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Permalink Reply by Bradford on July 20, 2010 at 11:36am

There is no where to donate or sell them within TuD. You might try donating them to your endo or other physician. As long as they are unopened boxes, I think they would be open to taking them. If not them, I think you should try finding a local free clinic. Or maybe look up a doctors w/o borders type of organization. They would gladly take strips.

I hope that your daughter is able to focus on school more w/o the stress from her pod experience. Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Rebecca on July 20, 2010 at 11:46am

The Children with Diabetes website has a forum where members can post supplies they'd like to trade. Go here to check it out: http://forums.childrenwithdiabetes.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72

Permalink Reply by Serena on July 20, 2010 at 11:47am

Maybe Insulin for Life? I think the URL is insulinforlife.org and they donate D supplies to third world countries. Or, maybe there's someone on this list without insurance who would welcome the donation? ;)

Permalink Reply by Candice Carr on July 20, 2010 at 2:09pm

Wow! Thanks for all the information - I love this idea about third world countries. My daughter has commented in the past that if she lived in a country without good health insurance or services she would be dead by now. She's lucky that we do have insurance and of course, that I'm not just cutting off her since she turned 18 :)

Permalink Reply by Denise Ventura on July 20, 2010 at 12:05pm

Admittedly, when Minimed made a switch of their bloodsugar monitors, I had a bunch of unopened boxes of test strips-- so I EBay'd them and made about $70.

I can understand-- being in college is stressful enough- stress causes bloodsugars to rise. I was still using injections back then.. didn't switch to a pump until I had a full time job where I had time to learn how to properly use a pump. I can say the same thing about Omnipod-- it takes a while to get used to.

Permalink Reply by roy greene on July 20, 2010 at 1:33pm

sell them on ebay or put a notice here and donate them to someone on this web site thank you roy

Permalink Reply by elaine peterson on July 20, 2010 at 8:56pm

A while back there was some info somewhere here about an organization getting diabetic supplies to Haiti. You could research Haiti in the forums, if you are interested.

My skin was very sensitive when I was young. I probably wouldn't have been able to wear the pods back then. There will most likely be many changes in your daughter's treatment as she ages. Good luck to her.

Permalink Reply by Mike Adelman on July 21, 2010 at 11:42am

You could always donate them to Diabetic Rockstar. That is what I did when I switched glucometers.
http://www.diabeticrockstar.com/

Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on July 21, 2010 at 9:08pm

Strips aren't prescription items, so we actually allow you to give them away in our discussion forum for free, unused, non-expired, non-prescription diabetic supplies, too.

Permalink Reply by MaiaJane on July 22, 2010 at 9:16pm

I'm a podder just finishing my first year of College too! If your daughter wants someone to talk to about the totally crazy balancing act I'm sure we both lead, let me know! I did the first half of my year still on MDI if she wants any pointers on college life WITHOUT OmniPod!