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Stuck myself with the cat's lancet
"hopitus" wrote in message ... On Jun 22, 1:03 am, Oleg Lego wrote: On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:16:09 -0700 (PDT), hopitus posted: On Jun 21, 4:35 pm, "W. Baker" wrote: In alt.support.diabetes Richard Evans wrote: : The cat and I are both diabetic. I check my own sugar 6-8 times per : day, I check his twice. We have separate glucometer kits. Today, while : preparing to check the cat's sugar, I had a brain fart and instead of : lancing the cat I lanced my own forearm with a lancet that had been : previously used on the cat. : I immediately rinsed it with alcohol, but what are the chances I : caught anything from the incident? Well, if you start to prowl at night and start to grow whiskers, I would begin to worry:-) Wendy First - to Richard Evans, who has diabetes much worse than I do, obviously. I am on *your* side, dude...only criticism of you I have is that you joined the chorus of fruitcakes posting what *MOST* diabetics do with their lancets (reuse or not)! My sugar range is always less than 200. I have other health concerns than Type 2.. Many of us do have other health concerns, of course. One thing though, many of us here would be trying hard to figure out what went wrong is we could describe out sugar range as "always less than 200". Personally, I want to describe it as "always under 140", regardless of when I test. Now: how do we know Mr. Evans does NOT prowl at night, or if he indeed has whiskers? Answer: we don't. Mr. Evans please do not confuse my posts with the other wacko(s) who badmouth you about the lancets. Thank you. -- roses are #FF0000 violets are #0000FF all my base are belong to you Please do not misunderstand....I was *not* belittling your glucose level or level of diabetes by relating my usual level. Without describing my health problems in detail I will truthfully state that I am fairly sure that what will kill me will *not* be diabetes, due to other factors. Frankly, most of what I read on your website about it was *way* over my head and in my personal battle led by my doc (internal medicine) the enemy is *triglycerides* and CAD....a different ballpark (or battlefield, if you will). High triglycerides are due to high BGs--excess BG is converted into triglycerides. So if one of your main issues is triglycerides, then one of your main issue IS diabetes. If you get your BGs down, your triglycerides will come down. -- Best regards, Michelle C., T2 diet & exercise BMI 21.5 |
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Stuck myself with the cat's lancet
Richard Evans wrote:
hopitus wrote: why are you reusing lancets?? Because that's been my practice for over ten years. Most diabetics change lancets once or twice a year , if that. Heh...is your doc living on S.S.? And how do YOU know what "most diabetics" do? Based on repeated threads on alt.support.diabetes over many years. Please read last sentence of my other post here. Who are YOU to jump on this dude. No one is landing on you for what you choose to do. Uh, yes, they are. So far, nobody has answered my question, just ragged on me for reuising lancets. I've poked myself with the cats' lancets and syringes many times. Don't sweat it. Worst case scenario is you'll come down with cat scratch fever, but not likely. The easiest way to forget all about lancet changes is to not bother using a lancing device on the cat. Use just a naked lancet and a wadded up cotton ball and poke the vein that runs around the outside of the ear. It's completely painless, though it sometimes bleeds quite a bit. A little pressure with the cotton ball for 30 seconds will staunch the flow. Oh, and I'm T1 with an insulin pump and test 6 times a day minimum and I change my lancet once a year - on St. Swithin's Day (July 15). Unless I forget. Vicki Animas 2020 2 cats DM for 5 & 4 yrs. |
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Stuck myself with the cat's lancet
Richard Evans wrote:
The cat and I are both diabetic. I check my own sugar 6-8 times per day, I check his twice. We have separate glucometer kits. Today, while preparing to check the cat's sugar, I had a brain fart and instead of lancing the cat I lanced my own forearm with a lancet that had been previously used on the cat. I immediately rinsed it with alcohol, but what are the chances I caught anything from the incident? I'm going to take a wild guess here, Richard. I'm betting you will be ok having lanced yourself with your cat's lancet. I could be totally wrong, but I just don't believe you're in for any serious exchange of harmful bodily fluids with what a lancet might carry. I think you'd be in more trouble if your cat bit you and broke your skin. As for lancet changing, I change them about once every two weeks and many on ASD claim to change them much less often. |
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Stuck myself with the cat's lancet
