Some Medical Considerations, by Old Bobbert
…(VA) supplied tester, I simply change the date in the tester itself. 12-12-2012 becomes 12-12-2011, or what ever past date will allow the tester to only see a test strip that is not out of date. I lie to my tester about the date. My tester knows that I am a nice guy, and it always believes me, and uses the out of date strips. An additional small piece of knowledge, which can be extremely valuable to folks like myself, is the real time facts about refrigeration of insulin. Most refrigerators cool the contents to 37-38 degrees F and that is below the recommended safe temperature range of 60 – 86 for insulin. Our home is well insulated and I keep the current usage insulin bottles on top of my desk with full confidence that it is safe to use because our inside house temperature stays at about 65 –…