Hi all,
I am a type 1 diabetic of 10 years who seriously struggles to control my blood sugars. The only way I have found is to test my blood glucose levels constantly, up to 12 times a day on busy days. This has a big impact on my life as everything has to stop hourly while I prick my finger, it effects my work, my social life and my anxiety as I never know what my diabetes is doing and have become increasingly self-conscious about it. When I found out the Freestyle Libre was going to be available from November this was obviously a huge relief, but two months later and neither the CCG where I am based (East Kent) nor that in my home town (West Yorkshire) have approved it as it is considered too expensive (even though it would cost the NHS the same or less in my case due to the high numbers of testing strips I go through).
Has anybody found a CCG that actually prescribes the Libre Soft? It is so important to me that I would even consider moving city to try and become eligible for one.
I am a type 1 diabetic of 10 years who seriously struggles to control my blood sugars. The only way I have found is to test my blood glucose levels constantly, up to 12 times a day on busy days. This has a big impact on my life as everything has to stop hourly while I prick my finger, it effects my work, my social life and my anxiety as I never know what my diabetes is doing and have become increasingly self-conscious about it. When I found out the Freestyle Libre was going to be available from November this was obviously a huge relief, but two months later and neither the CCG where I am based (East Kent) nor that in my home town (West Yorkshire) have approved it as it is considered too expensive (even though it would cost the NHS the same or less in my case due to the high numbers of testing strips I go through).
Has anybody found a CCG that actually prescribes the Libre Soft? It is so important to me that I would even consider moving city to try and become eligible for one.