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09-11-2007, 07:27 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,500
| | | Meter code numbers....
Am I the only one who, upon opening a new box of strips, desperately hopes for a different number? I use the one touch meters, and I've had nothing but 9's ALL summer long....I opened a new box of 100 stips earlier this week and I was so hoping for a different number...but I got 9 again!
In May I had some 1's, which was a first.
I know this is silly, but there it is.
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~Holly~
Incorrectly dx'ed type 2 7/00 
Correctly dx'ed type 1 5/01
MDI
Lantus 2x daily & Humalog
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09-11-2007, 07:31 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucks County, PA, USA
Posts: 1,067
| | I'm the same way. I know it's stupid, and it really is pretty much nothing, but it's just one of those things. BTW, I just got 2 boxes of 9s a few weeks ago. This was after several boxes of 23s. Never had 9s before...
Exciting lives we lead. 
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Unless otherwise stated, the opinions expressed here are my own and are in no way intended to be considered as anything other than my opinion. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. |
09-11-2007, 07:36 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,261
| | | How funny! I never pay that much attention to what the #'s are...i'd actually like to have more of the same #'s so I wouldn't have to change the stupid codes..I use the one-touch as well. I'm on code 22 right now, had code 16 before...I don't think i've ever had the same code on 2 months of strips since i've been using them (a year).
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
09-11-2007, 07:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas
Posts: 788
| | | I have 5 boxes of 9's at home from my latest mail order, before that I was getting 4's.
Ok, time to get a life,lol |
09-11-2007, 07:41 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,369
| | | I just started a new batch and was "upgraded." I think for at least the last year I had been on 8's and this new box finally was a 9. I think when coding goes away on Lifescan meters that I might actually cry.
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09-11-2007, 09:32 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,422
| | | 13's and 17's only for my Freestyle Flash. Nothing but...... |
09-11-2007, 09:38 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,500
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg  I think when coding goes away on Lifescan meters that I might actually cry. |
I understand that! I actually ENJOY opening a new box to see what the number will be...like it actually matters!
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~Holly~
Incorrectly dx'ed type 2 7/00
Correctly dx'ed type 1 5/01
MDI
Lantus 2x daily & Humalog
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09-11-2007, 10:02 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Fort Collins, CO
Posts: 368
| | | Is anyone into numerology? Maybe all this means something. I usually get 24's and 25's.
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09-11-2007, 10:13 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,419
| | | I had several months of 9 and finally this new batch is a 17.
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09-11-2007, 01:47 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bolton, lancashire
Posts: 78
| | | Hi Im exactly the same. Ever since I bought the meter around April iv'e had 9's. sad thing is iv'e started to look forward to opening the box just to see what number it is. i need to get a life!!
Deb
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Type 1
Diagnosed April 2003
Oct 2006 1ac-13.9 (pre pump)
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09-11-2007, 02:57 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 543
| | | I've used AccuChek for years and years, and I've never had the same code twice in a row.
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09-11-2007, 04:15 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Livonia, MI
Posts: 521
| | | My Freestyle strips are a different code EVERY month! For once, I wish I would get a new code! On the other hand, I just got a month of One Touch strips, to try out the Ultra 2 for a bit, maybe I will have some same code consistency!
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1.23.08 A1C 6.5 |
09-11-2007, 08:24 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 64
| | | I'm new and have only had 3 packages of strips (25 each package). One 9 and two 1's.
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09-12-2007, 03:17 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Federal Way, Wa
Posts: 1,107
| | | I just opened a new box of strips and its a 9 too. Almost befitting a conspiracy theory...
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05/07 = 14, BG = 573
08/07 = 6.1
11/07 = 5.6
05/08 = 5.9
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09-12-2007, 04:36 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Macomb Twp, Mich
Posts: 868
| | | I have been getting 9's since April. I just opened a box of 8's
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(April '07-A1C= 6.9)
(August '07 A1C= 6.4)
(March '08 A1C= 6.4)
(June '08 A1C= 6.3)
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