Re: Stuck myself with the cat's lancet

On Jun 21, 2:03 pm, "Spot" <s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Where the heck have you been..........................Most diabetics DO
NOT
> reuse a lancelet.  You are letting yourself wide open for an infection
> sooner or later.  Beside lancelets are the cheapest part don't be
stupid.
> And yes I am diabetic my doctor would smack me upside the head if I told
him
> I was reusing lancelets.
>
> Celeste
>
> "Richard Evans" <info...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
> news:m5eq54pt5a67l6hvmejfphou3l427g7aml@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > Lynne <unmonitored.em...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >>Richard Evans wrote:
> >>> The cat and I are both diabetic. I check my own sugar 6-8 times per
> >>> day, I check his twice. We have separate glucometer kits. Today,
while
> >>> preparing to check the cat's sugar, I had a brain fart and instead
of
> >>> lancing the cat I lanced my own forearm with a lancet that had been
> >>> previously used on the cat.
>
> >>> I immediately rinsed it with alcohol, but what are the chances I
> >>> caught anything from the incident?
>
> >>why are you reusing lancets??
>
> > Because that's been my practice for over ten years. Most diabetics
> > change lancets once or twice a year , if that.

Heh...is your doc living on S.S.? And how do YOU know what "most
diabetics"
do? Please read last sentence of my other post here. Who are YOU to
jump
on this dude. No one is landing on you for what you choose to do. BTW,
he
is also wishful thinking when he states "most diabetics" are doing
what he does.
Let us pick more exciting stuff to get all blown away over.
I refuse to speculate on what "most" diabetics are doing these days,
ROFL.