When they went on prescription, I always got a box of 100.Yup, and they were definitely reused... I still have BD syringes as spares. Last time I got some the pharmacist made a mistake and I ended up with a box of 100. I have about 88 left.
I also remember the first finger pricker........the autolet "slasher"!! Ha ha it was the skinhead of the finger pricking world
The syringes went on to prescription in the early 1980's I think, drug addicts were getting them on prescription but diabetics were having to buy them.I also used to use the syringes a good few times, injecting through clothes as well, it's no wonder I have absorption problems these days.
I couldn't bear the anticipation of pressing the guillotine button
Following advice from my DSN I use to cut the strips up and just use the colour chart on the side of the container if I wanted a rough guide on bg levels, obviously with the design of the strips nowadays this isn't possible and the colour charts are sadly long-gone.
Those pee strip sort of pastel shade colour charts were hell to match up with the colour blindness & light sensitivity of a hypo..
Yes. i remember my mum going on about "watch out for you needles." When i went to college.. I got caught dosing up in a locker room & the rumour went round i was a druggie..I changed to MDI not long after that..
Wow ! So many of these things I forgot about !!! I remember the colored blood tests .. You knew the darker it was the worse of you were. Writing down sugars would have been 80, 120, 140, 160I also remember the contraption that would allow you to put your syringe in it and had you push a button to have it jab you with your syringe . Never worked very well for me . I also remember my old pork insulin and being told never to shake it as a kid but to roll it... So when you tell a kid not to do something what do they do ? I feel like putting together a memory box of old diabetic supplies but I looked all over and can't find anything .
I have tried to find a picture of my first blood test meter but can't find one or even remember it's name. I got it in about 1984 and it was the size of a large hard back novel, black and had 2 buttons on the top with a flap that you lifted on the top to put your test strip in. Used to have to leave the blood on for a minute and then put it in the machine to read for a minute. Can anyone remember the name of it?
I was only allowed to do 1 test a day so used to do breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime with obviously huge gaps left when I had no idea as to what my readings were.
I used to be on some kind of porcine insulin and the basel was cloudy and the bolus was clear (I only used to take it twice a day so I think calling it bolus is over egging the sugar free pudding a bit!). I was given a mantra to help me remember how to draw the insulin up which was cloudy, clear, clear, cloudy so I would make sure I put air in the bottles and not miss drawing up the insulin as I was only young at the time.
Happy memories .... I think!
Is it possible to post a picture? The newbies should see what we suffered!This thread made go searching in my medicine cupboard,right at the back a pack of stainless steel needles 1/2 inch 26 gauge and a unopened cline tests set .
This thread made go searching in my medicine cupboard,right at the back a pack of stainless steel needles 1/2 inch 26 gauge and a unopened cline tests set .
Thought people reading this topic might like the display in the reception at Guys and St Thomas' diabetic clinic!
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