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04-09-2008, 11:30 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,598
| | | Contour Link - Canada eh!
I got it today direct from Minimed. The local Purolator stop had a 15 of them ready for pickup. Of course they send them to our homes with no notice, not that it would matter. And it required a sig so no leaving on the step.
My Pharmacist thought it would be a newer version requiring only .3ul of blood instead of the advertised .6ul. Wrong! It still takes a larger amount and it is more sensitive than the BD. It errs very very easily. I've wasted 1 of 4 tests. So far the readings are close enough to my BD.
Lunch pp double comparison
BD 5.1, 7.0
Contour 6.3, 5.8
I'll be testing side-by-side as long as my fingers let me. |
04-09-2008, 11:37 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,737
| | | Still waiting on mine... I had a card from Minimed saying it was on the way
'sfunny 'cos when the Link first came out I was already using a Contour and after trying the meter (forget the brand) Minimed sent out I trusted my Contour readings more so stuck with it... time to give the Link another go eh!
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
04-09-2008, 11:46 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,598
| | | I'm surprised you don't have yours yet. I'm only a four hour drive closer to Torannah! |
04-09-2008, 11:48 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,737
| | | Mail/delivery is notoriously sloooow to NS
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
04-09-2008, 04:13 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,537
| | | I'm so jealous the Canadians already have their's. |
04-09-2008, 05:28 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas
Posts: 689
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Originally Posted by Funnygrl  I'm so jealous the Canadians already have their's. |
Me too  I want my new link meter |
04-10-2008, 09:56 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,394
| | | I got mine last week too. Other than the fact that it puts the readings to my pump, and takes a smaller amount of blood (with it's "sip" technology), it's not all that great and I'm not going to change from my OneTouch Ultrasmart.
Frankly it's kind of ticky that these companies just don't put all the great stuff from all the meters into one product. Bayer Strips are the best at sucking blood. Ultrasmart is the best meter because it stores so much info (if you want that, but don't "have" to use it) and their prices are the cheapest). I'd like a night light for dark situation.
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Type 1
Dx'd Oct 2, 2006
Medtronic pumper - NovoRapid
Drusens in both eyes.
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04-10-2008, 10:59 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,737
| | | Trouble is it's market driven and there is no incentive for the pharmaceutical companies to get together and do the best by us... maybe we need to start a Big-D Co-Operative..?
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
04-17-2008, 11:20 AM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: BC, Canada
Posts: 58
| | I have a contour link also. It's great! I love how you can set the settings before you eat after you eat and just random. It keeps me organized! 
Did yours come with a cable? I need to get one.
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Type 1 since 1988 = 20 years.
Pump (Minimed Paradigm 522) started= April 14, 2008.
Basal Rate @ 0.90/Hr. using Novo Rapid. Testing with Bayer Contour Link.
HBA1C
April 2008= 7.5% (A1C before Pumping).
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04-21-2008, 08:22 PM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 389
| | | How come I didn't get a contour link? What do you have to do? Is it the new one they were talking about from one touch?
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Diagnosed September 18th, 2006
Pumping with Animas IR 1250 from December 18th, 2006-January 25th, 2007 (I don't like stinging boluses)
Pumping with Minimed 722 since January 25th, 2007 |
04-21-2008, 08:50 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,537
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by MinimedPumper07 How come I didn't get a contour link? What do you have to do? Is it the new one they were talking about from one touch? | You have to live in Canada. And no, the OneTouch one hasn't been approved yet. |
04-21-2008, 09:43 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 28
| | | I have the Contour link, but I'm not using it. Never even took it out of the package. Hoping that someone in the states will want to trade for the one touch link when it comes out? |
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