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I agree, I'm afraid it's one of those times you'll have to try to tough it out and distract yourself until you get the definitive result. One high result can come up as a result of all sorts of things that are not diabetes, and no change of treatment should ever be based on a single test result...

I was once a hospital inpatient and they prescribed me something then came back to say they were out of stock in the hospital pharmacy so I couldn't have any! They "couldn't" write me the type of prescription that my husband could take to an outside pharmacy because I was an inpatient. They...

Yes a type 1 should "expect" their meters free in the UK because that is the agreement that the NHS has with the manufacturers in return for carrying their strips on NHS prescriptions. The NHS paperwork on the subject says that manufactuers are required to provide meters free of charge to...

Yet another one of those joyful situations where people don't listen to the actual person, preferring to go with "we have the stuff you need" because they have "done a course on it". Like all those times I am told how I need to have my wheelchair handled because they know what's best for me...

Sounds as if your practice nurse and doctor may have thought they were reading results of different tests. The fasting glucose, oral glucose tolerance test, capilliary glucose and venous glucose readings are all different. If they have skimmed the results assuming you've had the kind of test...

Personally I think it's because diabetes is used as a fear word, and if you use that word "mild" people are going to wait until they become "very diabetic" before taking it seriously. Then again I find few places will use the term "brittle diabetic" any more. Some say it's because they don't...

No, but it's your fault that you failed to take account of the number of diabetics there are and allocate the budget so there are enough staff to deal with it. It's like those call centres where you listen to hours of "we are experiencing a high call volume" and I think no, you are experiencing...

Re: Contour USB accuracy doubts 3 days in compared to Accu-c Personally I find that Accu-Chek reads very high, so maybe the Contour is the one that is correct? Doesn't sound like it, though, at such a low reading as that. I was having a panic that I was doing something seriously wrong and my BG...

Remember that this statistic is not only manipulated for fund-raising purposes but includes everyone with different ranges of control. It includes the teenager who denies she has diabetes, never tests, doesn't take her insulin and hasn't been to the clinic since diagnosis. It includes the youth...

That's a bummer. I guess the size of the box depends in relation to your meter size, I got the Nano thinking it would be nice and small, but add the box of strips and it's bigger than my deceased Bayer (the one before the Breeze with the cartridge strips in it). My strips only come in 10s but...

I thought the mobile was separate, will have a closer look at it, thanks. Doesn't really appeal to me, I am worried that 50 tests sat in the meter rather than tightly wrapped in a packet will deteriorate too quickly for an infrequent tester, it's more of a 4 times a day meter I think. I just...

Well, if anyone else is self-funding strips there is a fierce bidding war on many sites to snag the strips at good prices, but it seems easier to purchase meters each time, people don't want a new meter and they go for £5 including 25 strips instead of the usual £13+ for 50. So soon I am going...

I am interested to know where the phrase in the NHS guidance comes into things (ref the cost of supplying strips), as it does say that the agreement with the NHS is that the manufacturers "are required to provide the meters free of charge" (emphasis is mine) not that they may do if they feel...

See this is the problem I have, most will give a meter for free but charge for software or connecting cables. My friend and I chose a meter specifically because it said we could ring a freephone helpline to get software and a cable. I didn't expect them to say that will be £24.95 please...

Is this the Contour USB or the Contour you are talking about? The prize draw appears to be for the original Contour, which doesn't interest me.

I was told to avoid all artificial sweeteners because early research indicates that if your body tastes sweet in the mouth it will prepare for the arrival of glucose in the blood. If no glucose arrives that leaves your body annoyed and (for type 2) full of insulin that it cannot use. The human...

HOW? :shock: I have been all over their website and all I can find it do you want to buy it from Boots or buy it from Pharmacy 2U. I don't get any emails at all, go into your User Control Panel and uncheck everything that is about email.

I feel similarly, not about this charity in particular, but many others I have sent small sums of money (I have a very low income) and have sighed in annoyance to find that more money than I ever sent has been spent sending me further letters asking for money. Personally I cannot really...

We rarely hear about the genetic element, why is type 2 so staggeringly much higher in Germany than many parts of Europe? I feel that type 2 is something you are born with a predisposition to have, and it will get you earlier or later depending on other various factors, but it will get you...

So I was reading information about the provision (or withdrawal of provision) of strips on prescription for type 2 diabetes and it said that manufacturers are required to provide the meters for free. Surely this doesn't mean you can ask them for your favourite choice of meter? How does that...