Diabetes equipment and stuff

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Has anybody found a lockable box that would store boxes of needles, lancets, pills etc. I've been looking for one so that my grandchildren don't get their hands on the stuff, but I can still keep it all handy. It's in an old ice-cream tub at present (Now there's an irony!)

Also interested in what meters and other equipment people use - is there really such a thing as a painless finger-pricker!
 
I live alone so I don't have the need for a lockable box, but my day to day stuff I put in a clear pencil case cost ?0.50 in JW Smith. My stuck of items I leave in a 'Tupperware' container, refil?l?ing my pil?l? box and pencil? case on a week basis.

Hazel
 
Hazel said:
I live alone so I don't have the need for a lockable box, but my day to day stuff I put in a clear pencil case cost ?0.50 in JW Smith. My stuck of items I leave in a 'Tupperware' container, refil?l?ing my pil?l? box and pencil? case on a week basis.

Hazel
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Pencil case sounds like a good idea. I load up my testing kit when I take it out with me, and my insulin pen comes in a glasses case tyoe affair. I add a few needles to this if I need to take it. for day-to-day use (I work from home most of the time) everything is in the tub, in the kitchen area, to remind me to test etc.
 
Northerner said:
What about one of those metal filing boxes (the ones with a handle, not the big ones!). I've got some of those for documents, but they are lockable and would be suitable. You can get them for about ?10. Or a lockable cashbox - here's one I found at Staples:

http://www.staples.co.uk/ENG/Catalo...obs&CatIds=,93209&webid=4m170&affixedcode=WW+
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Thanks for the link - the larger box looks good. I did look in our local Staples, Argos etc. but they only had a smaller cash box. Looked in B&Q etc at the file/tool boxes, but a bit big, but the online Staples box looks just right. I shall definitely have to call it the Goldilocks box now! :D
 
runner said:
Has anybody found a lockable box that would store boxes of needles, lancets, pills etc. I've been looking for one so that my grandchildren don't get their hands on the stuff, but I can still keep it all handy. It's in an old ice-cream tub at present (Now there's an irony!)

Also interested in what meters and other equipment people use - is there really such a thing as a painless finger-pricker!
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I use an Accu-Chek Compact Plus meter. It uses a drum so no fiddly strips. Finger pricker is the softclix. I found washing my hands in warm soapy water beforehand makes a huge difference. My pricker is set to 1.5. Hope that helps you runner.
 
brightontez said:
I use an Accu-Chek Compact Plus meter. It uses a drum so no fiddly strips. Finger pricker is the softclix. I found washing my hands in warm soapy water beforehand makes a huge difference. My pricker is set to 1.5. Hope that helps you runner.
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Hmmm - isn't it bulky with a drum? I've not long had a new Jazz meter - i like it 'cos its got a smiley face when your tests are within limit - daft I know, but it does cheer me up! The strips are a real fiddle tho'.
 
I use an old biccie tin i got off M-I-L at xmas I also use ,I also use the freestyle freedon lite to do my bs's
 
My meter is a one touch ultra 2 which is brilliant and has its own wallet i n which to store all the necessaries.

Lockable box, how portable do you want it to be? A cash box might be usefull as most also come with a tray for coins. Not sure if the compartments will be big enough to put all the bits you need into them thoe...
 
Caroline said:
My meter is a one touch ultra 2 which is brilliant and has its own wallet i n which to store all the necessaries.

Lockable box, how portable do you want it to be? A cash box might be usefull as most also come with a tray for coins. Not sure if the compartments will be big enough to put all the bits you need into them thoe...
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Hi, I started with a One Touch Ultra, but had to code the strips with each new pack. Tried a One Touch Vita, but found it a bit bulky and buttons not so user friendly. Nice big display tho' for those of us who now need reading glasses for everything! Also why I like my Wavesense Jazz - nice big numbers! Plus of course the 🙂

Northerener has kindly found me a link to where I can get a large cash box. Doesn't need to be too portable, mor a case of being able to lock stuff away from little fingers, but still keep it in my kitchen area, where I've got no othere space to put stuff.
 
I know what you mean about little fingers...

I try to test regulalry and let little feller watch (he will be 5 i n September). The fact that the finger pricker makes my finger bleed is enough atthe moment to put him off, but it wont forever! I have a cabinet mounted in the kitchen where everything I need is to hand and out of reach.
 
Caroline said:
I know what you mean about little fingers...

I try to test regulalry and let little feller watch (he will be 5 i n September). The fact that the finger pricker makes my finger bleed is enough atthe moment to put him off, but it wont forever! I have a cabinet mounted in the kitchen where everything I need is to hand and out of reach.
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The cabinet sounds good. Bet he's fascinated with the procedure, and hopefully he won't be bothered by seeing others do the same when he's older and out and about!

I haven't planned to lock the fridge (where the insulin is kept) as its in bags within a drawer, within the fridge, and its in cartridges or whole pens.
 
runner said:
The cabinet sounds good. Bet he's fascinated with the procedure, and hopefully he won't be bothered by seeing others do the same when he's older and out and about!

I haven't planned to lock the fridge (where the insulin is kept) as its in bags within a drawer, within the fridge, and its in cartridges or whole pens.
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In some ways it has helped him as the necessary injections kids have to have don't bother him. He knows it might hurt a bit, so he's prepared for it.

Seems better to 'educate' now than have problems later in life.
 
Caroline said:
In some ways it has helped him as the necessary injections kids have to have don't bother him. He knows it might hurt a bit, so he's prepared for it.

Seems better to 'educate' now than have problems later in life.
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Couldn't agree more. Children are more resilient than we give them credit for and don't necessarily have the same hang-ups. They quite often see things from a refreshing perspective! :D
 
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