies tales) An old neighbour aged in his 80s was very ill he asked his daughter to get him a bottle of Guiness she was suprised because he never drank but she got him a Guiness and he lived well into his 90s .Now if one bottle can do that what can a couple of pints do :?: wey hey :lol:
CAROL
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Hi Carol........couple of Pints.......that's usually all I have one day a week now. In the past I was a 'seasoned' drinker (hic) but I learned the error of my ways. As you say it's grand stuff and there are or were other members here who swore that it didn't affect the Bg levels by much either. I agree with that as far as I am concerned. :D

However right this minute I am drinking bottled still Water.... :)

BTW, it is spelled Guinness.........as a pedantic afficionado ...... :wink:

Ken
 
Well done Ken I drink mine from a can when I cant get it in a pint glass
CAROL
 
I've known many Women who drank Pint's of Guinness........some of them more than the Men..... :D
Those days have gone sadly....... :( I would never argue with them either ! :wink:

Ken
 
cugila said:
I've known many Women who drank Pint's of Guinness........some of them more than the Men..... :D
Those days have gone sadly....... :( I would never argue with them either ! :wink:

Ken
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There are still a few of these women where I come from Ken! :lol: (sorry Carol)

Nigel
 
noblehead said:
cugila said:
I've known many Women who drank Pint's of Guinness........some of them more than the Men..... :D
Those days have gone sadly....... :( I would never argue with them either ! :wink:

Ken
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There are still a few of these women where I come from Ken! :lol: (sorry Carol)

Nigel
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There are still a few near me too......I just can't run as fast now so I tend to steer clear of 'em ! :shock: :wink:

Ken
 
Sue Morton said:
Your blood testing hbc1 (whatever) is done through your vein and will need a bit of pressure to stop the blood flow for a short time which is why a plaster is put on.
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Not always, my diabetes centre does it with a fingerprick :)
 
My HbA1c test (done in the surgery where they have a machine and done while I am in the waiting room) is done with a fingerprick but they have to get a larger drop of blood than for testing sugar levels. They suck the blood up with a very fine glass tube, then because they had to get quite a large drop of blood, they put a plaster on. I get the result in 8 minutes either before or during the consultation.
 
I have the same as Dollyrocker.......a small drop of blood from a fingerprick, wait for around 6 minutes and there is my HbA1c. No plaster, just a wipe, or as I usually do, lick it and rub it. Blood stopped. That's it !

When I have it drawn from a vein, then they put a small cotton pad and a plaster if I am 'leaking' or a very small round plaster. That's usually when I am in no hurry for the result.

Ken
 
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