"Cherry" > wrote in message
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Firstly, it was not my intention to be nasty. However, I was amazed that
anyone could re-use a lancet and for such an extended length of time.

Secondly, medical professionals advocate using a fresh lancet everytime
because the lancet will pick up whatever is on and in your finger at the
time of use. This in itself will stop you from getting a clear and proper
reading. Also anything that is on the lancet will be going into your finger
everytime you re-use it leaving you liable to infection. Apart from which,
why do think they sell them in boxes of 200? They are so cheap to buy that
there is no need to re-use them.

Thirdly, I have never heard or known of anyone re-using lancets before.

Cherry


I saw a microscope pic of syringe tips after 1,2,3 and finally 6 injections,
and it's amazed me how on a microscopic scale, you can see how the original
very sharp and pointed tip gets bent over more and more with each
injection!!

You want as pain free poke as you can get? Used a brand new lancet! And
miss all the nerve endings if you can.

John Kuthe...

Exactly! At the rate that Julie is using lancets one box will last her 200
years. I'm not getting the point of this.

Cherry

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Much less painful. No need to waste time changing, or pay money to dispose
of. I don't know how you do it there but here we must use a purchased sharps
container and I have to pay to dispose of it. Before I got my needle
clipper, that thing filled up fast! Now I clip the needles and only have to
pay to dispose of the clipper. I can save up a lot of clippers and once I
eventually get my sharps container full, if I take that in and pay, they
will take the clippers for free.