Blood testing in public, lancet changes?

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yeah i do find it i use the lancet maybe more then 5 times i dont seem to get enough blood , i always used to get loads if i have pricker set to 4 but sometimes tis tiny dot , thats when i change lancet
 
I lied a little; if I'm retesting cos I didn't get enough blood or if I'm hypo and know I'll be testing a lot in a short space of time I do reuse lancets. I don't like carrying them round loaded though, though that might change with time!

Sort of related thing: my dad found mum's testing meter and gave it to me over the weekend. Two and a half years since she died and the finger pricker was loaded with a lancet still. That made me chuckle and think of you lot 🙂
 
mikep1979 said:
lol i have to have mine set to 9 katie due to the thickness of the skin on my fingers lol so it kinda hurts a little if the lancet is even the slightest bit blunt 😛
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ouch ok, i'll let you off then. the highest i have mine is 3! :D
 
katie said:
ouch ok, i'll let you off then. the highest i have mine is 3! :D
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lol well it is a little hard for me to use it on anything but 9.
 
I try to change the needle each day so it's 2-3 jabs for each needle. The lancets well usually change every couple of months.

I think I can rival you sugabum my 200 box of lancets was dispensed in 2005 and is well over half full!! they actually expire in july- not sure if I will carry on using them
 
Nikki i think i could match your lancets record 😱 I cant remember the last time I got them and they aren't even on my list of meds at the moment, since changing GPs lol.
 
sofaraway said:
I try to change the needle each day so it's 2-3 jabs for each needle. The lancets well usually change every couple of months.

I think I can rival you sugabum my 200 box of lancets was dispensed in 2005 and is well over half full!! they actually expire in july- not sure if I will carry on using them
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i dont think there is a chance id use my needle for that long. i change mine after every shot and also change my lancet after every use to.

tracey w said:
my highest is 2! I think mike is well hard :D
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lol not well hard, just thick skinned lol :D
 
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I feel a new thread coming on here.....the higher the number- the tougher you are! What number are you on??! 🙂 🙂 🙂
 
Sugarbum said:
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I feel a new thread coming on here.....the higher the number- the tougher you are! What number are you on??! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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4
5 on another meter tho :D
 
still using 9 and sometimes with they went to 10!!!!!!
 
Use 3 and change lancet and needle each time. Get through loads!
 
lol i got 300 to get through and i use lancet every 5 pricks
 
mikep1979 said:
i dont think there is a chance id use my needle for that long. i change mine after every shot and also change my lancet after every use to.
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I know plenty of people who change the needle when they change the cartridge, changing the needles every day is a newish thing for me, used to be 2-3 days. i think it's one of those things that each person decides what is acceptable to them.
 
sofaraway said:
I know plenty of people who change the needle when they change the cartridge, changing the needles every day is a newish thing for me, used to be 2-3 days. i think it's one of those things that each person decides what is acceptable to them.
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lol yeah i know. im just a bit of a clean freak lol
 
Ha Ha - I'll remember that tip! Just started testing/injecting in public - people dont have to look and it can be done discreetly. Been through all this with breastfeeding 5 children in public - discreetly i might add, and not all at once!
 
runner said:
Ha Ha - I'll remember that tip! Just started testing/injecting in public - people dont have to look and it can be done discreetly. Been through all this with breastfeeding 5 children in public - discreetly i might add, and not all at once!
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😱😱 lol glad you added not all at once

am i in the wrong for not carrying my pricker on me then ? cause i have not yet all i carry is a glucose tab :confused:
 
steff09 said:
😱😱 lol glad you added not all at once

am i in the wrong for not carrying my pricker on me then ? cause i have not yet all i carry is a glucose tab :confused:
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Wouldn't say 'wrong' but I would check my blood sugar levels before taking any glucose.
 
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