i was dx’d in 1959 (when i was 8 mos old) and remember clinitest very well. i also remember boiling glass syringes and year after year of one-shot of nph a day. through it all i never had a seizure or was incapacitated by high or a low. i think some people worry too much these days about small things. but … it is easier and better these days so no complaints.
The bubles were the best part, kind of like the only sugar free drink back then, the Fizzy.
Yeah, and damn that test tube gave off a lot of heat.
I used to leave all that testing stuff on the sink in the bathroom. One summer when my grandparents visited I came in to find that one of them had left their toothbrush in the ‘collection’ cup. I always washed it out, but still.
Oh my goodness…
Just like famous Fizzy, it made a bubble fest. The part I hated was cleaning the tube. And the foil packs were a thrill, just like candy!
Yes, I was dxd. in 1961, so I went through the typical Clinitest tabs/urine tests, seizures, orange results(highs), glass syringes which needed to be sharpened and boiled, etc. My Mom still has the white with black trim container that my Brothers and my syringes and Insulin were kept in. It never left our house.
I did Chemstrip between 1979 and 1988. Then I got my first meter in 1988. My Hubby’s Aunt(Gestational) was sadly dying of kidney failure and blindness. I mentioned I was going to get her a meter. She was so Happy. Offer too late. 
She was a Sweet Girl, only 44.
I always hated the Chemstrip because my BoyFriend(later Hubby) could never agree on the same colour/number.
wow,WoW !
that is so (no comment)
i can’t explain how grateful i am this moment that i am still 16 and still diabetes newbie (a year with diabetes next february)
i am so amazed,i can’t believe how it must have been hard for all of you
sure,i red about diabetes history and all,but never about the daily management
i won’t say that it’s gonna make a better person and all that talk,but just reading what all of you have said really gives a gentle push(just like when you sleep in class and your friend wakes you up:D ) and makes me feel bad for all the sulking i do when testing and all 
thanks Sylvie for the discussion
I was diagnosed in 1976 and used Diastix urine strips from the very beginning. So no magical bubbling for me. It always seems amazing to me that once a easy product like Diastix was available that doctors kept prescribing Clinitest for their patients. I don’t know whether cost was an issue. I once read an article indicating that some doctors thought Clinitest gave better results, but when you look at the general inaccuracy of urine testing, who cares or knows for sure?
I still keep a vial of Diastix in my purse for testing fountain soda to make sure it’s sugar-free.
Oh for sure. Dxd in 1944. We used HUGE needles then, had to sharpen them on a home grinder and boil them to sterilize them.
man did it stink.
My intial testing process was with the test tube, then strips…then Amen THE METER! I was pregnanet and participated in a trial with the University of Miami …the new big thing Glucose Monitoring. It was a big machine with a waving needle. We have come a long way baby. Glucose monitors is what brought the term “Self Management” to our lives. Any thing before was a shot in the dark.
Yep remember that too well I ws diagnosed in 72.
I remember it was 5 drops of urine and 10 drops of water. With only 2 drops of urine and 10 drops of water I could have had a lot more blue tests. I was diagnosed in 1958 and remember boiling glass syringes and steel needles. Incidently when I had a positive test result which was most of the time I had difficulty distinguishing between the higher readings 1+ or 2+. It turned out that I am red-green color blind (perhaps it should be color weak, because I can still see colors). Test Tape was worse – I could only tell whether I had a positive or negative urine sugar. I began using blood tests in the mid 80’s and now have a pump and cgm as well.
Your memory is clearer then mine. I guess that’s because I soon tired of the testing and stopped. I’m just thankful I’ve lived long enough to enjoy some of the new technology. I was diagnosed in July of 1959.