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07-26-2006, 10:58 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
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Originally Posted by Cyborg I think you've got us all beat Spike!
Precision Xtra (for ketones strips)
2 Ultra Smarts (my main meter)
1 Accu-Check Compact Plus (for the Lancer)  |
LOL! I probably test more than anyone, too. I get either 510 strips per month (Accucheck drum style) or when I get the Lifescan strips, I get 600. I should get my doc to rewrite the Rx for 561... |
07-26-2006, 11:21 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 9,311
| | | Freestyle Flash
Freestyle Flash
and a couple of trade ins (don't remember what kind) under the sink. LOL
__________________  Nancy Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa diagnosed type 1 October 1986
currently using Medtronic MiniMed
paradigm 715 CLEAR  |
07-26-2006, 12:38 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 8,563
| | I forgot about one of my meters that my mom has though it is not in use.
She has my very first glucometer. It was made by Ames in 1984. I'm sure those that have been diagnosed as long (or longer) as I have remember this meter. The thing was huge and you had to wipe the strip off. I think a reading took either 5 or 7 MINUTES !!!!!
Here is a site that shows the meter and lancet device that I was referring to. I used the Glucometer M and I did use the Clinitest tablets before. http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/b239.htm
__________________  ~Cin~ Mom always says I'm special. Hmmm........wonder what she means by that?? LOL.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched,they must be felt with the heart.
~Helen Keller~
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07-26-2006, 02:07 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia River Gorge
Posts: 1,139
| | | Just a One Touch Ultra and One Touch Basic. Guess I'm in a rut, but I really like my One Touch Ultra. It's fast and seems to be accurate.
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" Those who wait for roast duck to fly in mouth must wait a very long time. If you need something, don't wait. Go get it."
"This one makes a net. This one sits and wishes. Can you make a bet, which one catches fishes?"
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Syd--20 years Type II diabetes 18 years insulin dependent.
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07-26-2006, 04:58 PM
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I am a: Parent | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Arizona
Posts: 239
| | | One Touch UltraSmart
One Touch Ultra
3 Freestyle Flash
Just gave away a Precision.
__________________ Alisha
Mommy to Taylor, 5yrs old
dx'd 13 Nov 03
last AIC -7.0 in Oct 06
:****mate: Quote:
"A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the advice."
Bill Cosby
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07-26-2006, 05:52 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North-Central Indiana
Posts: 3,734
| | | Obviously Spike is a junkie and is afraid to talk to anyone about his problem. Spike we are here to help!
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~Sandi~
Pumping for almost 6 years
MM Purple 722 with Humalog
Symlin
Just because I've been on df for a whole day doesn't mean I'm ADDICTED... my chair is just COMFY... |
07-26-2006, 07:42 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,425
| |  Number of meters - Many!
LOL, Guess I'm a junkie, too....hehehe - Here's a list of all the meters I've tried (and a few that are currently in use), that I can remember (for now....lol  ):
1 Ascensia Contour
2 BD Logic
1 Cozmonitor
2 Freestyle Flashes (1 for me, 1 for hubby)
1 Freestyle Tracker (had to try it!)
1 Glucochek S.C. (by Larken)
1 Glucometer M by Ames
1 One Touch Profile
1 One Touch Ultra
1 One Touch UltraSmart (currently in use)
1 Precision QID (in Pink! - sometimes still used)
1 Precision Xtra (Glow in the dark)
1 Reli-On
1 Reli-On Ultima
1 Sidekick (cool little meter!)
Ones I had, but donated:
1 Accu-Chek Active (Gave to Carwy's mom, as her old one gave out)
1 Dex by Bayer
1 Hypoguard Advance
1 One Touch II
1 One Touch Profile (donated one, found the one in above list & plan to donate it soon)
1 Prestige IQ
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
Saying prayers for him & all our friends, every day.
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“There are people who have money and people who are rich." - Coco Chanel
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Pumps & Meters Used:
MM506,7,8,11 & 12, Cozmo, Animas 1200 & 1250 Many
A1C: 6.4
Type I 27yrs, pumping 13
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07-26-2006, 09:09 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NYC
Posts: 2,325
| | | 2 - UltraSmart
1 - Ultra
2 - BD Paradigm Link
1 - FasTake, which should really go in the trash
Recently gave away a BD Logic. I've traded in a Profile and a One Touch Basic and some older ones that I can't even remember anymore.
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Liz
Type 1 dx 4/1987
Minimed Paradigm 722 6/2008 + CGMS
13mm Silhouettes + Sure-T infusion sets
Lifescan UltraSmart & UltraMini
Last A1c: 7/15/09: 5.8
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07-26-2006, 09:43 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MIdwest, USA
Posts: 1,070
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Originally Posted by spike LOL! I probably test more than anyone, too. I get either 510 strips per month (Accucheck drum style) or when I get the Lifescan strips, I get 600. I should get my doc to rewrite the Rx for 561... | Good Lord! How do you have time to do anything else? That's 20 tests per day or 1.25 tests per waking hour (assuming you sleep 8 hours). My insurance company would throw me on the street if I asked for that many!
