Meow,

Hi...

I use the GE Lancet Pen on my thumb, and the One Touch Ultra 2 Monitor.

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I use Accu-Chek Aviva meter and the Muli-clix device.

Ther Lancing device can be adjusted on most any device to suit your comfort. It's more of where you test, some folks test in different areas.

I use the side of my fingers, You just have to try different areas to find your own comfort zone.

THanks, buttercup and grannie.

When I googled painless glucose monitors, Accuchek Aviva comes up, with the Multi clix device. As you said the lancet is the critical part it seems. But my pharmacy says they dont' sell many of that one. I don't know why.

I have heard of the one touch also.

All I know is the ones they use in the hospital really hurt!!

Thx!

I have the nano meter and use the Accu-chek fast clix lancets with it,

I also can not stand needles, I rarely got sick growing up, so didn't have many shots, even when I had surgeries I would wake up and say no shots ROFL...it took me 15 minutes to get my first successful blood test but now it is a piece of cake and since I tend to test between the first knuckle and nail towards the sides a bit I don't feel it, I dont do the little finger or thumb.

thx mzizgayle, I tried to get the accucheck, but my insurance doesn't pay for it. So I went with the InsulinX-Freestyle.

I know when they took my blood sugar while I was in the hospital, it really hurt!! But then again, I'm a big chicken who hates needles...

If you call Accu-Chek they send you one free. It's not the meter they make money off off it's the test strips. I get a free meter sent to me every 2 years from accu-chek.

grannie,

but then the strips and lancets cost quite a bit which my insurance won't pay for...

Thx for the tip though. I might just do it to compare. Do they include so many strips and lancets in the initial pkg?

I tried using a meter for the first time this AM. I used the Freestyle Insulinx and lite. For the insulinx meter, it kept saying I used a strip that was already used. I put in another one and got the same message. Meanwhile, my blood is drying and I dont' want to prick myself again. So I tried the Lite and it said Error 3. After 2 pricks, I finally got the INsulinx to register. My value was even higher than my blood test value. So I guess I'm not doing something right with my diet. I need to educate myself!!

Anyone know what went wrong with these two meters this morning? The strips were brand new.

Not sure what went wrong....ya just gotta play with it....get familiar with the whole thing takes time.
It took me stabbing myself several times and several strips the first couple of times.

I bought the Walmart brand meter (ReliOn). It cost about 16 dollars and the strips (ReliOn Prime) are 9 dollars for 50 strips.....much more affordable since it is out of pocket expenses.
My doctor gave me a freestyle meter.....but the strips cost something like 40 dollars for 50 strips. It's crazy and so I bought what I could afford. So far, it works great for me.
I'm not fond of stabbing myself a few times a day, I still cringe every time...lol.

Thanks, Ms Blank. I was getting frustrated to keep poking myself and "wasting" the blood since I couldn't get a reading. Hopefully it will get easier with time.

I called Abbott and they helped me to test the meters with the control soln. They both checked out ok.

I also bought the Walmart brand Relion meter and strips and they work for me especially the price. And it only takes a tiny bit of blood.I stick my self on the sides of my fingers and in the palm of my hand down below the on the pinky side of my left hand. No pain there at all.

I use Bayer Contour next meter and strips. They are very reliable. What I like about them, that if there is not enough blood, they tell you to add more. So you do not waste strips. They cost about 85 dollars for 100 strips. But I got the meter free.

Welcome, heart2222, I am new here too. Since you are pre-diabetic and want the least painful option, may I take you in a new direction?

If you have not done it yet, make the lifestyle changes that can lower your a1c after 3 months. Do this for 3 months, buy an accucheck a1c self test and check it.

Stay with those new lifestyle changes this will help to keep a good a1c, and over time, could remove the pre-diabetic a1c result.

Since you are pre-diabetic, not diabetic, lifestyle changes are the least painful option, with one needle, after 3 months, for the a1c test.

Welcome, and I hope this helps.