Hi there why can't T1 n T2s be all treated the same n give everyone get meters it is our health after all
I dont pay for perscriptions due to my age.
I have got my HbA1c down from 58 last June to 45 in October.
With advice from our forum I got a meter myself and cut carbs and in the long run I have saved the NHS money.
I would have been on more medication by now but for the forum.
They dont understand that.
Sadly @Patricia21 , no they don't
Its not right and its not fair, especially as the overstretched government purse seems to wish to spend large published funds on gender reassignment operations (lifestyle choices) and immigration (don't get me started on that one)
But it is what it is
I for one, like yourself and many on here, are happy to invest in myself as per my previous post
Well in the UK, they are FREE, at least, the strip companies give them out free!Hello friends, went to my diabetic Nurse on Tuesday, to give blood for my latest check-up. Told the nurse about my conversation with the GP, regarding lancets and test strips. For some reason, the GP won't issue me with repeats for lancets - but phoning up the surgery for repeat on test strips, I've got them no problem, ok.
The nurse explained the cost issue involved. For my current meter, Freestyle Freedom Lite, test strips for 50, cost £15. So the nurse offers me a different meter, an AgaMatrix Jazz ( I suppose it also does roast dinners! ), the lancets for this meter for 50 cost £7. Right, I understand all that. It's a shame, if other parts of the NHS would think like this, trying to cut costs, where-ever they can. I don't know the cost of the meter, though, I've always had them free, but I'm sure they're not cheap.
Frank.