i have a freestyle flash and it says you can test anywhere, it doesn't have to be your fingertips. well, i can't get enough blood anywhere but my fingertips. does anyone else have trouble with this?
I did also have trouble with alternative site testing. The cover to the lancing devise magnifies the amount of blood and so it looked like I had enough when it actuality I didn't. I don't do alternative site testing. There needs to be one caution with alternative site testing and that is: the results will be different than finger tip testing and if the results are critical you need to use finger tip testing. It has to do with the capillary speed.
I test 4-5 times per day and I try to make sure that I use different fingers otherwise I don't have any problems with it now that we need such small amounts of blood.
Ellen,
I did also have trouble with alternative site testing. The cover to the lancing devise magnifies the amount of blood and so it looked like I had enough when it actuality I didn't. I don't do alternative site testing. There needs to be one caution with alternative site testing and that is: the results will be different than finger tip testing and if the results are critical you need to use finger tip testing. It has to do with the capillary speed.
I test 4-5 times per day and I try to make sure that I use different fingers otherwise I don't have any problems with it now that we need such small amounts of blood.
How about you?
i start at one finger and work my way around until i have tested on all of them.
i didn't know that alternative sites could give different results, guess i will just stay with my finger tips.
thanks,