Re: Stuck myself with the cat's lancet

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:59:38 -0400, Richard Evans
<infodex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>hopitus <hopitus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> >>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? 
>
>Based on repeated threads on alt.sup****t.diabetes over many years.
>
>>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. 
>
>Uh, yes, they are. So far, nobody has answered my question, just
>ragged on me for reuising lancets.
>

I don't have your answer, but I will say that I certainly re-use my
lancets until they become dull.  It's ignorant for anyone to say that
you're going to give yourself diseases by reusing your own Lancet!
They must work for the company that sells them -- or are believing the
propaganda that they put out.

It's exactly like the way that the Littermaid company says to replace
the receptacle when it gets full and needs emptying.  I change it
about once every 3 months when it wears out.  There's no money for the
company in my doing that -- and there's no money for the company in
re-using  BG test lancets - but that doesn't mean it's not perfectly
OK to do it.  Noteverybody is independently wealthy and has the choice
of throwing away perfectly good re-usable items.
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Zob