Re: Geoff: A question about meter problem
Hello, I have finally obtained a blood sample from Bailey! I did indeed lance by hand. However, whilst this is great (and it really is great as I have been struggling for weeks!) I tried tonight with no luck. Last night when I lanced by hand I got a rather large drop of blood and got the meter onto it, tonight, he probably felt like a pin cushion and I could only obtain much smaller samples. Not sure why or what I did differently! The lancets are softclix 28 gauge and I pushed it in all the way, not sure if I twisted it or not.
In any event I am going to keep down this path as he simply will not let me near his mouth to lance. Still, I got blood from his tail/body junction. Perhaps a larger lancet would be better (I hear it can be) however I cannot find any online in Australia, I will try a chemist but they mostly sell softclix or multiclix etc lancets.
Thanks for all your replies I feel I am making some progress!
Geoff
Hello, I have finally obtained a blood sample from Bailey! I did indeed lance by hand. However, whilst this is great (and it really is great as I have been struggling for weeks!) I tried tonight with no luck. Last night when I lanced by hand I got a rather large drop of blood and got the meter onto it, tonight, he probably felt like a pin cushion and I could only obtain much smaller samples. Not sure why or what I did differently! The lancets are softclix 28 gauge and I pushed it in all the way, not sure if I twisted it or not.
In any event I am going to keep down this path as he simply will not let me near his mouth to lance. Still, I got blood from his tail/body junction. Perhaps a larger lancet would be better (I hear it can be) however I cannot find any online in Australia, I will try a chemist but they mostly sell softclix or multiclix etc lancets.
Thanks for all your replies I feel I am making some progress!
Geoff
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