St. Lancet changing day - so soon!

[BigMalc]

I am much more scientific in my approach....

I use an accu check mobile, with the attached 6 needle pen, so every time I change the cartridge (50 tests) I swap the needle, so after 300 tests I use a new needle cassette. I feel that to be a healthy balance between economy and Best Practice...🙂

 

[Flower]

How fast does a year fly by! 😉 I've got 2 reminders on my phone for today

1. Change lancet regardless of condition
2. Watch out for rain

 

[Diabeticliberty]

With the Accuchek Mobile device I never change the lancet drum until the meter fails. Sadly with the Accuchek device this can be as frequently as twice per week. When I was using the old style autolet devices I got ten years out of one box of lancets and I prick my fingers an awful lot in ten years. Having said that the Libre has afforded my finger tips some very much needed relief. Here's to the next ten years 😉

 

[Copepod]

This is probably a newbie question, but am I being daft in changing the lancet every time I prick myself for my glucose tests?

Not daft, but many of us don't bother to change each time, and continue to use the same lancet for weeks or months. It make life easier when travelling and competing in mountain marathons especially, as it reduces weight to carry. Plus you don't fill up sharps bin so quickly.

 

[Ljc]

This is probably a newbie question, but am I being daft in changing the lancet every time I prick myself for my glucose tests?

I (oops iPad put, just forensic 😱 ) often change mine once a week , but have Been known to go for a month.

 

[@Fractis]

Unless I am mistaken and before I rush in and do anything reckless I just need to check that St. Swithin's Day is the official day to change my lancet regardless of if it needs changing or not.

Confirmation eagerly awaited 😉

I though the rule was you only change the lancet when St. Swithin's Day falls on Friday the 13th in a leap year...

 

[Haggis8716]

My GP has just given me a box of 200, that means I have 200 years supply. will I live that long?

 

[HOBIE]

My GP has just given me a box of 200, that means I have 200 years supply. will I live that long?

Made me smile Haggis ! 😎

 

[Haggis8716]

Mabey I should put them in my will?

 

[Haggis8716]

Thing that made me laugh is the prescription lable stuck on the front of the box "take as directed".

 

[HOBIE]

Thing that made me laugh is the prescription lable stuck on the front of the box "take as directed".

Do they not get stuck on your mouth (don't do it !)🙄

 

[AJLang]

Should you change a lancet????!!! Remembering back to the days of continually re-using a hypodermic needle and cutting BG test strips in two 🙂 That's what we were told to do 🙂

 

[Matt Cycle]

Should you change a lancet????!!! Remembering back to the days of continually re-using a hypodermic needle and cutting BG test strips in two 🙂 That's what we were told to do 🙂

I managed to cut them in three and heard of others who had managed four. 😱 It must have been the thinnest slivers ever. And yes, I too was told to do it by the DSN (cut in 2 not 3 - I only did that just to see if it could be done) and re-use the syringes.

 

[AJLang]

You managed four!!!! When I tell DSN's about it now they look at me as if I'm losing my marbles 🙂

 

[Matt Cycle]

You managed four!!!! When I tell DSN's about it now they look at me as if I'm losing my marbles 🙂

Ah no, I normally cut in half and did manage three but I only ever heard of people cutting into four. Could be one of those apocryphal tales. It was great fun cutting up a pot of BM strips 🙄 - after about 20 of them my mind would wander and the cut strips ended up with somewhat uneven widths. The thinner strips also made it even more difficult to 'guess' what the bg readings were from the colours. 🙄

 

[Radders]

Funny coincidence this talk of lancets. I never got round to putting the latest lancets on my prescription and have just realised that I only have two drums (each containing 6 lancets) left. Went to the Roche website and discovered they don't make that lancet any more. I think I got the meter with my first pump, and I have had two replacements with the same finger prick device ( a multiclix). Each came with two drums so that's a total of 24 lancets used in 7 years - a bit profligate really!
I really like this device though so have ordered a box of 200 drums off the inter web- should see me through!

 

[trophywench]

It's been replaced by the Fastclix - the same but smaller and so uses smaller 'cassettes'.

Have to say - I click them round every few days as by then to get them to penetrate the rhino hide on the sides of all my fingers now - I have to increase the depth. Yet a new one will reach blood quite easily from which I deduce, Watson - that they obviously blunt fairly quickly. I have a fair amount of skin damage all over one way and the other, mainly from jabbing - so hang it - I start another new one!

Never used so many lancets ever before, LOL

 

[Northerner]

Funny coincidence this talk of lancets. I never got round to putting the latest lancets on my prescription and have just realised that I only have two drums (each containing 6 lancets) left. Went to the Roche website and discovered they don't make that lancet any more. I think I got the meter with my first pump, and I have had two replacements with the same finger prick device ( a multiclix). Each came with two drums so that's a total of 24 lancets used in 7 years - a bit profligate really!
I really like this device though so have ordered a box of 200 drums off the inter web- should see me through!

I'm still using a Multiclix after 8 years, but have three boxes of lancets to keep me going - kept ordering them until I realised I wasn't going to need any more, ever! 😱 🙂 I'm halfway through my first box, so that should give me another 56 years and I will be 113... 😱

 

[Radders]

It's been replaced by the Fastclix - the same but smaller and so uses smaller 'cassettes'.

Have to say - I click them round every few days as by then to get them to penetrate the rhino hide on the sides of all my fingers now - I have to increase the depth. Yet a new one will reach blood quite easily from which I deduce, Watson - that they obviously blunt fairly quickly. I have a fair amount of skin damage all over one way and the other, mainly from jabbing - so hang it - I start another new one!

Never used so many lancets ever before, LOL

I have a couple of those and tried them when they first arrived but just prefer the mechanism on the Multiclix. I've got an old One Touch finger pricker with a whole box of lancets but I seem to remember it being more painful to use for some reason, hence the investment in the multiclix lancets. Hope the springs on the devices don't decide to expire before the box runs out!

 

[Robin]

I have a couple of those and tried them when they first arrived but just prefer the mechanism on the Multiclix. I've got an old One Touch finger pricker with a whole box of lancets but I seem to remember it being more painful to use for some reason, hence the investment in the multiclix lancets. Hope the springs on the devices don't decide to expire before the box runs out!

I'm another one clinging to my multiclix, the blue cap has been getting looser, and I've just noticed it has a split in it. Time to get the superglue out, I think.