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Can’t get a test reading!

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Sarah_Mc

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Type 2
Hello!

I’m newly-diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic and still getting my head round what that means and how I can adjust my lifestyle/diet etc to improve my health. I had 1 conversation with the diabetic nurse before I had to go abroad for work - I won’t get back to the UK now until July so I feel a bit isolated from support and advice. Very helpfully, the nurse gave me a glucometer, but when she showed me how to use it we could not get a reading from my blood. We tried 2 different meters and all we got was error messages. The nurse tested her own blood to make sure the meter wasn’t faulty. I took the meter away with me, but I’m still only getting error messages. I get a droplet of blood and it seems to flow onto the strip but the meter says the volume was insufficient. Any ideas?
 
what kind of meter is it? is it quite a long area it has to fill? different meters do require different amounts in my experience xx
 
It’s a GlucoMen areo meter. The nurse seemed to think I was doing everything right so didn’t know what to suggest! The error message comes up as soon as my blood touches the strip.
 
I don’t know if this video will be of any help
 
the guys here have suggested quite a bit already but you could also try a forum search about the meter to see if anyone else has experienced problems with it, I haven't used that meter so know nothing about it but seen as it has worked hopefully it will continue to 🙂 xx
 
I see from the video that she is pricking her finger on the pad. I was told that it should always be at the side of the finger and never the pad.
 
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