I would test more if my insurance would let me... I'm still shocked when surveys ask how many times a person tests, and the maximum they have is "3X daily". |
07-27-2006, 05:23 AM
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I am a: Parent | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Palm Harbor,FL
Posts: 1,092
| | | Thomas likes to collect meters! Whenever we go to a diabetes fair or the expo he takes whatever they are giving out.
He has had:
2 One Touch Ultras
2 UtlraSmarts
both of these used when he was first diagnosed
2 BD logics
2 Prestiges
1 Accu check ?(with the strips in a disc)
1 of the ones with the strips in a drum but cant remember the name of it
1 Accu Check Aviva
most of these I donated to All Children's Hosp and friends
5 Freestyle Flashes - what he uses now
All of these metes where free
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Nancy
Thomas (13) diagnosed Sept 24th, 2003, a week before his 10th birthday, pumping since Deecember 2003 - Animas 1250
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07-27-2006, 07:39 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 451
| | | Wow, Spike, that's a lot! Do you only use one more than the others? Which is your fav?
I only use one, the Accuchek Aviva. Like it good so far. Probably will want another to keep a backup when I start work again.
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Lex
Diagnosed July 1997 as Type 1
Correctly diagnosed April 2006 as Type 2
Taking: 1 mg Amaryl 1x a day, Byetta 5 mcg 2x a day
Tried: Novolog, Novolog 70/30, Lantus, Humalog, Humilin L and many many others
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07-27-2006, 10:40 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 3,358
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Originally Posted by camjen1 Obviously Spike is a junkie and is afraid to talk to anyone about his problem. Spike we are here to help! |
Don't forget those meters serve TWO diabetics. My wife is also a pumper. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Lex4153 Wow, Spike, that's a lot! Do you only use one more than the others? Which is your fav?
I only use one, the Accuchek Aviva. Like it good so far. Probably will want another to keep a backup when I start work again. | The meter I recommend the most -- UltraSmart & Ultra 2 (because of the larger font used to review bg history)
The meter I currently use the most - Compact Plus (because of convenience--not because I think it's any more accurate). It's also big and bulky and has no light. BUT, I can't seem to stop using it because it's all in one. No fumbling with strips and no need for a case. If they could make it a bit smaller, put in a light... Quote: |
Originally Posted by Lex4153 Wow, Spike, that's a lot! Do you only use one more than the others? Which is your fav?
I only use one, the Accuchek Aviva. Like it good so far. Probably will want another to keep a backup when I start work again. | My wife has an Aviva and we both tried it and liked it insofar as we used just one vial of strips. I've no idea how reliable it is, but the few times we used it, it seemed as if it was accurate. If I went back to fiddling with strips, I think it would be a good choice, but I'd most likely return to my previous long-term companions, the Ultras.
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07-27-2006, 11:43 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 9,311
| | | I keep going back to the Flash because it is small. I think it is pretty accurate as well. I just wish they would make the cases bright orange or something as I lose my meter at least five times a day!!!! Stupid black case.
__________________ Nancy Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa diagnosed type 1 October 1986
currently using Medtronic MiniMed
paradigm 715 CLEAR |
07-27-2006, 12:20 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,764
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Originally Posted by notme I keep going back to the Flash because it is small. I think it is pretty accurate as well. I just wish they would make the cases bright orange or something as I lose my meter at least five times a day!!!! Stupid black case. | I do agree on that. It would be neat to see additional color cases made for every meter. I can't recall ever seeing a meter case besides black, which seems odd to me since meters are heat sensitive.  I'd pay around $10 for a neat blue one that matches my Animas IR 1200. 
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●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2009)
~Cozmo 1800 (Jan. 2009 - ?)
●Dexcom Seven+ since August 1, 2009 Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
07-29-2006, 12:19 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 6,335
| | | Oh gosh. I was a bit of a meter conousier (sp?) for awhile.
2- Freestyle Flash
2- Original Freestyle (but I gave 1 away)
1- New Xtra
1- Old Xtra
1- Cozmonitor
1- Glucometer Dex (but I think I traded it in)
1- Glucometer Breeze
1- Elite XL (I don't think I have this anymore
~7 I think- BD Logics (but I threw most of them away)
1- Ultra
1- Ultrasmart
1- Relion (the blue one), but I traded it in
1- TrueTrack Smart System
2- Compact Pluses (got them for the Multiclix)
1- Compact
1- Active
1- Aviva
1- Advantage (but I ebayed it before I ever used it)
I think that's it. |
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