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I now need to wait until thursday :-( my pump hasnt arrived yet angry and disappointed
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I now need to wait until thursday :-( my pump hasnt arrived yet angry and disappointed
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Sound advice.Hi
If you are getting a pump that works with a certain bg meter, do make sure that you get a tub of strips for it from a pharmacy as the dsn might not have any. Also, make sure that the GP will prescribe suffi ient strips to allow for bg testing about 10 times per day. Although pumps dont go wrong too often, when they do, bg can go extremely high, so ideally make sure that yr GP prescribes 1 cartridge of bolus to go in yr pen so that if you can give yrself a bolus using a pen if need be. The pump dsn will probably give a meter to test for keytones but if not, ask the GP to prescribe.
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I'd be interested to know the basis of that statement that the doc "cannot refuse them", as I would like to present whatever the argument is to my own PCT. Who still won't prescribe the AccuCheck Mobile cassettes either.I was told by nurse on DAFNE course that ketostix are not recommended any more and I was given a new meter that tests for Ketones. They said doc cannot refuse them on prescription, although they only come in packs of 10.
Well, I don't have anything in writing but our whole course were given a new meter ( Glucome LX Plus ) as this tested for Ketones. She wrote to my doc and informed him my prescription needed changing. This was Addenbrookes in Cambridge so maybe it is their policy and not NHS ? Not sure. They said the issue with the ketostix is that they are not accurate because the results with urine test gives a historical, not current result.I'd be interested to know the basis of that statement that the doc "cannot refuse them", as I would like to present whatever the argument is to my own PCT. Who still won't prescribe the AccuCheck Mobile cassettes either.
Exactly the same thing happened to me (at Guy's & St Thomas's in London)... except the doc said no to the GlucomenLX ketone strips prescription.Well, I don't have anything in writing but our whole course were given a new meter ( Glucome LX Plus ) as this tested for Ketones. She wrote to my doc and informed him my prescription needed changing. This was Addenbrookes in Cambridge so maybe it is their policy and not NHS ? Not sure. They said the issue with the ketostix is that they are not accurate because the results with urine test gives a historical, not current result.