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Permalink Reply by Joshua Marshall on July 4, 2012 at 8:40am

That's funny.I like it.

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Permalink Reply by Cora on July 4, 2012 at 9:44am

ROFLMAO! Thanks Richard. I am happy urine testing is no longer the gold standard too. Finger sticks really are so much better.

Cora

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Permalink Reply by Spock on July 4, 2012 at 4:52pm

As a 50 yearer, I was also a Tes-Tape user until the 80s. Had my son in '77. Imagine that without meters?

Looooove the photo. Eight of my 10 digits are currently either black and blue or have pin prick scars. Sometimes,when I add pressure after a fingerstick, five or six sites on the same finger will exude blood. Too many tests and not enough fingers! Oh my....

Anyway, thanks for the guffaw!

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Permalink Reply by christy on July 4, 2012 at 5:16pm

LOL LOVE the picture. I was diagnosed in 1985 so I was the proud owner of one of the earlier meters lol.. The thing was HUGE and took forever for results and each strip had to be indivually calibrated and was HORRIBLY expensive and insurance did not cover it. LOL can we say that's what mastercard is for. The finger pricker was some torture looking device and it DID require a HUGE drop of blood, and blotting. LOL but I am so thankful for that and NOT having to reliy of Tes-Tape, its just amazes me all of you who used that as a means of controlling your diabetes and just how well you all have done.

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Permalink Reply by Tim on July 4, 2012 at 5:32pm

I started home bg testing in 1982. I hated it. I thought it hurt. Of course today I wouldn't dream of not having a bg meter inches away from me. And I never ever flinch when I'm poking my own fingers. (If I'm getting my blood drawn at the docs office by a nurse or other medical practioner... I do flinch. I'm told this is typical for a "control freak".)

I had two "Autolets" that were the state of the art back then. (If you didn't have an autolet... there were these little disposable sterilized pieces of sharp sheet metal that came individually wrapped!).

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Permalink Reply by christy on July 4, 2012 at 6:08pm

LOL that one is a little different from the one I had, but yes almost as bad.

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Permalink Reply by Mikeonline2821 on July 5, 2012 at 5:53am

Richard,

That is probably the funniest thing I have seen in a while. Simple but funny. Not that I am happy to have Diabetes but wow you guys that have come up with it through the years have sure been the guinea pigs. I guess if I have to have this thing I am glad to have it now and not 20 years ago.

Thanks for sharing that pic. made me laugh just when I needed it.

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Permalink Reply by Richard157 on July 5, 2012 at 10:08am

Actually, Tes-Tape was a big improvement over using Benedict's solution with several drops of urine in a test tube, and then placing the tube in water on a stove and boiling for a few minutes. The resulting color of the liquid would indicate the amount of urine sugar. Blue indicates no urine sugar, and the further to the right in the pic, the higher the urine sugar. I used this method of testing for many years before Tes-Tape was available.

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Permalink Reply by Pastelpainter on July 5, 2012 at 4:49pm

LOL Richard! If I were you I would alter my method of doing fingersticks!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Brian Wittman on July 5, 2012 at 4:54pm

I am reminded of those who begin MDI, and how they say that the shots will hurt so much. I guess even the new Delicas, and similar, hurt too. I really hever have become accustomed to the finger stick and yes, I do remember Tes-Tape and how much it actually lied to its user.

Great post, Richard; it made me smile! :)

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Permalink Reply by Kathy on July 9, 2012 at 8:38am

Oh that is so funny Richard. May I share it on another diabetes forum I also post on?

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Permalink Reply by Richard157 on July 9, 2012 at 9:55am

Please do, Kathy! All TuD members are welcome to share this.

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