I was actually issued with an accu-chek mobile by my DN and it was superb - so easy to use , especially when shaking mid-hypo , but getting the strips/cassettes was an ordeal and a half . My GP then told me the health authority were "standardising" on a glucomen - I guess because the strips are such a lot cheaper . Results are considerably different , and strips are shiny and fiddley and difficult to get out of the tub . I'm also disabled so need to drive everywhere in my motability car , but strips are still restricted to a maximum of 100 per month - that's 3 a day - which restricts my driving let alone normal testing . I've been diabetic for 37 years and always used to be able to tell when I was getting "hypo" , but I'm becoming rather unpredictable though unable to test as often as I'd like . I've complained to the health authority but apparently , so long as they are providing me with a meter , no matter how substandard , and providing me with strips , no matter how restricted and inadequate the supply may be , there's nothing I can do . Has the outlook ever lokked so bleak ???