How many Test Strips do you use in 1 month? Just Curious.
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Permalink Reply by David Perle on -
I test about 130 times per month, generly about 4-5 times per day. Only when I have either a high or low tests I watch to see if it is a trend. Are you under care of an Endocrinologist MD? A type 1 should not be with a General Practioner MD, they don't have the expertise to help you. One issue that causes me to swing is when I am under (self) caused nervous pressure. I then meditate and regain control. Dave
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Permalink Reply by Jethro on -
I test 300 per month. I also have good insurance (it's good to be a Teamster)
Insurance says that's too much and Endo's imply that 300 is excessive. And maybe if I was perfect and lived in a mechanical world where nothing fluctuated or changed I would need less strips but the menotony of an unchanging world would likely drive me insane. I am using my Dexcom again so I am able to put aside a few test strips here and there, of course we cant tell any professionals about that or they would end that. I don't buy into the end of world prediction stuff but if something huge happened how long could you survive on the supplies you have now, 30, 60 90 days?
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Permalink Reply by rubidoux on -
I think about this a lot, keeping a bit of a stash of supplies. I have had times where I've had a couple of months worth of insulin and 3 or 400 strips stashed. But my stash is totally depleted now bc I've been broke and had to dig into it. I live in an earthquake-prone area, so that is my big fear. But even if a big one came, I think the odds are that I'd have to make it through days or a week, probably not weeks or months. It is very rare that I'm on my last drops of humalog, so I think I shouldn't spend very much mental energy on this issue. lol I don't have a lot of stuff in my house or anything, but I think I have a bit of natural hoarder instinct.
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Permalink Reply by Margaret Ford on
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I use about 300 or more. I test about 10 to 12 times a day.
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Permalink Reply by Riette on -
Well it is a fact that the more you test the better your control.. BUT if you have a teenager child - he hates testing he sometimes only test 3-4 times per day.
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