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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / August 2007Anyone remember Tes-Tape?
Hi, My brother has a neighbor in his 60s who is very "slow" (I don't know the PC phrase). He is unemployed and lives on some sort of state (of Georgia) relief including his medical care. Anyway, slow man lives alone, is a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic and is just confused by the whole regimen. He has a glucose meter but they state only gives him 30 strips a month so he is testing once a day. Not good. Anyway, I have searched high and low for Tes-Tape, including internet searches. No luck. It would be PERFECT for him in that he could test a few times a day for relatively little money. Was there not enough profit in it for Eli Lilly as compared to test strips and meters? If anyone knows where it or somethng comparable can be found please let me know. Thanks, Sammy > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > If anyone knows where it or somethng comparable can be found please let me > know. It's no longer used. Not a very effective way of testing at all. By the time the excess sugar reaches your urine, damage has been done to the body. Testing the blood is much more effective and that's why it is used today. I can't believe he gets only 30 strips a month if he is using insulin. Something is very wrong. >> Hi, >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > I can't believe he gets only 30 strips a month if he is using insulin. > Something is very wrong. Wal-Mart has some inexpensive meters and strips. Charlie > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Sammy> I was diagnosed with T-1 in 1971 and the good ole USAF gave me test-tape for many years. When I finally got an Accu-Chek meter you had to use a metal lancet manually. I really hated that. A urine test-tape is considered pretty useless now. Charlie in SC Sammy, I just want to comment on what a good neighbor you are. Not too many people would do what you are doing to help your challenged neighbor. Unfortunately, I cant help with the answer to your question, but I do believe that good deeds need to be akcnowledged. Loretta .. .as do 'good people' ... "Loretta Eisenberg" <sassybklynlady@webtv.net> a écrit ... > Sammy, I just want to comment on what a good neighbor you are. Not too > many people would do what you are doing to help your challenged [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Loretta > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > If anyone knows where it or somethng comparable can be found please let me > know. Sammy, Yes, I remember Tes-Tape. For achieving the bg goals commonly advocated by many here, it is not particularly useful. For stabilizing bg's that are in the >180 or >240 region, and when there is no danger of hypos, it is better than nothing. Fundamental problem: you get no reading on Tes-Tape unless your bg was up above 180, high enough that you were spilling sugar in your urine. And all you know is that your bg was that high at some point in the past several hours (or however long it was since you last peed). Tim. > Fundamental problem: you get no reading on Tes-Tape unless your bg > was up above 180, high enough that you were spilling sugar in your > urine. And all you know is that your bg was that high at some point in > the past several hours (or however long it was since you last peed). For that purpose, you could use the urine dip-stix (Diastix) easily available from pharmacies (no rx needed), although a particular store may have to order it as it's not exactly a big seller. And while he's getting the glucose dip-stix, he might want to pick up a packet of ketone dip-stix as well. bj >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >just confused by the whole regimen. He has a glucose meter but they state >only gives him 30 strips a month so he is testing once a day. Not good. if he is a type 1 the state is only restricting him to 30 strips a day because he has an idiot for a doctor who didn't write the script correctly. >Anyway, I have searched high and low for Tes-Tape, including internet >searches. No luck. It would be PERFECT for him in that he could test a few [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Sammy I am sure than man would like to live well beyond 60. He shouldn't be testing his urine to just his glucose levels especially while injecting insulin. Help the man get the script for test strips written correctly and have his doctor write a letter of necessity for testing 4 to 8 times per days if the state paper pushers can't wrap their head around it. Please do not advocate continued mediocre care.  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On Aug 3, 1:01 pm, M?ck?? <tro...@renotworthsaving.net> wrote: > Help the man get the script for test strips written correctly and have > his doctor write a letter of necessity for testing 4 to 8 times per > days if the state paper pushers can't wrap their head around it. I absolutely agree. I'd also suggest they need to get him a CDE on a *regular* basis... like every week for a while. This stuff is complicated enough for those of us of normal intelligence to figure out. |
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