hi there. first while i'm thinking of it because i feel like i'm walking in my sleep today

(damn vertigo!), there's another member in your neck of the woods that just joined, Doug & Libby. how far away is creedmoor and would you recommend your vet? they are looking for a good vet recommendation.
wonder if that member is testing and/or is doing it successfully already. maybe the two of you could work on the testing together and finding them a vet if yours is good?
now, back to the question for you

i have to hang on for dear life with my girl. have had to for nearly 5 years now. the first time i touched her much was upon her diabetes diagnosis and finding a cool vet. initially it took my fiance and i both to catch her and hang on to her long enough to do what we needed to do. i'd say within a month or so i figured out a way to do it by myself. because she's not too fond of humans i had to half scruff her with one hand and reach up and hang onto her ear with a couple of those fingers. then i do the lancing & putting the strip in the blood with the other hand. the scruffing got her to sit still better and i hung on very tightly to the ear so she couldn't flick it away from me. although it still happens occasionally to this day.
i will say that maybe for the last year or there abouts i don't have to do the half scruff thing. she for the most part does sit still for her testing now, but i still hang on to that ear like it's the last one on earth

just last night she got away from me before the bleeding stopped and was leaving drops across the kitchen counter. try convincing a semi feral girl to come back for a second go 'around so i could stop the bleeding. LOL! she did, with the help of a treat, but boy was she extra squirmy.
i guess i'm trying to say don't give up. it just takes a bit to work out a trick or a routine.