Lancets

[Sally71]

Daughter has been given a new Glucomen meter by her DSN, haven’t got any strips sorted for it yet so we’re still using up old stock with the Libre at the moment. Daughter decided she would like to try out the finger pricker that came with it and exclaimed “oh look, they have provided a year's supply of lancets!” There were 10!

I had to point out to her that that would be 10 years' supply for some people

 

[Madeline]

My new meter has a drum of 6 that rotate. The prescription included a box of replacements, and they’re on monthly repeats. Was most put out until I discovered it just keeps rotating rather than forcing me to replace after 6 stabs.

I didn’t dare say that I’m not even halfway through my initial box of 100 from nearly 2 years ago.

 

[trophywench]

The Accu-Chek (Roche) lancets rotate too, but once they get to No 6 in the 'drum' you can't turn them again. hence I use each until I can't get blood out of the h ole, then turn it on. So it's 2-ish days per lancet, roughly. They do go blunt a fair bit quicker than the lancets made out of a bigger bit of metal, but then they are of course making far smaller holes in my fingers - which suits me!

 

[Madeline]

That’s what I have, the Nano basic I think. I’ve not physically rotated it, but the marker is on 6 - does that mean I’ve been using the same one?

 

[Sally71]

Yes it doesn’t actually rotate until you twist the end - the 6 means you have 6 left, when you twist it it will go to 5 etc, when it's showing only 1 left you can’t twist it again.

 

[Madeline]

Ah thanks, I’ve been using the same one since the 22nd then, gone through 1.5 pots of sticks - was a bit paranoid with the new evening insulin.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Daughter has been given a new Glucomen meter by her DSN, haven’t got any strips sorted for it yet so we’re still using up old stock with the Libre at the moment. Daughter decided she would like to try out the finger pricker that came with it and exclaimed “oh look, they have provided a year's supply of lancets!” There were 10!

I had to point out to her that that would be 10 years' supply for some people

Please tell your daughter not to b so extravagant

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I clock up 30 years with T1 next year...

And last year was the first time I have ever had a prescription for lancets. the ones that come free with the various devices have always lasted as long as the fingerprickers themselves.

Now I’ve got a whole box full of the Accucheck 6x drums, I suspect I have enough to see me out!

 

[trophywench]

Oooh, remembering that I had an Expert meter for a decent while prior to my first pump, so using lancet cassettes in excess of 10 years, I have to say I get through about a whole box a year. Currently using a box I ordered in 2018, because I accidentally ordered another box in May 2020, not realising I had another 2018 box secreted in a box in the bedroom!

 

[Madeline]

Well nobody can accuse us of being profligate with the NHS money pot.