300+ Pricks Per Lancet

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Permalink Reply by beth on July 19, 2007 at 12:30pm

I might change mine 6 times a year. Or rather, my husband does. I never remember to.

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Permalink Reply by Terry on February 2, 2008 at 6:40pm

Thats crazy to think about, I have always been told to change the lancet every time I used it, but I have never listened to that and I change mine only when it gets too dull or whenever I think about it but I bet I average about exactly that about 8 times per year thats funny.

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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on July 19, 2007 at 12:31pm

My wife changes mine too. :)

If it were for me, about 8 times a year sounds about right. I remember the day when I first read that it was OK to reuse the same lancet more than ONCE in Dr. Bernstein's book... it was like a REVELATION!!! :D

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Permalink Reply by Hannah McD on July 19, 2007 at 1:46pm

Hmm, don't think I've changed mine in 2 months. Thanks to this post, I think I just might. :)

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Permalink Reply by Lea B on July 19, 2007 at 2:02pm

HUH? Hold on a second till my shock wears off.....

Why is Noah's doctor telling me to use a new lancet every time?

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Permalink Reply by beth on July 19, 2007 at 3:46pm

The very safest, most sterile thing to do is change it every time. I've never done that. I still have the box of lancets they gave me when I was Dx, 4 years ago. I haven't used half.

How much you want to change your lancet is a tricky decision... I don't change mine every time because it's enormously inconvenient, as I test 10-15 times a day or so, and makes me want to test less. I also have 4 meters, and use them all, and each one gets a new lancet every month or two, so it averages out that each lancet gets about 2 weeks of checks.

If I had a D kid, I'd probably use 1/day.

I once used one so many times that its angled tip sort of folded over on itself and it stopped working.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer J. on July 19, 2007 at 4:18pm

When I was first diagnosed my mom changed mine every time. I'm not sure when we stopped doing that.

Now I change it when it starts to hurt or when I find myself changing the finger pricker to a higher setting. It probably averages out to once every month or two.

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Permalink Reply by Alison on July 19, 2007 at 2:05pm

we change it every time, doesn't it get dull after so many uses? Of course Tony's lancet is one the second to lowest setting since he's got fresh baby skin.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Goldsmith on July 19, 2007 at 2:06pm

I change the lancet with every new container of test strips...... so every 50 strips. Seems to work well without having to track em!!

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Permalink Reply by M on July 19, 2007 at 3:37pm

Same here. So roughly one lancet to every 50 tests, or 5 - 7 days.

They DO get dull and hurt more as time goes on, so I don't like to leave them longer than that. The first days lancing is pain free, and slowly it gets more & more noticeable, and my fingers get bigger & bigger marks, until I finally switch over.

I'd never change more often than maybe every 2 - 3 days, seems a total waste really. For kids I'd change more often as they tend to be more germy creatures! And feel the pain more on their sensitive fingers. But I doubt there'd be any problem with reusing a lancet at least a few times, if the child didn't mind.

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Permalink Reply by katra farah on May 12, 2010 at 8:08pm

is that why it hurt...guess it's time to change mine...

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Permalink Reply by Katrina on August 23, 2007 at 12:13pm

Mark, that's a great idea. lol

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