# Changing my lancet with Daylight Savings Time
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439
**Category:** Tips
**Created:** [October 31, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439 "2020-10-31T17:26:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/1 "2020-10-31T17:26:28Z")
Thanks for the reminder @CatLady! I’m going to change my lancet too since I’m changing everything else. 🥸🤣
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### Author:  [@jim26](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jim26)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/2 "2020-10-31T17:43:48Z")
Damn, I think I’m out of lancets🤣
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### Author:  [@Jim\_YYC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jim_YYC)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/3 "2020-10-31T17:46:44Z")
I’ve got several thousand of them … be happy to share 😛
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### Author:  [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/4 "2020-10-31T18:04:14Z")
What is the main reason why people seldom change lancets? I feel like I’m the only one in the diaverse who consistently changes lancets after use.
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### Author:  [@jim26](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jim26)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/5 "2020-10-31T19:19:57Z")
For me it was just something that happened over the years. Maybe it was just diabetes rebellion🤣.To be honest I really never thought about it until someone mentioned online and I was like hey I do the same thing.
Probably goes along with a few other things some of us do…
-I haven’t used alcohol swabs in probably 30 years.
-When I was on injections I would reuse syringes.
-Injections through clothing.(I never did that one but know a lot do).
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/6 "2020-10-31T20:19:45Z")
not only do I rarely change lancets, but I infrequently change the needle on my pen (which I use for IM injections only…which I do rather often)
and to make matters worse, I must admit that when I was on MDI, I would inject through my jeans and reuse syringes.
I know this has nothing to do with this thread, but hey, ya know, I felt obligated to admit my neglectful ways…
Happy Halloween Everyone (don’t forget to keep those masks on and wipe down your candy treats )
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### Author:  [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/7 "2020-10-31T21:00:27Z")
I change mine every couple weeks
Change my bolus pen needle every day. Usually.
I change my basal pen needles every time since it’s a 1x daily I just throw each one away after use
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### Author:  [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/8 "2020-10-31T21:18:29Z")
I wait till mine get dull and they hurt too much. something to remind me how slick I can b despite having D 🤣
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### Author:  [@shott](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/shott)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/9 "2020-11-01T02:35:47Z")
All:
Yes, for me the 5-10 lancets that you get with a new meter is nearly a lifetime supply … and I’m a “licker” too. But between the G6 and Medicare rules, I don’t do many BGM tests anymore …
Stay safe and enjoy that extra hour of sleep!
John
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/10 "2020-11-07T20:57:45Z")
3 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Daylight savings time ends tonight (November 1st) in the US](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-savings-time-ends-tonight-november-1st-in-the-us/10415/5)
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/13 "2020-11-02T21:59:17Z")
Thanks for opening the confession booth! I’m cheap and a reuser too of lancets and syringes.
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### Author:  [@SFLADA](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SFLADA)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/14 "2020-11-07T20:46:41Z")
I love this real discussion! I remember my diabetes educator freaked out when I told her I didn’t change the needles on my pens very often. I started changing more often but have slowly gone back to my original ways. Oh I love fudiabetes, thank you to everyone of us for the love and support.
Cheers
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/15 "2020-11-07T20:53:05Z")
> [@SFLADA](#):
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> my diabetes educator freaked out when I told her I didn’t change the needles on my pens very often.
When my son was diagnosed about 5 years ago, our diabetes educator is the one who introduced us to the lack of need to changing them too often 🙂
My son keeps on using a lancet until it gets too blunt. That takes weeks for him. For pen needles, he changes them more often but they still last a good bit of time.
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### Author:  [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-my-lancet-with-daylight-savings-time/10439/16 "2020-11-22T00:13:06Z")
> [@SFLADA](#):
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> I remember my diabetes educator freaked out when I told her I didn’t change the needles on my pens very often.
When I was injecting I never changed them; one pen, one needle thread together 'til death did them part, one to the trash can, t’other to the sharps bin.