Wasting test strips...makes me so mad!

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Permalink Reply by Big Al on September 18, 2008 at 9:16am

Same problem with One Touch strips. Doesn't happen very often, but when it does, I just see a dollar bill flying in front of my eyes.

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Permalink Reply by Kelsie on September 18, 2008 at 6:16pm

For a while, I was really good about getting a big enough drop of blood, but recently (within the past two weeks) I've wasted at least 6... Which is even worse because I was at the end of my supply...

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Permalink Reply by Tim Neill on September 22, 2008 at 6:05pm

Even worse...you prick your finger and you're all set to test and then you realize that you forgot to put the test strip in the meter! Argh!

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Permalink Reply by Patra Philips on August 4, 2009 at 7:50pm

oh... I really hate it when that happens!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan on September 18, 2008 at 10:37am

And how about waiting for the one-touch to be ready? If I don't get a big enough sample the first time, I have a tendency to be too quick to apply it on the second strip, so wind up using 3 for a single test.

Has anyone else noticed that the time it takes the One Touch to get ready has increased from the One Touch Ultra to the One Touch Ultra Link? It's like years of habit with the Ultra now result in more strips being wasted. Perhaps this is their way of increasing sales. Or perhaps I'm just too cynical.

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Permalink Reply by Big Al on September 18, 2008 at 10:50am

Not noticed that issue. I usually insert the strip before I use my lancet, though, so it is usually ready for me before I am ready for it. The UltraSmart does that automatically, so 1 less button to push too, as long as I don't have to change the code for the strips.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on September 18, 2008 at 3:43pm

I do this sometimes and it makes me so mad, but I'm still on the the plain old Ultra. I can't believe the new one takes even longer to "warm up", it's probably more complicated software or something.

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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on September 18, 2008 at 10:49am

It DOES take the Utra Link Meter longer to get ready. I've wasted a few dollars, er, strips, by applying a sample before the Meter wanted it. It's annoying as hell.

This is especially true when you're trying to take a sample in the middle of the night while driving on the Interstate without your glasses and you have to go to the bathroom. I hate it when that happens.

Terry

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan on September 19, 2008 at 6:20am

It happens to me when I am low and am tricked out on the adrenalin rush from it. Or trying to sneak in a quick test when stopped at a traffic light (funny how those red lights are always the shortest).

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Permalink Reply by kerry on August 4, 2009 at 10:37pm

I hate it when that happens, too.

Or at a stop light while having a conflict with your teenager? And she points out that it's really not safe to do stuff with needles while driving? And she's running late to school?

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Permalink Reply by Sheila Green on August 6, 2009 at 3:38am

Ha...ha...I can relate....it ALWAYS happens when I am driving....my pump starts beeping for something....either "check BG"...High BG....calibration error....sensor end...I swear its always something, and I always check before I start driving...grr....it gets all tangled up in the seatbelt....then I worry because the pump is no longer close to the transmitter for the sensor...its just a complicated mess....always, always when I am driving....its soo annoying....of course, the obvious thing would be to pull over....which I don;t.....

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Permalink Reply by Misty on September 18, 2008 at 12:05pm

It's the same thing with the Onetouch Ultramini! I was so excited to get it and switched from the Freestyle Flash to use it, because I love how it looks and I like it for the most part. But with the Freestyle you can load up the test strip for 60 seconds, and with the OneTouch, if you interrupt the vacuum before enough blood gets sucked up, you wasted the strip. I found my strips for roughly .50 apiece so it's not as bad, but still makes me mad!

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