# Do you abide by meter expiration dates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips, Tech & Gear\ **Created:** [January 24, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263 "2019-01-24T16:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/21 "2019-01-25T19:15:37Z")
We abide be no expiration dates. Literally zero. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![TiaG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tiag/32/594_2.png) [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/22 "2019-01-25T19:27:02Z")
even on, like, milk? ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/23 "2019-01-25T19:28:31Z")
Lol. Yes. Not milk either. šŸ˜›. Specifically referring to d-supplies ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/24 "2019-01-25T19:30:45Z")
> [@TiaG](#): > > even on, like, milk? I donā€™t think there has ever been a gallon of milk that has been in my fridge that has reached the expiration date. šŸ˜€ ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/25 "2019-01-25T19:46:56Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#): > > Lol. Yes. Not milk either. Agreed. Dates are stupid. I trust my spot checks. Milk = chunky? Dump it. No chunks? Still good. > [@Eric](#): > > I donā€™t think there has ever been a gallon of milk that has been in my fridge that has reached the expiration date. Yeah. Usually not relevant for us until we return from a week away from the house. Then sometimesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/26 "2019-01-25T20:55:34Z")
Ummmmā€¦ I must be the worst diabetic ever because I did not know meters expire. In other news, I used some expired test strips with my omnipod the other day because I did not feel like walking up stairs to get my normal meter with the non-expired strips. I think they were of a 2017 vintage. 2017 - Good year for strips šŸ· ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/27 "2019-01-25T23:21:33Z")
> [@Aaron](#): > > Good year for strips I nominate you for best quote of the day\*. (\*Please note this is an imaginary award that carries no significance except in my very small reptilian brain, take that for what it is worth) ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/28 "2019-01-26T00:02:33Z")
> [@Aaron](#): > > 2017 - Good year for strips šŸ· Best quoteā€”of the week, or more!!! ---
**Author:** ![bwschulz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/bwschulz/32/8869_2.png) [@bwschulz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bwschulz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/29 "2019-01-26T23:49:02Z")
Iā€™m with cardamom- I had no idea meters expired. I used my first meter for thirteen years with no problems until I dropped and broke it last year. Iā€™m the same way with lancets too and only change them when my finger pricker breaks (again, usually because of a drop). Iā€™ve been using the same one for the past several years and have never had any problems. I freely admit this to my PCP (no endo in over a decade) and he never had an issue with it. How often do you actually switch yours out? Whatā€™s real-world lancet use like for other T1D people? ---
**Author:** ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/30 "2019-01-27T01:19:00Z")
Iā€™ve been using meters for 27 or 28 years (the other day I got all confused about how long Iā€™ve actually had diabetesā€¦) and didnā€™t even know they had expiration dates. So nope. The strips Iā€™m using right now are expired, too. As long as they are accurate (and some do become inaccurate, or if Accu-Chek will lock you out completely), Iā€™ll continue to use them. ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/31 "2019-01-27T01:35:36Z")
I thought about this question when my Dexcom was so mismatched with my Omnipod meterā€¦and with the Contour meter I bought. I wondered if meter expiration dates might really matter and if the Omnipod meter could have gone wobbly on me since I think Iā€™m still using the second to last PDM I received. I was able to renew and get a fresh PDM when the first one went out of warranty, fortunately, but since the old one still worked I never switched to the newer one. Anywayā€¦just was curious yā€™allā€™s thoughts since it crossed my mind and Iā€™d had an endo be adamant about it before. I never noticed the meter box expiration dates until she flipped out on me about it. Now I notice them and always think of her crazy ā€”. ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/32 "2019-01-27T01:50:23Z")
> [@T1Allison](#): > > Anywayā€¦just was curious yā€™allā€™s thoughts since it crossed my mind and Iā€™d had an endo be adamant about it before. I never noticed the meter box expiration dates until she flipped out on me about it. Now I notice them and always think of her crazy ā€”. A meter expiration date makes zero sense to me. A crazy person makes complete sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/33 "2019-01-27T02:00:15Z")
Lol! ---
**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/34 "2019-01-27T03:11:32Z")
> [@bwschulz](#): > > Whatā€™s real-world lancet use like for other T1D people? I donā€™t know about other people ( not even @Eric), but I use lancets until they are so dull that they just bounce off of my skin. About 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![Millz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/millz/32/12204_2.png) [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/35 "2019-01-27T03:54:01Z")
> [@Beacher](#): > > If a meter expires and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Ha, Ha - Nice one @Beacher ---
**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/36 "2019-01-27T07:11:57Z")
> [@Beacher](#): > > If a meter expires and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Only if you are using strips that expire before the meter does. ---
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263/37 "2019-01-27T16:04:12Z")
> [@T1Allison](#): > > if the Omnipod meter could have gone wobbly on me One way to check ā€“ with any meter ā€“ is to do a test at the same time as, or promptly after, getting blood drawn for a random or fasting glucose (often done at the same time as an A1c), and making note of your CGM reading at the same time. My PDM and G4 often donā€™t agree, sometimes significantly. I did get my first receiver replaced because the blood test check confirmed my PDM was accurate and the Dexcom wasnā€™t. [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-abide-by-meter-expiration-dates/6263.md?page=1)