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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1098031" data-attributes="member: 41816"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I eat low carb high fat non processed food - so no cheap options (though I always try and make sensible budget choices).  Can't fill up on cheap stuff like bread, rice, potatoes, etc.  There is a thread on here at the moment actually on how expensive it is to eat out when low-carbing.All snacks need to be low carb - so that is nuts, cold meat and posh 70% choc (which in itself is a significant expense! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )My blood glucose is well enough controlled that I do not get medication for my T2, so as a non-medicated T2er, I get no help with prescription charges.  I am on 2 non-D prescriptions, so that is £16.40/monthMost T2s are denied strips and a test meter.  Too expensive for the NHS.   Usually only those on the stronger meds such as gliclazide and insulin get testing equipment.  I have chosen to use the SD Codefree and run intermittent Freestyle Libre sensor.  Combined costs about £60-80 a month at the moment.My surgery refuses to do 3 monthly HbA1cs, but will do one annually, so if I need them more often, I buy them privately (although I rarely do this).  Last time I looked they were about £20 each.The low carb thing means that holiday food is... um... interesting <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />   We usually end up going to self catering cottages, which is kind of a mixed blessing.  Yes, I get to eat what I like, but we are denied a LOT of the flexibility and food options people usually enjoy while on hol.  We have stayed in hotels a few times over the last few years.  Once I ended up eating meat and one veg at the carvery for 5 nights in a row.I am not complaining - believe me, low carb high fat makes me feel better than I have for years - it is like getting a body transplant.  But it does come with a cost... and not just money.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Ed. to add:  And yes, thanks [USER=196898]@Oldvatr[/USER] forgot to mention the supplements.  They make a huge difference, so I am very happy to take them, but I guess they run to over £50 a month.   But I don't think they are specifically a T2 thing, although there are several supplements that seem to have had a beneficial effect on my T2ness.</blockquote>

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