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Originally Posted by buddy7  Hey-Injecto!!
"Pricking 10 times a day" Man, that's a lot of blood, I'm not surprise your fingers are calloused, even for a type 1, don't you think that's a little excessive? why don't you give the fingers a rest, and try reducing the number of times you test, I certainly don't think this is a norm, over 4 years I've been pricking my fingers, can't say, I'd had this problem, for starters, I never used my thumb or index fingers, I consider these my workers, the other 3 that's OK, I test only twice a day, no hardness to my finger tips, whatsoever, was this recommended by your doctor when you were first diagnose?
seems strange to me, let us no how you get on, must be sore trying to hold-on to things. (Must reduce those pricks now) 
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I'm a T1 on a pump. 10 a day is not excessive. I test a minimum of 7 times per day;
before each meal = 3
two hours after each meal = 3 more
Before bed = 1
And that's if all goes well... any suspician of high or low BG means another test. Basal rate testing = lots. Taking all this into consideration I probably do 9 or 10 on average as well...
Finger-wise I guess I'm lucky. I play guitar and am right handed. When first diagnosed I found certain chords and slides hurt where I had blood tested on my left hand. From that time to now, I never ever test on my left hand. On my right, I only really use two fingers (my little finger and my 'rude gesture' finger). Occasional first finger use. Never my ring finger as it always hurts (which is really odd...). I don't know why I don't get problems but I'm just glad that I don't.
Gary
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13 years of MDI
And then a little pump floats by
And now my pants are filled with tubes
That tangle all around my.... er .... knees
The hours I'm hooked up? All twenty four
And that's it for now until evermore
But I disconnect for up to an hour
For wonderful fun (and sometimes a shower) 
And when I 'suspend' it, it plays Barry White
And my wife knows she's in for one heck of a night
But only an hour of that night is with me
As an hour is all I'm allowed now, you see...
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