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Cheers. I'll give it a miss. It was ok when you could just order one as necessary but if I'm going to have to start calling and explaining myself I'll buy one from Amazon.

Have Abbott stopped their 'Friend for Life' scheme? I went to their site to order a free battery for my BG meter and can't find anything about the FFL scheme on their website any more.

Abbot Freestyle Lite mainly because Abbott will sell you strips at semi-sensible prices if you don't get them on prescription.

My readings over the past few days have been lower than usual (Yay!) which got me to wondering whether my meter (Abbott Freestyle Lite) was faulty or the latest tub of strips was duff. Our local Asda pharmacy has a special on the Freestyle Lite at the moment so I popped in this afto and bought...

For those of you who have Abbott meters that use Freestyle Lite strips you can purchase these direct from Abbott. They'll ask you to send them a letter telling them you've been diagnosed as diabetic. They'll then sell you strips at £15 a tub VAT free.

I'm a type 2 diagnosed in April this year on diet and exercise alone. I pretty much eat an identical diet each day. Breakfast is eggs, bacon and mushrooms. Evening meal is grilled chicken with veg (no potatoes - I'm low carbing). Glass of wine (and perhaps some pork scratchings if I'm feeling...

Thanks for the info especially the 'pizza effect'.

When you're told to test your BS one hour after a meal is that one hour after you start the meal or one hour after you finish it?

Re: metaformin .......here goes As far as I can tell the 'eatwell plate' is an FSA designed set of foods for non-diabetic people. Quote: "plenty of bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods – choose wholegrain varieties whenever you can " They say that starchy foods should make...

Re: metaformin .......here goes I went to the first of 3 educational sessions at my local PCT last week. I found it very useful although I suspect that this week's session with the nutritionist using the FSA 'eatwell' plate may not be quite as useful. The thing that really shocked me was that...

If you have an Abbott meter you can buy them direct from Abbott for 15 quid a tub of 50.

Egg, bacon and mushrooms. Yum!

If you're having anxiety problems, panic attacks or agorophobia problems please buy and read (and then re-read again and again until you 'get it') 'Self Help for your Nerves' by Doctor Claire Weekes. It will explain what's causing your symptoms and explain how to overcome them. You can get it...

Hi there I was recently diagnosed as type 2 and have started testing as suggested on here even though my Doc said it wasn't necessary. I bought an Abbott Freestyle Lite meter. I bought some strips from Ebay without paying attention to what I was buying and finished up with Freestyle rather than...