diment said:
why does every one in the UK think that the government (NHS) should pay for everything ?
you need to look after your self,buy your own test strips,do your own blood tests at the nearest clinic (lab),
we got our selves into this state now its up to us to get better,not depend on NHS for every thing.
the country is going broke,too many people with their hands out.
Just who do you think you are to judge us? Only judge yourself please, and remember that the reason you are ill isn't necessarily the reason other people are ill! I've paid my national insurance and income tax for many years, so any medication or monitoring tools I have, not just for my diabetes, but for my other conditions too, I have paid for. The NHS is no different to any private medical insurance, we pay our premiums each month and then if we are unfortunate enough to be ill, either acute short term or chronic long term, our national insurance pays for. So, we are not asking for anything that we are not entitled to. There may be people who are diabetic because they are lazy, fat, couch potatoes, who don't work, exercise or eat healthily, however I and hundreds or thousands of others are not one of those! Yes, I'm currently fat, this being due to one or more of the medications I take every day and because I apparently don't eat enough. My dietitian says I eat healthily but not enough calories, and she regularly tells me off for that. I'm also a swimmer and train hard every day, and also enjoy a zumba session every week. Also, I am on thirteen meds a day and have been paying for all my prescriptions, until last month when I discovered that I've been paying for all this time when I could have been having free prescriptions. However, I do still pay for my own test strips and lancets as I have never had these on prescription. No, I didn't ask to be diabetic, I didn't ask to have rubbish kidneys, I didn't ask to have rubbish blood pressure, I didn't ask to have rubbish bowels, and I didn't ask to have angiodysplasia! What about you, are you really diabetic?