| Thanks for the answers. At the beginning, I used the alcohol swabs, but found that to be a tedious process so I only use them when my fingers are especially dirty. Mostly I use any type of dry tissue I can find after lancing and when I forget to have something around, I suck too. (It is gross and I only do it when there are no other resources).
I was hoping someone would tell me about an inexpensive tiny dispenser of mini dry absorbant (& sterile) swabs that would fit neatly into my small pouch of diabetic stuff. Oh well!
And no one seems to have major problems with putting the small bits of bloody tissue in the trash so I'm sanitarily correct with that. And I didn't ask this before, but I assume that throwing the used test strips in the trash instead of a bio container is OK too. ?
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Steve
DX Oct-97
Oral Meds 98 to 09
Started insulin May 09 Lantus/Humolog (pens) plus Metformin 500mg 2x
Reduced carb intake mid July '09. 90-110g a day
Testing 6-7 times daily & BG's averaging less than 110 since mid July.
Walk 60 min DAILY on treadmill plus push-ups & set-ups. Lost 13lbs, 12 to go!
Blood Work-May 09. HbA1C: 10.5, Cholesterol: 159, Tryglycerides 336, HDL: 37, LDL: 55
Blood Work-Aug 09. HbA1C: 5.8, Cholesterol: 119, Tryglycerides 68 ! HDL: 44, LDL: 61 | 
