300+ Pricks Per Lancet
How many times do you use the same lancet?
I might change mine 8 times a year - and that is a big might---
I might change mine 8 times a year - and that is a big might---
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Permalink Reply by beth on
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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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 Jen on
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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
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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
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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
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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 -
is that why it hurt...guess it's time to change mine...
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