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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 262586"><p>It sounds rather silly to have medical staff tell you that you shouldn't be testing yourself because it may cause you stress. Either way you need to know how to manage the condition. You need to have an understanding of how everything impacts on your BGLs. Food is only the start of it. Thankfully here in Aust we have a scheme set up to assist diabetics by discounting cost of testing equipment... the only things that don't get discounted are the lancets and sharps containers. Maybe there should be something similar there... as there are so many people affected nowdays and there needs to be some help offered. Cost of test strips without help is too costly. Here my test strips costs $86 without the discount... with the discount I pay $15. That's a big difference and it helps. I test my BGLs a lot every day as I like to keep tabs on things. I can get a hypo very quick too... so I need to be alert about what my BGL is.</p><p>Wishing you all the best <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 262586"] It sounds rather silly to have medical staff tell you that you shouldn't be testing yourself because it may cause you stress. Either way you need to know how to manage the condition. You need to have an understanding of how everything impacts on your BGLs. Food is only the start of it. Thankfully here in Aust we have a scheme set up to assist diabetics by discounting cost of testing equipment... the only things that don't get discounted are the lancets and sharps containers. Maybe there should be something similar there... as there are so many people affected nowdays and there needs to be some help offered. Cost of test strips without help is too costly. Here my test strips costs $86 without the discount... with the discount I pay $15. That's a big difference and it helps. I test my BGLs a lot every day as I like to keep tabs on things. I can get a hypo very quick too... so I need to be alert about what my BGL is. Wishing you all the best :) [/QUOTE]
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