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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JMK1954" data-source="post: 2010867" data-attributes="member: 352098">You have misunderstood me. I am talking about the occasions when you can't get enough blood on the stick to set the machine going. On my old meter I had 30 seconds to add more blood if I didn't get enough onto the stick first time. The instructions with the new meter refer me to the instructions that come with the test strips. The part I am referring to is in very tiny type, in a rectangular black box in the section "How do I monitor my blood glucose ?"I quote:- "What if the countdown does not start ?  If the countdown does not start, you may not have applied enough blood to the test strip. Apply a second drop of blood to the test strip within 5 seconds of the first drop. If the countdown still does not start or if more than 5 seconds have passed, discard the test strip, turn off your meter and repeat steps 1 -  4."This means start again with a NEW strip. I am going to bankrupt the NHS if I use this meter. I have wasted two strips this morning for this reason.  They were quite capable of allowing 30 seconds to add more blood on the Freestyle Lite, so this is a deliberate change, which will increase the number of sticks I waste. I want a meter which allows me longer to add more blood if I have to.Added later: I do not really care if it takes 5 seconds or two minutes to display its result. That makes little difference to me.</blockquote>

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