For some reason my fingers are not being very nice to me. All day I have had to squeeze my fingers so hard they hurt. They will not give up any blood! I literally tried all of my fingers three times before I finally got enough for my machine.

Now I do remember back in the day when it seemed to take a "gallon" of blood to get a glucose reading so I am thankful it is not that way any longer. But my One Touch takes a much bigger drop then some of the other machines I have used. Unfortunately my insurance will not cover any other strips but the One Touch. Again, I am thankful for that but I just need to vent a little.

My hand hurts from squeezing my fingers. I can hardly feel my poked fingers anyway so you know it's bad when the squeezing hand is hurting. I have tried the alternate site testing but it is hard for me to trust it.

The fact that alternate sites are not as accurate as finger sticks makes me uncomfortable. Not to mention the way my forearm looks like I have a disease with the awful spots on my arm.

Do any of you use alternate sites? Any ideas on getting fingers to give up blood a little easier? Have any of you ever looked a "bloody constellations" and thought about making a dot to dot picture?