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Has anyone found a way to give up lancets to test blood sugar?
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New technologies..: Actually you can have continuous blood glucose monitoring device which uses a small probe inserted under your skin. There is also a "wrist-watch" which can use infared to measure your sugar without puncturing your skin, but not approved for mass use, yet. There are other devices being test and i expect that within a couple of yrs we should have them available. Stick to sticking for now. Good luck.
Answered 5/25/2016
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