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12-10-2004, 08:27 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Savannah, GA USA
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| | Just gotta "bump it", baby!  |
12-10-2004, 08:31 AM
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| | Has anyone lese come across anymore-new meter companies interested in giving away free meters to test...  |
12-10-2004, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by jared Has anyone lese come across anymore-new meter companies interested in giving away free meters to test... | Just call up one of the local hospital's CDEs. They should have pretty good knowledge of what's out there. Usually the sales reps always call on them and drop of all kinds of stuff. Or they can put you in contact with the reps. |
12-15-2004, 12:48 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida
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| |  How does one "bump" something? I'm bump challenged. 
__________________ Angie ...T1 since Oct. 2003   |
12-15-2004, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by zookeeper671 How does one "bump" something? I'm bump challenged. | You just did it. whenever you post a reply on a thread it is bumped to the chronological top of the page. 
oops, now I did it! 
__________________ The only way to manage diabetes is to CURE it... Diabetes since December, 1983 Meds: Humalog/Pump since 1998, Synthroid 88mcg, Zetia 10mg, Altace 10mg, Prevacid 30mg, Benfotiamine 600mg, 1-a-day multivitamin, Aspirin 325 mg, Garlic-geltab 4,000mg, methylcel. fiber therapy 2,000mg(for cholesterol) So, what's in your lunchbox?  |
12-15-2004, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by archimeech Just gotta "bump it", baby! | I'm gonna leave that alone. 
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you. |
12-15-2004, 10:09 AM
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| | | I've gotten most of my meters in the past for free. the only one we paid for, was this huge one that I put on my arm, called Soft-touch or something..but it kept breaking so we got our $300 back. But all you have to do, atleast what we do, is go to the Diabetic Team at the hospital when I have to do my check-up with them..and they usually give us a bunch of supplies if my mom can't afford them, and once in a while they give us a meter that the company is trying to promote. |
12-30-2004, 07:19 PM
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| | | Just moving it up a bit.
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Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Lead me, save me
from my solitude . . .
Say you want me
with you ,
here beside you . . .
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that's all I ask of . . .
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01-13-2005, 07:24 PM
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JUST BUMPING IT, BABY 
__________________ Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you. |
01-20-2005, 03:44 AM
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| | You only bump the ones you love! errr, I mean hurt the ones you love, or love the bumps that are left by your hurt ones, hmmm how does that song go again? lol
__________________ The only way to manage diabetes is to CURE it... Diabetes since December, 1983 Meds: Humalog/Pump since 1998, Synthroid 88mcg, Zetia 10mg, Altace 10mg, Prevacid 30mg, Benfotiamine 600mg, 1-a-day multivitamin, Aspirin 325 mg, Garlic-geltab 4,000mg, methylcel. fiber therapy 2,000mg(for cholesterol) So, what's in your lunchbox? |
02-10-2005, 03:43 AM
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| | Just thought I go ahead and bump this one again. 
__________________ The only way to manage diabetes is to CURE it... Diabetes since December, 1983 Meds: Humalog/Pump since 1998, Synthroid 88mcg, Zetia 10mg, Altace 10mg, Prevacid 30mg, Benfotiamine 600mg, 1-a-day multivitamin, Aspirin 325 mg, Garlic-geltab 4,000mg, methylcel. fiber therapy 2,000mg(for cholesterol) So, what's in your lunchbox? |
02-21-2005, 04:53 AM
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Doin' Da Bump, yet again !!!!!!!!! 
__________________ Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you. |
02-21-2005, 05:01 AM
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| | | i would like to hear about som of you old timmers. how were the meters when they first were available to the public? how big were they. (Like cell phones were like the army walkie talkies) |
02-21-2005, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by jared i would like to hear about som of you old timmers. how were the meters when they first were available to the public? how big were they. (Like cell phones were like the army walkie talkies) | Ok. Well, I'm Not an old timer,  but the first meter I remember using was (in the 80's): The Glucochek S.C.
It has reading times of 2 minutes and its dimensions are: 6 3/8" x 2 3/4" 7/8" (way bigger than the ones available now). Users had to insert the strip two times (once facing up, and the other after blood was applied). Strips used: Chemstrip BG (or for the Glucochek AD version, Dextrostix could be used).
The second meter I had was the: Glucometer M.
It has reading times of 1 minute. Here's a pic: 
However, I think the "oldest" model is the Ames Reflectance meter, as shown on this site: Diabetes Monitor
Even though those meters were "old school," they were a blessing at the time they were released. The other alternative was a visual test. Hope these help.
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
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02-22-2005, 03:34 AM
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| | | My first one was the Accu-Check. It took 2 minutes to read the strip. One minute of time with the blood sitting on the strip then wipe, one minute later it would read it. the only memory you had was taping all the strips to a piece of paper for rereading later. It would check the color of the 2 chemicals on the tip and give you the reading. Man, I had forgotten how much that maching sucked! lol
__________________ The only way to manage diabetes is to CURE it... Diabetes since December, 1983 Meds: Humalog/Pump since 1998, Synthroid 88mcg, Zetia 10mg, Altace 10mg, Prevacid 30mg, Benfotiamine 600mg, 1-a-day multivitamin, Aspirin 325 mg, Garlic-geltab 4,000mg, methylcel. fiber therapy 2,000mg(for cholesterol) So, what's in your lunchbox? |
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