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10-15-2006, 12:37 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Norwich, UK
Posts: 218
| | | New Lancet each time you test?
Just wondered if other people use a new lancet every time they
prick their finger. I was always told to do this, but now I use
the same one until it starts to hurt when I use it 
What do you do? 
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Aspirin 75mg x 1
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10-15-2006, 12:46 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,369
| | | I changed mine when I think about it. Which is probably every 3-6 months.
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10-15-2006, 12:49 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,847
| | | I change each week although I've been thinking of changing more frequently.
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10-15-2006, 01:19 PM
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Posts: 1,072
| | i change when I remember or when it hurts....should do it more often
Liz 
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10-15-2006, 01:35 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,351
| | | Changing a lancet at least doubles the time it takes to test, I've better things to do with my time. |
10-15-2006, 01:40 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,500
| | | I try to do it once a day, but it's more like once every couple of days. |
10-15-2006, 02:00 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,846
| | Once every few weeks for me... |
10-15-2006, 02:12 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada
Posts: 72
| | | I normally change it when i think about it
that makes it normally every few months
i really do need to do it mor often
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10-15-2006, 03:07 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Virginia
Posts: 37
| | | Well, the local pharmacy has a picture magnified hundreds of times of an unused vs. used lancet. The used lancet's point is damaged, bent a little, almost crumpled like the front-end of a car in a front-end collision. So, I change my lancet everytime I test. |
10-15-2006, 03:24 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Maryland
Posts: 11
| | | I change mine once a week or so. It really depends on when I remember to do it! |
10-15-2006, 03:33 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 3,358
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by jjordie  Just wondered if other people use a new lancet every time they
prick their finger. I was always told to do this, but now I use
the same one until it starts to hurt when I use it
What do you do? | seldom change my lancet |
10-15-2006, 03:35 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,816
| | | I never used to use a new lancet. I would use mine for MONTHS. Then I realized I had a ton of lancets. Now I change the lancet almost everytime I test when I am home. My fingers look better and I bleed easier. |
10-15-2006, 03:49 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Land of Oz/Kansas
Posts: 711
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I change mine whenever it starts to hurt. I know that isn't right, and they send me tons of lancets, it's just not something I think about very often. I change mine maybe once every week or so. And then I complain becuz I have soooo many lancets, lol.
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10-15-2006, 04:08 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,419
| | | I change the lancet when it starts to hurt.
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10-15-2006, 06:52 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Far-from-Fenway
Posts: 157
| | | Once or twice a week. |
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