I get my dad to buy mine. He gets a box of 100 strips for $2.20 as he is a senior. For me to buy the same ones would cost $14.50. Considering one box lasts around 20 days it gets very expensive quickly. Then there's the cost of insulin and doctor/specialist appointments....
diggnanJun 6, 2010
Really?! What CAN'T that little guy do?!
smemilyJun 7, 2010
So are the pricking ones, the test strips can cost $1 ea.
hereticoftruthJun 7, 2010
Really neat idea! I hope something doesn't screw things up and make it "temporary".
daybreakJun 7, 2010
I have heard about this diabetic tattoo idea for over a decade now. I'll believe it when I see it. I call vaporware.
angryredplanetJun 7, 2010
I get my dad to buy mine. He gets a box of 100 strips for $2.20 as he is a senior. For me to buy the same ones would cost $14.50. Considering one box lasts around 20 days it gets very expensive quickly. Then there's the cost of insulin and doctor/specialist appointments....
Closed AccountJun 7, 2010
Its the inanimate carbon nanorod!
ryankr8chJun 7, 2010
Research shows that long (especially double-walled) carbon nanotubes could lead to lung cancer (if inhaled)<a class="user" href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=carbon-nanotube-danger" rel="nofollow">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=c ...</a> (dated 5/20/2009)The nanotubes in the tattoo ink would probably have to be small enough for macrophages to "eat."