We keep our lancing device set on 1 and I just press it to my son's finger a little more. My son knows when it's turned up to even two and will complain about the pain. Until they can figure out how to test glucose without puncturing the skin, it will never be pain free.
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Actually, the lansing device comes packaged with the meter, and does make a difference.
I believe they were referring to the FreeStyle Flash, which is awesome!! It requires only a teeny tiny blood drop, and the lansing device really is less painful than others. I know. I've tried them. And I don't have a lot of flesh to spare.
- AmyT of www.diabetesmine.com
"...It is very important, however, to help ensure that expectations are realistic. People with diabetes need to understand that insulin injections are still needed for their basal insulin requirements. TV advertising is an example of getting patients interested in blood glucose monitoring that is virtually pain free. In this situation, patients perceive that meters promoted as virtually pain free are a panacea and patients arrive in my office asking for a blood glucose meter that doesn’t require blood – something that is not demonstrated in the ads. The reality sets in when the facts are explained."
An excerpt from Donna Tomky, CDE at Lovelace Sandia Health System dated August 25, 2005 in a letter to the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Advisory Committee of the FDA concerning approval of inhaled insulin.
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