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Glucose monitor with needle phobia

DougDyl

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102
Location
Scotland
Type of diabetes
Other
Treatment type
Diet only
Dislikes
Cruelty to people and animals
Hi I am looking for some help or suggestions please. I have never tested my blood sugar before as I have a phobia with needles. I am nearing my 70s and have never even had my ears pierced due to this.
I have seen the accu chek fastclix mentioned on a few posts and wondered if this might be suitable for me. What I am confused about is what exactly would I require for testing. Are you able to buy the complete package for the accu chek or would I have to buy all necessary parts individually. If so what would I require. Can you mix and match with different brands or have you got to stick to whatever u start with.
I'm very sorry if this has been disgust before.
I no Rachox is very good at posting new monitors but don't no if I could cope with some of them. Also how do you dispose of your used lancets.
When this is all new it seems very confusing. X
 
Hi

I use a Gluco RxQ monitor, with the associated test strips. I have a spring-driven lancet that I bought from Amazon years ago - I don't change lancets much. And I picked up a small protective hard case for the kit as the supplied pouch was a bit flimsy.

Manufacturers generally ensure that you have to use their strips in their machine. On the other hand, spring lancets all do the same job.

Some (as Gluco did) will give the monitor away free, as you're then locked into their product - unless you get another monitor. And the strips are the expensive part, usually. Even within a single manufacturer's products, strips may not be interchangeable - my five year old Gluco RxQ can't use the strips for the newer Gluco machines and vice versa.

I put old lancets in the bin with metal, plastic and glass.

My lancet thing is spring-loaded - but I don't have a problem with fingerpricking. It's the only model I've ever used. The accu chek fastclix seems to be similar to a lot of other lancet devices around, but I've no personal experience.
 
I use an accuchek fast click that I got with my initial meter from the hospital, (15years ago so they last a long time) the beauty of it is you can’t see the needles as they are in a barrel - you can buy them separately and you can use them with any meter, I’ve had several meters since - link below to the accuchek website describing the fastclik & where you can buy them. You will have to buy a meter separately if you want a cheaper meter with cheaper strips the Tee2 meter is one with cheaper strips, it will come with its own lancer but I just throw those away

Accu-Chek FastClix

Accu-Chek FastClix is a one-click lancing device, with an integrated drum containing six lancets, for gentle and hygienic finger pricking.
www.accu-chek.co.uk
 
Thanks Kenny for useful information. I no it seems a bit silly asking my question but it's just knowing where to start.
 
Many thanks for the information. I will have a good read.
 
Although I’m Type 1 I also use what @lovinglife uses. The meter mine came with has long since given up and I’ve got a completely different meter now but I’ve always liked the fastclix finger pricker and as has been mentioned before the needle is in a barrel and can’t be seen. It has different depth settings as well, mine is quite low down and although it isn’t painless it’s also not extremely painful either, you can change the depth setting to suit your personal needs.
 
Thank you for replying. I will get the fastclix and give it a try.
 
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