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<blockquote data-quote="stuart264" data-source="post: 194795" data-attributes="member: 33831"><p>@Ottermoon, :shock: have you never heard of sterility and bacteria? I got told to swap the lancet needle every week without fail by the Diabetes Nurse practitioner.</p><p></p><p>He did mention something at the time about the needles being better and if they had been around when he was a kid he might have better sensation in his finger ends which makes sense as I remember his wife mentioned to me that he tests from his forearm which I know is a bit vague but I have been friends with his wife for years but I hardly know him at all because he can be a bit stand offish and he has only recently started talking to me because of all the hassles I have had in the last couple of months since the Type II diagnosis as I got very vague and incorrect information at the start due to the specialist diabetes nurse practitioner at my GP's practice being off sick.</p><p></p><p>I suspect Abbot who make the Freestyle meters buy in the lancet needles from somewhere and have them branded to go in the meter kits as I cant find a mention of them on the website, but the BD ones seem to be a one type fits all as their website includes about 10 lancet systems their needles fit including the Abbot one from the Freestyle lite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stuart264, post: 194795, member: 33831"] @Ottermoon, :shock: have you never heard of sterility and bacteria? I got told to swap the lancet needle every week without fail by the Diabetes Nurse practitioner. He did mention something at the time about the needles being better and if they had been around when he was a kid he might have better sensation in his finger ends which makes sense as I remember his wife mentioned to me that he tests from his forearm which I know is a bit vague but I have been friends with his wife for years but I hardly know him at all because he can be a bit stand offish and he has only recently started talking to me because of all the hassles I have had in the last couple of months since the Type II diagnosis as I got very vague and incorrect information at the start due to the specialist diabetes nurse practitioner at my GP's practice being off sick. I suspect Abbot who make the Freestyle meters buy in the lancet needles from somewhere and have them branded to go in the meter kits as I cant find a mention of them on the website, but the BD ones seem to be a one type fits all as their website includes about 10 lancet systems their needles fit including the Abbot one from the Freestyle lite. [/QUOTE]
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