"Richard Evans" wrote in message ... The cat and I are both diabetic. I check my own sugar 6-8 times per day, I check his twice. We have separate glucometer kits. Today, while preparing to check the cat's sugar, I had a brain fart and instead of lancing the cat I lanced my own forearm with a lancet that had been previously used on the cat. I immediately rinsed it with alcohol, but what are the chances I caught anything from the incident? This just occurred to me (belatedly, I admit). Is your tetanus immunization up-to-date? If not, it's possible you should do that. Ask your doctor. MaryL |
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Stuck myself with the cat's lancet
"Richard Evans" wrote in message
... The cat and I are both diabetic. I check my own sugar 6-8 times per day, I check his twice. We have separate glucometer kits. Today, while preparing to check the cat's sugar, I had a brain fart and instead of lancing the cat I lanced my own forearm with a lancet that had been previously used on the cat. I immediately rinsed it with alcohol, but what are the chances I caught anything from the incident? Hi Richard Evans, diseases transmitted from cats to humans or Cat-Associated Zoonoses : http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/162/17/1945 In the United States, it is estimated that there are at least 57 million pet cats living in one third of all households.Cats are a source of companionship and enjoyment to many people, but they can also transmit a wide array of diseases to humans, ranging from trivial dermatophyte infections to life-threatening conditions, such as bubonic plague. Not totally harmless.... Take care Gys |
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Stuck myself with the cat's lancet
"GysdeJongh" wrote in message . .. "Richard Evans" wrote in message ... The cat and I are both diabetic. I check my own sugar 6-8 times per day, I check his twice. We have separate glucometer kits. Today, while preparing to check the cat's sugar, I had a brain fart and instead of lancing the cat I lanced my own forearm with a lancet that had been previously used on the cat. I immediately rinsed it with alcohol, but what are the chances I caught anything from the incident? Hi Richard Evans, diseases transmitted from cats to humans or Cat-Associated Zoonoses : http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/162/17/1945 In the United States, it is estimated that there are at least 57 million pet cats living in one third of all households.Cats are a source of companionship and enjoyment to many people, but they can also transmit a wide array of diseases to humans, ranging from trivial dermatophyte infections to life-threatening conditions, such as bubonic plague. Not totally harmless.... Take care Gys Yes, but most of these are transmitted by air, bite, scratch, touch, etc. -- not by lancet. But it's still a good idea to ask questions of your physician for something like this. MaryL |
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Stuck myself with the cat's lancet
"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message . .. "GysdeJongh" wrote in message . .. "Richard Evans" wrote in message ... The cat and I are both diabetic. I check my own sugar 6-8 times per day, I check his twice. We have separate glucometer kits. Today, while preparing to check the cat's sugar, I had a brain fart and instead of lancing the cat I lanced my own forearm with a lancet that had been previously used on the cat. I immediately rinsed it with alcohol, but what are the chances I caught anything from the incident? Hi Richard Evans, diseases transmitted from cats to humans or Cat-Associated Zoonoses : http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/162/17/1945 In the United States, it is estimated that there are at least 57 million pet cats living in one third of all households.Cats are a source of companionship and enjoyment to many people, but they can also transmit a wide array of diseases to humans, ranging from trivial dermatophyte infections to life-threatening conditions, such as bubonic plague. Not totally harmless.... Take care Gys Yes, but most of these are transmitted by air, bite, scratch, touch, etc. -- not by lancet. But it's still a good idea to ask questions of your physician for something like this. Or your vet, since they have a pretty high risk of doing something along these lines to themselves (inadvertent "sticks", etc.), over the years. And they'd know what is transmittable, & what isn't. Cathy MaryL |
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Stuck myself with the cat's lancet
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:39:51 -0700, "Michelle C"
wrote: High triglycerides are due to high BGs--excess BG is converted into triglycerides. So if one of your main issues is triglycerides, then one of your main issue IS diabetes. If you get your BGs down, your triglycerides will come down. Agreed, I brought my trigs down from 380 to 39 and put my HDL up from 25 to 54 by cutting the carbs and intelligent substitution of fats, principally mono and polyunsaturates but not altogether avoiding saturated fats in decent meats. A few of the more enlightened dieticians might agree with this approach. For more, Google Quentin Grady or read Gary Taubes |
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