Guest guest Posted December 30, 2000 Report Share Posted December 30, 2000 Most people just use an old coffee jar or anything with a lid, toss em in there and discard when full. The used strips too. Meenie > Well, the first prick was certainly the hardest! I am starting to > see how different foods affect one's glucose reading. > Can someone tell me how they dispose of the lancets, does the > pharmacy take them, or the hospital? > Right now I am finding it easy to control my diet, > does it get easier or harder? > Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year. > Janet > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2000 Report Share Posted December 30, 2000 Well, I mentioned the jar, but must tell you, I only change my lancet when it gets dull. There is no need to change it every time you stick, unless other people are using it also. I only change it when it feels like its getting dull... or on my birthday, LOL. the first prick is indeed the hardest. It took me three tries before I got the nerve to push the trigger. But its no big deal now Do you have the softclix pen? Its wonderful, has several adjustments. Meenie > Well, the first prick was certainly the hardest! I am starting to > see how different foods affect one's glucose reading. > Can someone tell me how they dispose of the lancets, does the > pharmacy take them, or the hospital? > Right now I am finding it easy to control my diet, > does it get easier or harder? > Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year. > Janet > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2000 Report Share Posted December 30, 2000 Janet: You can buy special disposal containers at large pharmacies for " Sharps " disposal. The ones I saw were red plastic and when they are full you can take them to your doctors for him to dispose of. Kaiser, my HMO told me to just use an old coffee can. I wrapped it with duct tape and wrote " Sharps " on it and they told me that it was OK to just put in in the trash when I am done. The people at landfills are aware that these containers are in the trash. I punched a hole in the plastic top a little bigger then the lancets and just put them in with the cover on them after I am through with them. Since I only change lancets when they become dull, I have found that they last at least several weeks so it will take me several years to fill the 13 ounce coffee can. Erwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2000 Report Share Posted December 31, 2000 At 7:40 PM +0000 12/30/00, Janet wrote: >Well, the first prick was certainly the hardest! I am starting to >see how different foods affect one's glucose reading. >Can someone tell me how they dispose of the lancets, does the >pharmacy take them, or the hospital? >Right now I am finding it easy to control my diet, > does it get easier or harder? >Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year. >Janet Janet, You'll find it's MUCH easier, and less painful to take your sample from your fore arm. I'm a gunsmith, so using my finger tips is critical. I simply couldn't take blood from my fingers and do good work. I found that my fore arms bleed better/easier, they're VASTLY less painful and it's MUCH easier on my poor abused fingers. The " downside " if there is one, to the arms, is that you'll need to have a meter that uses the " capillary " type strips. I've used a very old Glucometer Elite and the Dex (both from Bayer) and am now using the Freestyle from TheraSense. I'm also somewhat a techno-nerd, so getting new meters is always fun for me. As to disposal, I've used the plastic clothes detergent bottles for some time. They have a good wide base, a constricted throat and are easy to seal. I used them primarily for syringes (which I no longer use) and test strips. I change the lancets when it's my birthday (if I remember) or when my Dad, brother or someone else wants me to test them. Diet is variable. Mostly I've found that making eating habit changes aren't that big a problem and I have little problem adjusting. However, there are days when all is out the window (ever quit smoking?) and I just can't live without (whatever it is.) Very occasionally, I give in (we keep a bag of Hersey's Kisses just for that purpose. A bag lasts me about a year now (G)). and others, I just have to grit my teeth. -- VGS geoff beneze, Tempe, AZ geoffb@... ******************************************************** *BEAST Enterprises - http://www.beast-enterprises.com * * Gunsmithing, Target stands, Rifle Gongs * * Ching Ring Scout Rifle Scope mount * * NRA Life Member - IDPA A00981 AZ * ******************************************************** And now some food for the Carnivore: plan for anthrax, nitroglycerin, defense force structure, CIA, security, pulse, cell, ammo, ATF, ANFO, militia, freedom, liberty, God, uranium, plutonium, D Lysergic Acid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2000 Report Share Posted December 31, 2000 Janet, I use the red sharps disposals from Becton Dickenson. They are rated for home disposal of such waste material like syringes and lancets. The insurance does not pay for it, but they are less than three dollars and usually last a couple of months. When full, I seal the lid and throw it in the trash. The local sanitation department said this is acceptable. Although I use this container, I still clip my syringes and replace the orange cap when I am done. I don't reuse my syringes or lancets. Joe D. Deaver Age 35, Type I 17 years joe@... Lancet disposal? Well, the first prick was certainly the hardest! I am starting to see how different foods affect one's glucose reading. Can someone tell me how they dispose of the lancets, does the pharmacy take them, or the hospital? Right now I am finding it easy to control my diet, does it get easier or harder? Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2000 Report Share Posted December 31, 2000 >Geoff Beneze wrote: > > >You'll find it's MUCH easier, and less painful to take your sample > >from your fore arm....I found that my fore arms bleed better/easier, > they're VASTLY > >less painful and it's MUCH easier on my poor abused fingers. Geoff, Any area in particular on the forearm or just anywhere between the elbow and wrist? Thanks, /Celine Kossart kozys@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2001 Report Share Posted January 1, 2001 At 2:50 PM -0600 12/31/00, /Celine Kossart wrote: > >Any area in particular on the forearm or just anywhere between the elbow >and wrist? For description's sake, put your arm on the table with the elbow bent as you would in a normal " table sitting " position. Starting at the inside crease of the elbow. There's a " pad " at the top of the arm near the elbow crease. I work in an area from the crease down about 5 inches, and from the " pad " about 1 inch on either side of the pad. That gives me a 2x5 " area to work with and two arms, so repeat hits at any given spot are few and far between, even when I'm testing five or six times a day. -- VGS geoff beneze, Tempe, AZ geoffb@... ******************************************************** *BEAST Enterprises - http://www.beast-enterprises.com * * Gunsmithing, Target stands, Rifle Gongs * * Ching Ring Scout Rifle Scope mount * * NRA Life Member - IDPA A00981 AZ * ******************************************************** And now some food for the Carnivore: plan for anthrax, nitroglycerin, defense force structure, CIA, security, pulse, cell, ammo, ATF, ANFO, militia, freedom, liberty, God, uranium, plutonium, D Lysergic Acid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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