I'm T2 and have been prescribed 100 strips per month for the past 3 years. I take gliclazide and sitagliptin also 1000 mg slow release Metformin morning and evening. My so called diabetes nurse, ( who does not seem to know much about diabetes) has now told me that I have no need to test as I have excellent control! I pointed out to her that I only have excellent control because I AM testing!! She told me I could only have 50 strips every other month!!! That's less than one a day! I currently test morning and evening and every time I feel I am going too low. ( I get false hypo's and don't want to take glucose to bump up my BG if it is at a good level) I tend to go hypo 2 to 3 times per week. I have reduced my gliclazide from 160 mg twice a day to 120 mg twice a day which has kept me at no more than 2 to 3 a week ( I was going hypo a lot more often on the dose prescribed). I keep my bg at around 5 -6 with an occasional spike. But I have pointed out to the nurse that I would not know what was spiking me if I didn't test and all she said was the classic reply - 'why do you want sore fingers?' I told her they were not sore and even if they were I would rather test and keep control than not know what was going on with my own body!!! She has reluctantly agreed to let me have 50 strip per month , for now...... if I want any more, I have to self fund. The meter she gave me is not very accurate (I check it against another one I have occasionally) and the strtips are quite cheap compared to most. I could understand it more if the meter took strips that were expensive! I get the distinct feeling that they would rather I got progressively worse (as they said I would when they first diagnosed me) than help me to stay well and perhaps come off meds eventually!!!! Both the nurse and my doctor were not very pleased when I told them I would no longer take Statins!! They told me how bad that would be for me, but I said I would take my chances till they could prove that they actually did more good than harm!!! My cholesterol is fine anyway. I'm not looking forward to my next appointment in October!! Sorry for the rant.