Okay, as previously discussed, I am a big, fat, feathery chicken when it comes to sticking my finger for blood sugars. It's not that it hurts much at all. It really doesn't. It's just that I can't stand to see the needle hitting my skin.
Well, that's not it, exactly. I can watch someone else do it. It's the combo of being the one to jam the "thumbtack" into my finger and watch it go in. I am so pitiful. I should get my big, bad nurse badge taken away.
But, the good news is, I found something I can use very easily and it is actually the least painful lancet I have used thus far. It's an Accuchek Multi-clix. It's a pen-type lancet device that holds a barrel of lancets. You load them in, click to arm it and then push the little yellow button. It sticks you at a depth varying from no-one-can-have-skin-this-thin to seriously-are-you-checking-a-rhinos-blood-sugar. I use a 3.
The niftiest part (other than me finally being able to stick myself with a minimum of whining) is that you don't have an exposed lancet to try to wrestle out of your device or to possibly stick someone else. They all go back into the drum. When they've all been used, you simply pop out the drum and put in a new one. I toss the used drum into my sharp's container, but you don't really have to. There is no way anyone can accidentally stick themselves with your used lancet. I am all about sharps safety, so this makes me tremendously happy.
Another nice thing about the multi-clix is the ability to find the lancet drums locally. Wal-mart and Walgreens carry them for sure. I'm sure other places do as well. I got a box of 120 for $16. Not bad.
I hope that this blog is helping a few people. If you know someone who has Diabetes, please feel free to have them jump in and contribute or even just read and lurk. The more I learn, the more I am going to share.
Oh, and one more quick note, Books-a-Million has a large sale section. In it, I found 2 Diabetes cookbooks and a low-carb one. They really had some good recipes I'm going to try.
If I find good ones, would you like me to post the actual recipe or just a hint of what I made? Feedback, people, I need feeback!
Emily, what about something like the One-Touch Ultra? It doesn't use lancets at all, and you can test on your forearm instead of having to stick your fingers.
ReplyDeleteBy all means please post at least a description of what you made that is both healthy and tasty. You could even sign up for an Amazon affiliate account and link through that to the book. ;-)