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spike
03-28-2006, 12:21 PM
I've used 4 Choice A1c kits and have had one low reading of 5.9 when I expected to be in the low to mid 6's. Recently I had a lab test which matched the Choice--6.1 It's a shame they took the Choice off the market. I'm down to my last one, which I found at Costco for $10 as I've mentioned before on this forum.
jeggeman31
03-28-2006, 12:40 PM
I found some at walmart the other day and bought $200 worth (what they had left) I test each month. I used one on my son and he was at 5.5

My wife thinks I am crazy but o well
spike
03-28-2006, 12:50 PM
I found some at walmart the other day and bought $200 worth (what they had left) I test each month. I used one on my son and he was at 5.5

My wife thinks I am crazy but o well

did you check the expiration dates? the one's I've purchased don't have much of a shelf life. The one I just got expires in 9 months. (Not that I'm saying they will be worthless a week after that. I find that test strips can go a couple of months past expiration w/o giving bad results, but some strips that I've had expired by more than 6 months have proven to be wildly inaccurate.)
duck
03-28-2006, 01:22 PM
did you check the expiration dates? the one's I've purchased don't have much of a shelf life. The one I just got expires in 9 months. (Not that I'm saying they will be worthless a week after that. I find that test strips can go a couple of months past expiration w/o giving bad results, but some strips that I've had expired by more than 6 months have proven to be wildly inaccurate.)

That's my concern. I found about ten at a local CVS, but all expired in 2/06. I wonder when the acuracy will deteriorate?
jeggeman31
03-28-2006, 02:52 PM
The 2 I found at CVS expired 6 months ago or so. The all mine expire mid 2007. They will be gone b4 2007 hits.
Funnygrl
03-28-2006, 04:31 PM
They got taken off the market? I wonder why.
duck
03-28-2006, 04:50 PM
They got taken off the market? I wonder why.

Poor sales. I never had any issues finding these things on the shelf, esp. now. And now I know why. Which really angers me, because testing the A1c monthly has been a boon to my care!