There are so many things I am feeling right now: anger, discouraged, fear, anxiety etc, related to the news of the reactive hypoglycemia. If that weren't enough, I am incapable of getting an "optimal STICK" with the lancet that came with the glucometer the doctor provided me:
Oh! It's a sporty little meter, and the Delica lancet is ever-so-fine; however, even at the highest setting (5), I cannot consistently get an optimally sized blood droplet for the test strip, which then requires me to do multiple sticks (wasting lancets), and also equals more OWIE.
A friend suggested the lancet he uses, a Relion. So before I trudge on over to Wallyworld to buy it, perhaps there's a way for me to comparison shop lancets. I have no idea what makes his better, and I have absolutely zero knowledge of any variation in lancet gauge from manufacturer-to-manufacturer.
Yet another issue/event in my life that sucker-punches me, making me actively miss my dad. He would have been my Johnny-on-the-spot, letting me try out lancets and glucometers in his collection, until I landed upon the right one that works for me.
A friend suggested the lancet he uses, a Relion. So before I trudge on over to Wallyworld to buy it, perhaps there's a way for me to comparison shop lancets. I have no idea what makes his better, and I have absolutely zero knowledge of any variation in lancet gauge from manufacturer-to-manufacturer.
Yet another issue/event in my life that sucker-punches me, making me actively miss my dad. He would have been my Johnny-on-the-spot, letting me try out lancets and glucometers in his collection, until I landed upon the right one that works for me.
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