Going Diabetes Old-School During the Pandemic

During the recent pandemic (between March and June 2020, although we are still not completely out of quarantine, we are now in Phase II of reopening), I decided to go old-school on diabetes supplies.Specifically, I went back to one of the many old blood glucose meters I ' d saved over the years. All of them still worked, although I discarded a few for which test strips are no longer sold or had leaked battery acid in the battery compartment.I made a notable exception for one particular meter model...Specifically, I had saved a few of theOneTouch Ultra (1) meters I had in my possession. I also had a few OneTouch Ultra 2 meters in inventory, but opted for the original older model because the batteries in all of the meters in my possession were either completely dead or had been removed. The original OneTouch Ultra (1) meter required just a single #2032 battery, whereas the Ultra 2 meter required two of the same batteries. I was able to get a few of those batteries in a dollar store I visited over Memorial Day weekend, so it wasn ' t a major investment -- it was $1.00.Going Diabetes Old-SchoolThe reason I went old-school on testing supplies was because I had a pretty large stash of unused test strips which had been given to me by a clinical trial I opted not to participate in (there were some possible adverse events I really did not want to risk experiencing, and there was a good chance I would have been in the " control " group meaning I would not benefit from the treatment any...
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