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<blockquote data-quote="dancer" data-source="post: 799661" data-attributes="member: 110569"><p>I was diagnosed in 1978 and didn't use the wee strip but used a Clinitest set where I'd to put drops of urine and water into a small test tube and add a Clinitest tablet. It all fizzed up and ended up blue if there was no sugar or orange if there was lots of sugar (2%?), with various shades of green in between. I would've loved the strips!</p><p></p><p>In 1982 I was given BM strips to test my blood. They weren't on prescription at that time but a new consultant persuaded the hospital to fund them.</p><p></p><p>In 1985, the clinic gave me a blood glucose machine to use during my first pregnancy, and did the same during my second pregnancy in 1987. Both of these involved washing the blood off the strip. Thank goodness for progress!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dancer, post: 799661, member: 110569"] I was diagnosed in 1978 and didn't use the wee strip but used a Clinitest set where I'd to put drops of urine and water into a small test tube and add a Clinitest tablet. It all fizzed up and ended up blue if there was no sugar or orange if there was lots of sugar (2%?), with various shades of green in between. I would've loved the strips! In 1982 I was given BM strips to test my blood. They weren't on prescription at that time but a new consultant persuaded the hospital to fund them. In 1985, the clinic gave me a blood glucose machine to use during my first pregnancy, and did the same during my second pregnancy in 1987. Both of these involved washing the blood off the strip. Thank goodness for progress! [/QUOTE]
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