# Another "Research" Gem From--Reader's Digest **URL:** \ **Category:** Nutrition\ **Tags:** horsecrap\ **Created:** [September 9, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902 "2017-09-09T18:35:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/21 "2017-09-13T02:51:35Z")
> [@TravelingOn](#): > > I swear, we went to a highly recommended Endo in Orange County, CA whose intake nurse LOVED jabbing Eric in the pad of the finger, and then pulling really, really hard on his finger to get half a gallon of blood out of it, just for the glee of hurting someone I think. @TravelingOn Kim, Rule # 6 - never ever ever let anyone else poke your finger! If a nurse is insistent that she must do it, what you do is just quickly jab your own finger before she can say anything or stop you, and then extend the bloody finger out for her to test with. What is she gonna do, refuse to use it? If she refuses, you say, “Oh, wrong finger?” and then you quickly jab all 5 fingers and extend 5 bloody fingers out to her. There is really no reason they can’t let you do it yourself. Power trip, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/22 "2017-09-13T03:40:57Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Rule # 6 - never ever ever let anyone else poke your finger! I learned this lesson the hard way while in the hospital delivering my baby - I bruise easily (even on the shallowest setting, which doesn’t even always get me enough blood), so my fingers were a mass of bruises with the nurses poking with their lancing device. I finally asked if I could just do the pokes myself with my device, which was better, but the damage was already done! ---
**Author:** ![TravelingOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/travelingon/32/1583_2.png) [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/23 "2017-09-13T05:11:43Z")
When I read the Rule #6 post out loud to @EricH this evening he said “that man is a national treasure.” And you know, I think he’s on to something. At least we have laughter, even when the doctors get ~~you~~ me down. (Also, I must’ve missed rules one through five.) (Also, also, we should all make our own lists! Like diabetes lists. My friends who know me call them “Rantafestos” and I have many. One for houseguests, one for students, one for other drivers. I certainly should have a rantafesto for diabetes care.) ---
**Author:** ![TravelingOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/travelingon/32/1583_2.png) [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/24 "2017-09-13T05:13:42Z")
Oh man. That sounds rough @Pianoplayer7008. Thanks to you and @Eric we know what to look out for! I’m sure all those nurses didn’t actually want to hurt you, and they were probably really thankful when you did it yourself and it worked! ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/25 "2017-09-13T12:45:16Z")
I know they didn’t do it intentionally, but OUCH. I was definitely on the fence about letting them do any of my diabetes care during/after labor, but being so new to everything, I wasn’t confident I could deal with it while trying to have a baby. I only freaked the nurse out once by eating half a full-sugar popsicle (I needed something for my queasy stomach during labor, and I can’t have alternative sweeteners). And got fussed at for eating food, but I bolused properly for it; it was fine… ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/26 "2017-09-13T14:05:07Z")
When we take Liam to the Endo, they always jab his pad with their huge lancets…I finally got to the point where I tell them, “I will prick him”…and I pull out my small lancet device set at 2 depth, get the blood, and let them scoop it up. People have no regard or empathy sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/27 "2017-09-13T14:24:50Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#): > > they always jab his pad with their huge lancets That’s another thing - why do they always choose the pads of your finger?! So much more painful, and if you bruise like me, makes grabbing and touching things painful for days after. ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/28 "2017-09-13T14:26:32Z")
One word…empathy. Some of them don’t have it. Many times we’re just another person that’s on their checklist of things that have to be done so that they can go home. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/29 "2017-09-13T14:29:35Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#): > > I finally got to the point where I tell them, “I will prick him”… Rule # 6! ➕💯 👍 ---
**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/30 "2017-09-13T15:11:10Z")
I do the same… no one pricks my fingers but me !!! [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902.md?page=1)