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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1669616" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>That's really interesting about the press outcry about the move to strips. The same probably happened with the move from colour changing strips to those oh so expensive electronic meters.Looks like history is repeating itself with libre. </p><p></p><p>Whenever there's something new, someone will always whine about it, just....because...</p><p></p><p>Just as there was fuss and bother about moves from urine testing to strips to meters, all of which faded away, I'm pretty sure that the new kid on the block will be accepted and everyone will forget why it was ever doubted.</p><p></p><p>I'm a relative newbie in this compared to you guys, dx'd 1988, but I do still remember my then dsn Sister Carmichael explaining how the colour changing strips were expensive so it made sense to cut them in half to get twice as much (and, bonus for me, half a strip needs less blood!).</p><p></p><p>I got a bit nostalgic a few months back and bought some Glucoflex R colour changing strips. Only used a couple for old times sake, but I'd forgotten just how much damned blood each one needs! And also the artistry involved in lancing, squeezing, hovering the finger over the strip, carefully applying. It seems almost like an Olympic sport compared to the suck it up capillary action of modern strips!</p><p></p><p>The makers seem to have cottoned on to the cutting in half gig, though. They're a lot narrower now, you'd need some professional cutting equipment now to half them, not just mum's knitting and sewing scissors!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1669616, member: 374531"] That's really interesting about the press outcry about the move to strips. The same probably happened with the move from colour changing strips to those oh so expensive electronic meters.Looks like history is repeating itself with libre. Whenever there's something new, someone will always whine about it, just....because... Just as there was fuss and bother about moves from urine testing to strips to meters, all of which faded away, I'm pretty sure that the new kid on the block will be accepted and everyone will forget why it was ever doubted. I'm a relative newbie in this compared to you guys, dx'd 1988, but I do still remember my then dsn Sister Carmichael explaining how the colour changing strips were expensive so it made sense to cut them in half to get twice as much (and, bonus for me, half a strip needs less blood!). I got a bit nostalgic a few months back and bought some Glucoflex R colour changing strips. Only used a couple for old times sake, but I'd forgotten just how much damned blood each one needs! And also the artistry involved in lancing, squeezing, hovering the finger over the strip, carefully applying. It seems almost like an Olympic sport compared to the suck it up capillary action of modern strips! The makers seem to have cottoned on to the cutting in half gig, though. They're a lot narrower now, you'd need some professional cutting equipment now to half them, not just mum's knitting and sewing scissors! [/QUOTE]
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