Hello happier than you, and everybody else. Now I know the nhs has gone loopy and is now into stupid season.... Changing a T1's needles for a cheaper one, is stupid and as you point out will cast more in the long run, which the money misers do not think about, they just see the buy invoices and how much they can 'save' on each order.....speechless.....
As a T2 my mini needles were changed from an 8 mm which I could not feel and went to the next layer down easily...to a 4 mm one which I have to press down a bit harder on, and so it feels tender under the 'stab it sites' on my thighs.... again they did not think about peoples injection sites being on different 'thickness's.
The fines were unbelievable in the first instance how many years have people gone without these cert's and so many not knowing about the need for them,,, I was one of them,,,,the principle is worth standing up and fighting for, as we keep getting told this condition is a killer,,,,,, and we have to keep the pharmaceutical industry in the black with the nhs buying loads of medications from them,,,,,,,,I understand your frustration at the insulin not lasting and the problems of getting a replacement supply,,,,, they wont understand until they have to jump through those hoops,,,or they fall flat on their faces when there is a major problem and they have to act quickly,,,,,,if that is at all possible???
If I was in this situation the pharmacist would be my first port of call,,,as they might have a recall situation, or they can talk to the doctors/suppliers and get it sorted out,,,,the one I go to is very helpful and even rang me out my testing strips on a recall and get them back to him,,,,
Lets hope all the fines have been repaid as you say it is not fair, nor were people warned about this in advance,,, surprises of this type are not wanted. Maybe a post on the forum would get the full story finalised and everybody being refunded,and the whole thing ended,,,
happier than you,,,, please remember the computer system that runs the re-orders,,,,,,,is programmed by humans,,,,,,which as we know are prone to stupidity in great amounts,,,,,,,can I ask does you insulin come in individual bottles (you are given so many) or are they supplies in a box of a set amount? ,,,,my victoza comes in boxes of 3 even though I use 2 on a 28 day script, so I have the 3 box, and then every now and then have to not reorder it as I have a box full to work through,,,,,top shelf in fridge door,,,,,,if I needed insulin and ran out I would talk with the pharmacist and get them to help out,,,,,the doctors and dn nurse's seem to listen to them,,,,after all they most likely know more about the drugs and stuff than the doctors,,,,,
so happier it is bed time, so ttfn from Karen.
. I was diagnosed in 1975 and didn't realise until this year that you actually needed one, i just used to tick the "medical exempt" part of my repeat prescriptions. After reading about people being fined i went and got a form to fill in from my GP's who then sent it off for me and about a week later an NHS plastic card came through the post. I wanted to be a rebel and not get one but i caved in the end lol.
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