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Growing up, my dad had type 1 from agent orange (dioxin) exposure. Eventually had an insulin pump but it wasn’t a closed feedback loop because of caloric, time-
by modells 8y ago
Growing up, my dad had type 1 from agent orange (dioxin) exposure. Eventually had an insulin pump but it wasn’t a closed feedback loop because of caloric, time-of-day and finger-pricking measurements. The strips were expensive and created biohazard litter. For the safety of others, I wish diabetics would use old strip bottles to contain used ones instead of just binning them bare, because they seem to magically leap out, get everywhere and multiply.
- zaroth 8y agoI’m not advocating litter, but the minuscule amount of dried blood left in the tip of a test strip is simply not a safety concern. They can and should be binned. Proper sharps disposal is important, however. IMO all states should allow simply tossing clipped needles, but some states require sharps containers even for clipped syringes.