Re: Stuck myself with the cat's lancet

"Spot" <spot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>
I also reuse mine.  Every diabetic I know does the same thing.  It's not
to 
save money (they're very inexpensive, even for people on limited budgets
--  
the expense is in the strips).  However, it's much more convenient to
simply 
reuse the lancets, and I have never heard of any problems doing this. 
It's 
not at all the same thing as reusing a needle (which should *never* be 
done).  I would never use a lancet that anyone else had used (or let
anyone 
else use mine), but I don't hesitate to reuse my own.  I use a single
lancet 
for about three months.  It's start to change if lancing starts to hurt 
because that's a sign that the lancet is getting dull.  I do use an
alcohol 
swab on the lancing site (but not on the lancet itself) both before and 
after lancing, but many people do not even do that.  I suspect the OP will

not have any problems with the cat's lancet that he used, either, but I 
certainly would not recommend it -- and I would want to call my doctor and

inquire about that.  Incidentally, I don't even let anyone else use my 
glucometer because I load all of my readings onto my computer and take
that 
to the doctor.  Therefore, I don't want anyone else's readings to be
mingled 
with my own.

MaryL

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