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    Which of these best describes how often you typically change your lancet?

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    23 Comments

    1. Bob Durstenfeld

      Since I started using the Dexcom G6, I only test a few times a month to either verify CGM readings or calibrate a sensor that is off track.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. Gerald Oefelein

      Like Bob. Since starting my Dexcom G6 CGM, I only test if or when my feelings disagree with CGM data.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    3. connie ker

      Wearing an Abbott Freestyle Libre helps me avoid lancing fingers, and I try not to confuse myself by doing both. However when I think the sensor is inaccurate, usually towards the end of 14 days, I get out the meter and lancet. My fingers thank me every day for wearing the cgm.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. Ahh Life

      I haven’t changed a lancet since Noah marched the animals two by two onto to the big boat. ツ

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Sarah Grobe

      I change it when it starts to hurt more than normal.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. Eve Rabbiner

      Used to change it with every site change. Now, only as needed, like on day one of Dexcom 6 when readings are totally wacky.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    7. Grey Gray

      When the spring wears out on the lancing device and I have to get a new one. 37 years of this never got an infected finger

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    8. Annie Maley

      I think if you looked at a lancet tip under a microscope you’d likely change your lancet more often. Like needles, the sharp tips get blunted and does more skin damage on the way through the skin surface if you’re using them several times. I change my lancets daily for that reason and test anywhere from 2-4 times per day. I have a Medtronic 670G with CGM.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Jeanne McMillan-Olson

      I only check now when my Dexcom G6 is in the 2 hour warm-up or when it seems to be inaccurate. I used to test 7 times per day for many years and now my fingers are so happy with the G6 sensor.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. David Smith

      I agree with the other G6 users. I change the lancet when I insert a new sensor, but more often if I get a sensor that has calibration issues (relatively rare occurrence).

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. George Lovelace

      When I get a new Lancing Device with the 10 year supply bag of lancets.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    12. ConnieT1D62

      I rarely perform a fingerstick tests anymore since I started using a Dexcom. However, I do keep a meter on hand as a backup to test when I need to. When I was meter testing I used to change the lancets a few times a month, usually when my fingertips started to smart with the dull lancet.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    13. Stephen Woodward

      When it’s dull or needs to be pushed on hard to get blood. Rarely changed.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    14. George Hamilton

      Like many other Dexcom G6 users, I now rarely use the meter so I rarely do a fingerstick. The result is not many lancets used. I used to check BG with my meter 4-6 times per day. The result was to change to a new lancet once or twice a month. The change was driven by dullness of the lancet. I still follow the dullness standard, but now that means the changes are months apart.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    15. Becky Hertz

      I change it when it gets painful. Have G6, so don’t necessarily test every day, but don’t rely solely on it either.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    16. Kristine Warmecke

      I changed it before and after getting my Dexcom the same way; when it becomes too painful or no longer works, it get’s changed.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Pat Reynolds

      “every time I measure my BG” (I don’t use the T word, it’s not a test to pass/ fail, it an information gathering exercise) but that is also “every free weeks” as I now use a calibration free cgm (and am usually measuring ketones rather than glucose).

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    18. Ann Taylor

      I have a g6 and I test about 5 times a day. I would never bolus before a meal without doing it. Sometimes it’s close and sometimes it’s off. Like in the teens to 50 apart. I also test before bed. It’s scary enough not knowing what it really is. I do go low a couple of times a week during the night

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    19. Molly Jones

      I rarely use my glucose meter any more. It can stay in the closet for many months. When I need to see if my CGM is working properly I will start with a new lancet and then use this lancet if needed until it feels blunt.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    20. rick phillips

      I use the accu-chk fasclix and it is a breeze to use

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    21. Patricia Maddix

      With the Dexcom G6 sensor I’ll only test 5 to 7 times per week to make sure the sensor is accurate. I change the lancet a few times a month as others have said when it hurts or makes it more difficult to get blood or I feel that it has been too long and need a new sterile Lancet.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    22. Cheryl Seibert

      I used to change it once a month when testing 10-12 times a day on the Medtronic pumps. However, I’m now on the Dexcom/Tandem TSlim X2 system and very rarely test using the meter. My estimate would be 1 or 2 times per year.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    23. Steve Rumble

      I change my lancet when I open a new package of test strips, which works out to about one a week.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply

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