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Yes its a great little meter, I had mine direct from Bayer free. Don't forget to register the meter so you can order the free mains charger and an alternative patterned case. I found if you download the full software from the Bayer website (its free) you can combine several of their meters into...

Re: Bm Machine Its a control test solution, You apply it to a test strip instead of blood. The result should be within the limits shown on the side of the test strip container. The test solution can be a test of control normal, low or high the solution bottle should state which one you have.

I am drinking a lot more with this heat. A nice cold pint of lager could go down nicely, pity I gave up drinking more years ago than I can remember.

Re: Bm Machine Some times its a lot cheaper to buy direct from the suppliers if you can, Abbott sell direct and I think they are just over £15 for 50 from reports I have seen.

Think the surgery staff have given you a duff bit of advice on lancet / needle disposal, worth rechecking how to get a sharps bin, it depends on your area on how to get one. My area is direct fro the GP's practice, others get them on prescription and then some get the from the local council...

Re: Bm Machine Its down to personal preference. I like the Bayer Contour next USB meter good clear colour display, easy to use free software to download your results, though I use a mylife pura lancing device with it and BD microfine 0.2 mm lancets. The Bayer lancing device and lancets are...

I just stick to wholemeal bread toast, (though might not suit low carbers), not tried porridge for a good while to see what effect that has on me. Cereals are out of the question for me as send my BS sky high. As lwr60 says its a learning curve to see what suits you, Some foods affect us all...

If I stopped taking my meds (type 2 still producing insulin), my BS would very shortly rocket up, my eyesight would be pretty soon be effected and the nerve damage would increase. As they say been there and had the T shirt, due to meds no longer working.

Re: No 'activation chip' with Accuchek Aviva test strips? He Abbott did the same with their optium xceed, when I dug the spare one out had to ring them to get a code bar to make the meter code free.

Re: No 'activation chip' with Accuchek Aviva test strips? He Accu Chek have changed the strips to a code free system. If you don't have the new black chip you will need to contact Accu Chek who will send you the new chip which once placed in the meter, does not require removing every time you...

Looks like each area has different policies, in my area I got issued the bin via my GP practice, when its full I take it back to the GP where they exchange it, now up to a 7 ltr bin should take a while to fill it compared to what I started started off which with was 1ltr one.

In addition to what John says, you must tell your insurance company that you are diabetic and what type of meds you take. It should not affect your insurance premiums, might be a good point to let your instructor to know.

My BS levels are all over the place taking metformin and gliclazide with this heat. Before the heat I knew when there was a chance of my BS being high or low. At the moment I don't have a clue apart from the warning signs what's going on, getting highs when I should be in normal range and vice...

I always test if feeling differently, the results either confirm that I am low or even going high, my symptoms for highs and lows are different. The meter is proof that ones feeling are correct or wrong, if I treated a suspected low but the feelings were to do with something else, I could go...

Its a bit hard to tell without having a meter to test ones levels, though with me this heat is knocking my BS levels all over the place. I had my worst hypo in the early hours of this morning @ 2.6, felt really rubbish, then going the opposite way into the 13.0's.

The Glucomen LX plus also does ketone and BS testing.

As I am new to hypos I asked the nurse when she considers when one is having a hypo and she said anything below 4.0 is classed as a hypo.

Slow is not the word, can brew a cup of tea in the time its taking to load a thread.

DVLA guidelines and opinions are different as DVLA guidelines constantly get updated, when I was first diagnosed I had to notify them as was taking metformin (many years ago). I follow DVLA's guidelines as web sites said I needed to inform them as I had changed meds to include gliclazide. DVLA...

At the moment I am testing around 6 time a day + driving tests. Still trying to identify what's causing highs but the same food one day that gives a normal reading will be high the next time. Obviously know when BS is going low, with the shakes, sweats etc, then retest on these occasions. Now...