Not sure where you are, but testers are available on the NHS for Type 2 diabetes.
I was diagnosed and a week after starting on the Metformin I asked the nurse for a tester. She gave me one and a prescription for test strips and lancets.
Ask and insist on having them provided - this is your...
I had similar problems a week after being diagnosed with Type 2 and taking Metformin.
My eyesight went back to the point where I couldn't drive, as I couldn't see properly with or without my glasses. Got tested and my right eye had gone from 2.5 shortsighted to 0.75 longsighted!!!
As it had...
Who told you that? I have just been told I am Type 2 and I get free prescriptions now. Just got my first meter and have to collect my presciption on Monday
Dal
The other common ingredient is caffeine, which also causes headaches, blurred vision, constantly urination etc in the big doses you have been drinking it.
Maybe cutting out the tea, coffee and fizzy drinks for a month will make a big difference
Dal