Overwhelmed

[Greyhound Gal]

I started off changing my lancet every time, but a month or so ago I began to just change once a day (I test on average 7x a day). It's whatever you are comfortable with. Probably best not to tell your nurse if you decide not to change it each time though🙄🙂🙄

 

[AlisonM]

I thought you had to put a new lancet on each time? Can you reuse

What Grovesy said. We really should change them every time, but seldom do.

 

[Grogg1]

Where do you go to test? I am in open plan office with 50 people do don't want to be doing it at my desk or in loo. I can't think of anywhere private to go

 

[Greyhound Gal]

I do it, and inject my insulin, at my desk, but if you don't feel comfortable with this, are there any empty offices/rooms you could nip into for a minute, or a canteen?

 

[AlisonM]

I used to do it with my hands under the desk, ours was a very small office and there wasn't anywhere to go other than the loo or the kitchen. Until my boss told me one day that it was OK to test or jab at my desk without hiding it, as long as there were no clients watching. Several of the counsellors were also diabetics of various types and we used to compare notes, that was a good thing, it helped me behave myself, LOL.

 

[Grogg1]

People walk past my desk and are nosey. I will ask OH if there are any rooms. We are an open plan building and canteen used as meeting room due to lack of private space. Only chiefs get sn office here lol!

 

[Ralph-YK]

Hello and welcome from a fellow T2. And yes you will be overwhelmed.
There are people who'll inject in the middle of a Wheatherspoons.

 

[Grogg1]

Well I just tried my first self test. Just over 2 hours since I ate and it's 15.9. I struggled to get enough blood!!!

 

[Grogg1]

Oh the machine I have is Bayer Contour TS. Where can I get more strips from?

 

[grovesy]

Have you got them on repeat prescription and if so how many. If not you can purchase in Pharmacy but I have had a quick look and they around £ 25 for 50.
Quite a few on here self fund testing and use a meter called Code Free available from Amazon which are much cheaper to fund. I am sure someone will post the link and price or search the forum for Code Free. It is regularly discussed .

 

[trophywench]

I didn't test at my desk for the first few years cos we used to have to boil our pee up as they hadn't invented glucometers yet LOL - quite a few of us remember those days well. It's all so easy now, and you don't need to be anywhere cleaner than an office desk and you won't even have your hands covered in blue/black from the carbon paper that you need to wash off first, we remember that, too!

Virtually all my working life was spent in various open plan offices, my job title was never sufficient for anything more, to the degree that if I was ever offered the use of a spare one that day to concentrate on something especially tricky - if I accepted I couldn't actually concentrate LOL I needed the background hum.

Get the meter case out of your handbag and stick it on your lap and open it, do the fingerprick the same, and the test - no need to move off your bum. Suck your digit afterwards if the bleeding doesn't stop immediately. Not like the meter's like the size of half a housebrick like they were to start off with! If anyone sees and asks then tell em it's a glucometer and don't offer any more info, unless they know what that is and sound like they're empathetic. Otherwise tell em to MYOB!

 

[Stitch147]

Where do you go to test? I am in open plan office with 50 people do don't want to be doing it at my desk or in loo. I can't think of anywhere private to go

I'm in an open plan office and always test at my desk. My colleagues know I'm diabetic and are used to me testing now.

 

[Stitch147]

Well I just tried my first self test. Just over 2 hours since I ate and it's 15.9. I struggled to get enough blood!!!

Make sure your hands are warm, use the side of finger not the pad, prick with Lancet, leave for a couple of secs then gently squeeze finger. You may also need to lengthen lancing device so enough of it goes into finger. You'll soon get the hang of things.

 

[Grogg1]

Yes they are on repeat so I'll order more and if necessary see Gp to explain why I want to test regularly until I get lower reading etc. Quick question my lunch has filled me up an I ok skipping dinner? I always used to skip meals but not sure I should now

 

[grovesy]

It is up to you.
Even though you have them on repeat, be aware that some Doctors try to restrict amount.

 

[Robin]

When do you take your Metformin? If it's evening, then I think it's better taken with food. Otherwise, there's no need to eat if you're not hungry, although some people find a small non-carby snack in the evening prevents the liver dumping extra glucose into the system overnight and raising morning Blood Glucose readings. (Only time and testing will tell if you fall into this category.)

 

[AlisonM]

Make sure your hands are warm, use the side of finger not the pad, prick with Lancet, leave for a couple of secs then gently squeeze finger. You may also need to lengthen lancing device so enough of it goes into finger. You'll soon get the hang of things.

Stay away from the nail bed as well. Never use the same finger twice in a row, never use the thumb and you're not supposed to use your index finger either. My pricker is set at 2 (4 is the deepest) and always has been, unless it slips. Oh, and always make sure it's pressed straight against your finger and not at an angle. I think that about covers it.

 

[AlisonM]

15.9 is pretty high, what was the reading before you ate?

 

[Martin Canty]

I'm in an open plan office and always test at my desk. My colleagues know I'm diabetic and are used to me testing now

I am very open about my D, when I was working in Missouri I just tested at my desk.... Nobody appeared to notice & if they did ask what I was doing then it would have become an opportunity to educate them.

 

[Grogg1]

15.9 is pretty high, what was the reading before you ate?

14.7