Wasting test strips...makes me so mad!

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Permalink Reply by wil v on August 4, 2009 at 9:55pm

I have an accu-check aviva, and i guess I got a bad lot of strips because I went through 10 one right after the other with plenty of blood and they all gave me error codes. I had to go to a back up set of strips, but the waste.

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Permalink Reply by Ron on August 5, 2009 at 7:07am

I think no matter what meter we use if the sample is not big enough and we want to reapply the second to be finished with it. Then not only are we aggravated that we have to add another strip (not to mention seeing that $1 + time and aggravation flying away) and and possibly stick ourselves again but, then there is a few more seconds we have to wait for the meter to be ready. Half the time I just want to continue what I was doing before I had to take time out and test. This happens especially when you are in a rush weather it be a short lunch and running back to work or late to be somewhere at night and you need to eat in a hurry.

May your samples be plentiful and your meters never flake out on you!!!!!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shaw on August 5, 2009 at 11:16am

Yes, it does happen to me at least a couple times a month. Last week it happened two times in a row! Makes really mad also. One dollar out the window everytime I don't get enough blood on the strip. That is crazy.

And while we are on this subject, isn't just ridiculous that there is a about a 900% mark up on One Touch strips? Shame on all of these companies that are overcharging us! Sorry, didn't mean to take over. I am just saying....

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Permalink Reply by Patra Philips on August 5, 2009 at 2:32pm

Seriously? 900% markup? Then I'm sure they have no incentives to make them better....

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shaw on August 6, 2009 at 7:16am

Patra. This is true. 900% markup. Pretty sad isn't it? This is at least for the one touch. There was a post here somewhere regarding this. I am assuming that all the strips cost about a dime to make, but don't quote me on that.

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Permalink Reply by debb on August 6, 2009 at 10:34am

sounds like soda pop. it costs about 20 cents to make a 20 oz. bottle of pop. from the plastic bottle and cap to the soda pop. how much does it cost now? $1 49? it's crazy how much everything is marked up. i understand making a profit but come on.

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Permalink Reply by Robyn on August 6, 2009 at 10:44am

Yesterday....3 strips wasted. This am...2 already! I think it is done on purpose, those faulty strips.....more $ to be made. Those %$#*&^ rat %$#(*& 's....LOL

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Permalink Reply by Sandra burke on August 6, 2009 at 10:46am

I think it must be Planned Obsolesants!! LOL

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Permalink Reply by MelissaM on August 5, 2009 at 5:08pm

be glad it's not the 45 second waiting game with the first one touch I had. I wish I knew where it was so I could show y'all this massive thing.

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Permalink Reply by debb on August 6, 2009 at 4:10am

when i think of what so many of you had to go through, i'm am truly grateful that it's not so bad now, we are spoiled and don't even realize just how easy we have it. so many of our loved ones died because no one really knew what the real best way was in taking care of our D. it was all guess work on the medical professions part. even though they still haven't come up with a cure we have still come a long way,

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on August 6, 2009 at 6:19am

True, my Accu-Check IIM counted down about a minute while the giant blood drop changed the strip color (or whatever it was I was waiting for), then you had to wipe the strip with a cotton ball, insert the strip, wait at least another minute. It was almost faster just to use the color chart on the side of the bottle.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on August 6, 2009 at 10:56am

I started off with a One Touch Basic too.. that was the most horrible meter EVER. It took something like 5uL of blood.. the most any current meter takes is 1uL, most are much less (freestyle is .3uL).

Nothing like getting up at 3am, coming up with a HUGE blood sample while you're low.. then waiting almost a minute for the results.. I'm shocked I didn't pass out - usually I'd start eating before the test was done because I knew I had to have something and I didn't want to wait. It's amazing how far things have come.

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