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Weighing every day is a waste of time as your weight can vary by a few pounds. This can happen due to hormonal changes etc.

I was advised to test when I get up, & just before lunch & tea & when I go to bed. The only other times I test is every 2 hours when driving.

Does your GP know you are required by the DVLA to test your bg every 2 hours while driving. This alone can cause the use of more than 4 test strips a day.

Metformin is fine. I have never had any problems with it.

You must be on insulin as if treated by pills or diet there is no requirement to tell the dvla or to test the blood every 2 hours. But stopping for 2 minutes, at most, every 2 hours when driving, does no seem that much of an inconvenience to me. I have to do this myself.

Hi according to my doctors you should get them on prescription. I would complain to my MP IF I way you.

I am in the UK & type 2 on insulin and pills. As soon as you are diagnosed diabetic you fill in a form in which your doctor confirms you are diabetic and all prescriptions are free from that point on. Type 2’s on diet & pills sometimes get bg meters but not alway. I didn’t have a meter for years...

9.8 for me.

I was told to test 4 times a day. I test before every meal & just before I go to bed. So if you take the sugary medication just after you test, 3-4 hours later when you test again just before your next meal your blood glucose may be ok as sugar raises blood glucose quickly & disappears quickly,

According to my diabetic nurse accu-check are giving away free meters provided you get it from your doctors. I have a spare meter, no strips or prickers, if you want it. It is an acc-check meter.

You usually get diabetic bloods analysed every 3 months which changes to every 6 months after everything has settled down usually with a specialist diabetic nurse at your doctors . You should have a diabetic review once a year with the nurse where your treatments are discussed and feet etc are...