Re: [IP] Re: Changing Lancets
On 7/31/06, email @ redacted <email @ redacted> wrote:
> Well, I can feel very good about myself that I am NOT contributing to the
> wealth of those making the big bucks from the lancets. There wasn't anyone
here
> that replied they suffered from an infection from using a lancet for a week,
> a month or a year or longer. I was using 1 a day, maybe I'll try 1 every
> other day.
> suzeeq MM 515 4/2005
OK, I HAVE had an infection from a lancet stick. More than likely it
was from something on the skin rather than from anything left on the
lancet, but what the heck, so I changed FIVE times that year (or was
it 3, I think I forgot both DST changes) The infection cleared in a
few days, no anti-biotics necessary. That did NOT alter my frequency
of changes. When the lancet starts pulling the skin back due to the
barb on the end of it, then I will change (or maybe I'll try
sharpening it like we used to do with our needles) ;-)
George
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