Comment by mollyjade on July 11, 2007 at 4:05pm

You can change them?

Comment by Scott K. Johnson on July 11, 2007 at 4:58pm

LOL @ MJ!

I usually only change them when they hurt like hell AND don't produce any blood.

Even then, I sometimes switch to a "softer" finger...

Then, when I change it, I'm like "wow - this is awesome! I should change more often!"

I know, I'm terrible.

Comment by Steve R on July 11, 2007 at 5:57pm

I'm do about the same as Scott. I like mollyjade's answer.

Some more joke answers?
"once a year whether I need to or not"
" when the clock springs ahead and when it falls back.

Comment by fobrien on July 11, 2007 at 6:02pm

I change mine about as often as Scott. I keep upping the "depth" on the poker. I do like the BD brand lancets, though. I've always used generic store brand but my meter came with a sample pack. They really do hurt less!

Comment by Crystalee on July 11, 2007 at 6:12pm

I change mine when it hurts and I have the time and space to put everything down to change it out. about every 2 weeks. I should change them more often since my insurance covers most of it, my copay for 100 lancets in like $10. wish they covered more on the test strips.

Comment by Daena on July 11, 2007 at 8:00pm

i'm horrible...i used to change them every time, but i've become much better and change them every few days. i'm now working on changing them every few weeks or months. if i can't save on test strips, at least i should attempt to save on lancets!

Comment by L W on July 11, 2007 at 8:42pm

I'm pretty random. I'll change them every test for a while, then drop to every other day, then once a week.. usually I'm not worse than that though.

I havn't figured out why though. Changing them is quick and easy, but I think it's that when I'm testing my blood sugars, I just want to test and be done with it, and go eat or go back to what I'm doing. That little step doesn't seem worth the 10 seconds it would take.

Comment by Kerri Sparling on July 12, 2007 at 6:17am

Honestly? I probably change it once a week, or at worst, once every two weeks. Or once it springs forward and ends up lodged in my fingertip like a harpoon. Gross.

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