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Permalink Reply by Christine on July 21, 2008 at 11:52pm

This is SO me too! lol

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Permalink Reply by Flo on July 20, 2008 at 10:17pm

Occasionally if I think my numbers aren't right I'll run a control solution test. When I was first diagnosed I ran a control every time I opened a vial. Now, I might run one once or twice a year.

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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on July 20, 2008 at 10:29pm

Control solution? Is that the sticky red stuff in the little vial that expires in like, a week? I thought that was pancake syrup for faeries.

Rarely use the stuff because:
a) It's a waste of a strip.
b) It's a pain to get the sample into the strip.
c) It makes a sticky mess all over the place.
d) It's a gimmick to get more money out of me.

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Permalink Reply by Cody Turner on July 20, 2008 at 10:47pm

I throw my control solution away most of the time. I remember one year I had pink eye and I had the control solution by my bed and my eye drops for the pink eye by the bed and I woke up to do the drops and used the control solution. Wound up in the e.r. because no pharmacy knew what was in the control solution. Finally got a hold of the company and it is sugar water and red food coloring. They said they actually have had a lot of people who have mistaken it for eye drops.

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Permalink Reply by Kristy on July 20, 2008 at 11:16pm

LOL Cody.. gives a whole new meaning to watery, red eyes..glad no harm was done from that!

I too am guilty of not wanting too waste a test strip.

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Permalink Reply by Anna on July 21, 2008 at 12:42am

I was never taught to use it, so I never have. And now that I know what it's for, I honestly can't bring myself to waste a test strip for it. I have a hard enough time keep enough around to last me until I can get more to go and waste it on something like that.

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on July 21, 2008 at 1:55am

I'm with the majority here. Why waste a dollar??

For "control", I measure my blood sugar when I get lab work done to see if they are in the same range and I sometimes measure with two different meters, again just checking for the right range.

I have about 20 bottles of control solution lying around (all expired, I think) if anyone is interested??

Thanks for the info Cody that it's just red food coloring!!! Maybe I will use it to make some really red frosting :) Yumm....

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Permalink Reply by Amy on July 21, 2008 at 10:35am

oh, me me me!!!! Just kidding.

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Permalink Reply by Evan Colbert on July 21, 2008 at 2:10am

I have been testing my BS for twenty years, I think that I have done a control test about 4 times and mostly during that "I want to know how things work" phase

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Permalink Reply by Chadd on July 21, 2008 at 4:34am

I really don't, I pretty much feel it's a waste of a strip. I think they should put an extra strip in just for control. Although i have found that if you suck out the blood on the strip you can reuse it. I found that out when I took the strip apart to see what it looks like and redid a blood test. .

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Permalink Reply by Stacey on July 21, 2008 at 8:47am

I never do either, unless I feel that my readings seem off. However I also tend to not keep a meter for all that long so maybe if I used the same meter for a few years I may be more inclined to run a control test.

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Permalink Reply by elaine peterson on July 21, 2008 at 9:51am

Never once.

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