God I remember those, my grandparents bought my first blood glucose machine ad it was bigger and fatter than that. And the carb book, went in colours, red for foods to avoid,amber- ok for treats(once in a blue moon) and then green for everything you could have day to day. Just wait till I show hubby the picture of that blood glucose machine, he remembers that as I had one at home and one at his house. We were talking the other day and he was saying remember that machine where you used to put the blood on, then have to wipe it of and then put it, in the machine and you had to wait 2mins for the result. Not like it is now only secs, to get a reading. And the old way of checking BM's put blood on the strip time it and then check the results on the colour chart on the side of the tube. If my old memory serves me correctly the machine was made by a company Boringer Manheim, who also made the test strips, that we use to use with the colour chart, then they made the machine. I know say I'm gonna check my blood sugar, when I had these I used to say I'm gonna do a bm, I still sometimes still call it a bm.
. I also remember the finger clix the finger pricking device with 3 different coloured platforms, Orange for thick skin,yellow for normal and white for sensitive skin, no depth adjustment like we have now. God this post has made me feel old, I can remember the day I was diagnosed 12March 1981, how things have changed in 32 years.