It is large and the vial is difficult to get to. This is the "new" glucometer case that BD sent me to accommodate for the larger vial. It just doesn't work. The strip touches the case when the meter is left in the case and is tilited up a little from the case getting in the way.
Ok, maybe I am expecting too much from them, I mean, you have to be able to get your whole finger in a vial to get the test strip out, of course!
None the less I am so disappointed in this change. It is inconvenient and becoming a hassle to test my blood sugar. When testing becomes inconvenient and frustrating I tend not to do it and I can see that happening as I sit here fuming at this terrible design. I don't want to test. Just looking at the case pisses me off. Let alone trying to maneuver the strip vial or the actual glucometer so that I can fit the strip in the meter with out having to take the meter out of the case, a task which I am sure will not be accomplished, but I'll try it for the next day or so.
Ok, maybe I am expecting too much from them, I mean, you have to be able to get your whole finger in a vial to get the test strip out, of course!None the less I am so disappointed in this change. It is inconvenient and becoming a hassle to test my blood sugar. When testing becomes inconvenient and frustrating I tend not to do it and I can see that happening as I sit here fuming at this terrible design. I don't want to test. Just looking at the case pisses me off. Let alone trying to maneuver the strip vial or the actual glucometer so that I can fit the strip in the meter with out having to take the meter out of the case, a task which I am sure will not be accomplished, but I'll try it for the next day or so.I really am just fuming at this and I am trying to determine why. Is it because of the larger vial and thus the larger case, yes...
But at the root of it is that this new design for the meter that accommodates my pump which revolutionized my diabetes management is discouraging me from testing. For the last 19 months I was finally able to do what took me 12 years to accomplish - testing freely, openly, many many times a day. I did that when I was first diagnosed and for the first few years but then, around the age of 12 or 13 I just stopped testing as often as I knew I should. Maybe it was that damn adolescent time, probably it was my way of acting out with out anyone but me and my doctor knowing. But it was a hard hurtle for me to leap to test as often as I have been since I got the pump. This change is reminding me of why I didn't like to test all those years, it was inconvenient. That wasn't the only reason I know, but it was a part of it. And I don't want to be in that place again of not testing, not wanting to test.
There it is in a rather large nutshell. It discourages me from testing. Now I just need to figure out how to get over it...
3 comments:
I too often find myself really angry at things - and I think for me, it is because I have a lot of emotional energy bottled up with my diabetes.
When I find some outlet to justify my anger, it spouts off like a rocket.
Maybe you can design a fashionable replacement bottle that dissatisfied users can buy to switch their strips into?
Then, when you get rich we can have all of our blogger meetings by your luxurious pool...
I hear you.
I like Scott's idea. Design a new bottle and sell it on Ebay.
Dixie loves pool parties! :-)
I'm sure that you will figure out a solution to this one...
You might want to try a case from somewhere else.
I do hope the Minimed will replace the BD meter, which really stinks.
Right now I love the WaveSense KeyNote meter, but I'm forced to use the OneTouch Ultra because the Dexcom needs it. Another stinky thing!
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