4/4 Pudge AMPS 140 +2 143 +3 134

kitten68 said:
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hope all doing ok

also: any suggestion on ear testing to miss the vein? use a lancing device and do our best but get it a lot…. (tried free hand and ripped his ear cuz he jumped so nope haha whelp) maybe just comes w it.. but if any got a tip.
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Oh, shoot. Doing it by hand was all I had to suggest. I'm sorry it didn't go well. It could still be worth another shot. Poor guy. I hope you get some different answers. :cat:
 
Kobe (Dean and Lesley) MO said:
Oh, shoot. Doing it by hand was all I had to suggest. I'm sorry it didn't go well. It could still be worth another shot. Poor guy. I hope you get some different answers. :cat:
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lol thank u anyway!!! you know could be me im nervous too and so don't go well but for us the gun seems to work best so far.. I have had to do pokes myself when the device broke (which has happened more than once.. cheap plastic..) and did it ok but no. just trying to make pokes a bit less hurtful/bothersome.. *smile tear
ps. yay otj party soon!!! :cat:
 
Well, I had another thought. I think most of us do it by hand, so the 26 gauge or 28 guage recommendation might be more suited to poking by hand. You could try a smaller lancet, like a 30 gauge, for the lancing device???
 
Kobe (Dean and Lesley) MO said:
Well, I had another thought. I think most of us do it by hand, so the 26 gauge or 28 guage recommendation might be more suited to poking by hand. You could try a smaller lancet, like a 30 gauge, for the lancing device???
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that's exactly what we use now.. haha.:bighug: the 30/31.. only one I see of ReliOn offered really, aside from the even smaller gauge but that's for something else..
 
yeah, I have a Relion Platinum that I got for the app which turned out to be not as helpful as I'd imagined... LOL the meter is great though. It charges. no changing batteries. For lancets I use the Free Style 28 gauge. The have a very good grip. like tread on hicking boots.
 
kitten68 said:
https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/3-31-pudge-amps-161-2-164-3-156-4-129-pmps-135.299665/

:bookworm::coffee:
hope all doing ok

also: any suggestion on ear testing to miss the vein? use a lancing device and do our best but get it a lot…. (tried free hand and ripped his ear cuz he jumped so nope haha whelp) maybe just comes w it.. but if any got a tip.
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We sadly hit that vein too often with the lancet pen as well. I've wondered if that has contributed to his anemia! :confused: unlikely. My BF had to do most of the tests yesterday and ohhhh poor Petey's ears.

I am going to mark the pen where middle is to see if I can better hit the edge. Can't hurt to try and I don't know why they can't make a better suited pen!
 
Kobe (Dean and Lesley) MO said:
yeah, I have a Relion Platinum that I got for the app which turned out to be not as helpful as I'd imagined... LOL the meter is great though. It charges. no changing batteries. For lancets I use the Free Style 28 gauge. The have a very good grip. like tread on hicking boots.
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lol.. aint that always the way sometimes.. but charging is wonderful!! ooh.. and ooh! can those be gotten at the store or you order them?..
 
Laurie&Petey said:
We sadly hit that vein too often with the lancet pen as well. I've wondered if that has contributed to his anemia! :confused: unlikely. My BF had to do most of the tests yesterday and ohhhh poor Petey's ears.

I am going to mark the pen where middle is to see if I can better hit the edge. Can't hurt to try and I don't know why they can't make a better suited pen!
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poor Petey and peanut over here... sigh. its hard to see right, but we try.. and idk either.. I am glad to have it cuz I just can't do it good freehand... but its true idk why it gotta be so thick haha.. it is hard to see. :bookworm:

ooh anemia.. hmm I kinda doubt it too, is he bleeding a lot tho with pokes? I've been trying to get the upper ear more, bypass the vein as much as I can.. I also go up and down the ear to give spots a break.. ugh. (and he's so good.. he just lets me..... *smiley face tear :arghh:..)
 
kitten68 said:
I've been trying to get the upper ear more, bypass the vein as much as I can.. I also go up and down the ear to give spots a break.. ugh. (and he's so good.. he just lets me..... *smiley face tear :arghh:..)
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Much the same here. I have leant that to get between the vein and the edge of the ear it needs to look as if I am going to miss the ear entirely. If I aim the lancet pen at what looks like the 'right' place it is too often on the vein. For me the mid ear is better than the upper ear. I always use a cottonwool ball behind the ear for stability and leverage. Altho I try to alternate one ear is much better than the other.
Must have done 100s and 100s of pricks by now and still miss on a regular basis. Eternally grateful that Noogi's is (usually) so patient and good.
 
kitten68 said:
lol.. aint that always the way sometimes.. but charging is wonderful!! ooh.. and ooh! can those be gotten at the store or you order them?..
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These are both available in the store. The Premier one is one a lot of members use. It looks like it has an app too. Uses batteries.

The bottom one, Platinum, is the one I got because of the phone app that would connect to the device by Bluetooth. This is a feature that I don't use. The app took over my phone settings and would log me out randomly and it was awkward to log back in. I use the spreadsheet so I don't really need the app. Both devices store a lot of BG values. Mine charges, which is nice. And the BG lights up, also nice.

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Helen + Noogi said:
Much the same here. I have leant that to get between the vein and the edge of the ear it needs to look as if I am going to miss the ear entirely. If I aim the lancet pen at what looks like the 'right' place it is too often on the vein. For me the mid ear is better than the upper ear. I always use a cottonwool ball behind the ear for stability and leverage. Altho I try to alternate one ear is much better than the other.
Must have done 100s and 100s of pricks by now and still miss on a regular basis. Eternally grateful that Noogi's is (usually) so patient and good.
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same! he's so good here.. puts up w it, but I know it hurts so that bothers me.. sigh. im trying to get better at it. :)
 
Kobe (Dean and Lesley) MO said:
These are both available in the store. The Premier one is one a lot of members use. It looks like it has an app too. Uses batteries.

The bottom one, Platinum, is the one I got because of the phone app that would connect to the device by Bluetooth. This is a feature that I don't use. The app took over my phone settings and would log me out randomly and it was awkward to log back in. I use the spreadsheet so I don't really need the app. Both devices store a lot of BG values. Mine charges, which is nice. And the BG lights up, also nice.

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tysm :bighug: but we have been using the Relion Premiers ~ they're really good. should have specified meant the lancets ~ haha :rolleyes:.. very cool! (ugh.. I tried by hand about 4-5 times.. nope. in a pinch when the lancing device broke I had to.. woof. lol)
 
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