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Amazon have them as well in 3 qty's 10's, 25's and 50's http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_nos ... est+strips If you are after a new meter I like the Bayer contour next usb and the Accu Chek mobile, most new meters only come with 10 strips, though my usb came with 25 and the mobile came with...

Re: Boots sent worker home This might be a dumb question, what has carrying sweets on oneself in case of a hypo got to do with security, unless its the needle thing? I would also ask as JC suggested surly its against the disability discrimination act as they would need to provide a suitable...

DAFNE course centres are shown here http://www.dafne.uk.com/uploads/223/doc ... 202013.pdf Which shows the following locations in Edinburgh. NHS Lothian • St John’s Hospital at Howden, Livingston • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh • Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

If you ring Abbott Medisense (free phone number) they will send you a test control solution for free, with Abbott they send two test solutions a high and low and the results should be within the limits as shown on the test strip pot. You will have to use 2 test strips to check the meter. If you...

My old meters were at least 8 years old before I changed them. A control solution test using the same solution drop and same batch of strips showed 2 meters were fairly close to each other and the spare was quite a bit out with the other 2. Though all were within limits of the control test. The...

I use 2 different makes of meter and I trust both of them, they do give slightly different readings at the higher levels, at the lower levels they are very close to each other. One I use as my driving meter as its all in one the Accu Chek mobile and the at home meter the Bayer contour next usb...

Most meter suppliers will send you a control solution for free, with some if you register your meter on line you can then order control solutions that way, some other freebies as well.

I have tried various lancets and lancing devices over the past few months as I have tender skin due to dermatitis resulting in the skin flaking off. Two devices that I get on with are the Accu Chek fastclix which is probably similar to the Accu Chek multiclick, and the Mylife Pura lancing...

Re: Early hours hypo It happened to me the other day had a mild hypo of 3.6 and it took a lot more to correct it, double the usual amount of jelly babies, some fruit bars which were to hand. I was struggling to get it above 4.1, yet the other week I had a hypo of 2.6 and it responded well to...

As mo1905 says don't think it will make any difference to us. The only thing that possibly would frustrate me / us is that as like the head of the nhs she will be given 5 star treatment and want for nothing in support etc, while a lot of us have to fight to get support or support is denied to us.

If your BS levels have been high, and you have managed to get your levels back towards normal levels you can experience false hypos, when you are in normal ranges. I had these a while ago when I was in the 20's and got my levels back to more normal when I was less than 10.0. A meter test...

When they had my licence for medical renewal and the old one expired due to their delays. I phoned up about it, and they sent me a letter saying its ok to continue to drive until my case had been decided. It could well be worth asking them to send you a letter to the same effect and carry a copy...

A 0.2 variation between meters is very good, you can get that sort of difference if you used the same meter and 2 strips using the same blood sample. Theres no need to do anything different, its worth having a search on here to see comparisons others have noticed between the code free and their...

This bit is down to the good old postcode lottery and even different practices within the post code. Its worth asking if you DN or doctor will prescribe test strips. Getting a meter is not normally a problem, as most suppliers will send you one free eg the likes of Bayer, Abbott medisense...

The HbA1c tests take an average of your sugar levels over the past 3 months and could be slow to show the change in levels. For an example my HbA1c tests in Dec, Jan and feb showed that my BS was rising slowly where in fact using a meter I was constantly in the teens and 20's. After getting...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 4.3 this morning, normally its between 4.4 and 5.1, with 4.4 being my most common reading.

Its worth testing to see what foods do to you. The major suppliers of the likes of Bayer, Abbott Medisense, Life Scan, Accu Chek will supply a meter free. The problem is if you self fund the test strips as buying via a chemist they are around £25 for a pot of 50. You can approach the big...

Assuming Claire is UK based and her Hba1c of 59 in new money that according to the converter is 7.5 % in old school, which is slightly high as its in the amber section of the converter, unless I got things mixed up. http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html The symptoms do need...

Welcome to the wonderful world of diabetes, Its a question of finding out what suits you and how things affect you, as its different to everybody in some ways. I am not a expert on food and relearning after being diabetic type 2 for 13 years. There is conflicting opinions between us and the...

The other good thing is you can save your results and upload them to the Bayer servers so you can log into your account from anyehere you get internet access to show them your results.