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<blockquote data-quote="latvianchick" data-source="post: 1214947" data-attributes="member: 97703"><p>Hi, I am also having problems with my GP. They do not treat my diabetes and will never usually discuss it. I went yesterday about something and asked for more needles - I use 5 a day too and would NEVER re-use. From being prescribed 200 per month for some years following a similar earlier fight which ended up me having to go to my DSN and diabetes doctor who wrote to the GP surgery telling them that they HAD to give me more. Not only need them for 5 injections but for extras and mistakes or a bent needle! Was told "the average diabetic does not need 100 per month!" Erm, what is an average diabetic? Suggest you contact your hospital nurse/doctor and tell them what is happening and NEVER re-use just because others do! Not worth the risk! Some people might have gotten lucky, but many more from whom we have not yet heard, have not! The needles I use are triggered by pressure and cannot be re-used! The person I saw yesterday did not even know the difference between LANCETS and NEEDLES! Had to explain it 4 times!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="latvianchick, post: 1214947, member: 97703"] Hi, I am also having problems with my GP. They do not treat my diabetes and will never usually discuss it. I went yesterday about something and asked for more needles - I use 5 a day too and would NEVER re-use. From being prescribed 200 per month for some years following a similar earlier fight which ended up me having to go to my DSN and diabetes doctor who wrote to the GP surgery telling them that they HAD to give me more. Not only need them for 5 injections but for extras and mistakes or a bent needle! Was told "the average diabetic does not need 100 per month!" Erm, what is an average diabetic? Suggest you contact your hospital nurse/doctor and tell them what is happening and NEVER re-use just because others do! Not worth the risk! Some people might have gotten lucky, but many more from whom we have not yet heard, have not! The needles I use are triggered by pressure and cannot be re-used! The person I saw yesterday did not even know the difference between LANCETS and NEEDLES! Had to explain it 4 times! [/QUOTE]
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