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Australian government reduces the number of glucose testing strips you are entitled to
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<blockquote data-quote="miss miss" data-source="post: 2269439" data-attributes="member: 468328"><p>a few years ago now, the Australian government changed the number of testing strips that a diabetic was entitled to</p><p></p><p>this is what landed me in intensive care unit were apparently I died and there was talk of putting me in an induced coma</p><p></p><p>I had what I believed to be a hypo and so I had some juice and I continued with the symptoms of what I experienced before was a low but I did not have any testing strips and the pharmacy told me I used up my allowance and refused to sell me any more</p><p></p><p>so as brain got foggy and I slept and slept and slept I did not realize I was actually very high blood glucose</p><p>I did not realise how sick I was and kept thinking to myself that as soon as I get enough sleep I will go to the doctor and get the doctor to check out my diabetes properly etc</p><p></p><p>instead my partner called the ambulance and the rest is history</p><p></p><p>so the point is that I would have been able to see that my blood glucose was high or low and taken better action if I had the test strips that I needed. I would have known when I got to a reading of 10 to start drinking water and exercising etc rather than allowing my blood glucose to get to 25</p><p>I could have averted this emergency totally if the government did not change the amount of testing strips that a diabetic was entitled to per year</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="miss miss, post: 2269439, member: 468328"] a few years ago now, the Australian government changed the number of testing strips that a diabetic was entitled to this is what landed me in intensive care unit were apparently I died and there was talk of putting me in an induced coma I had what I believed to be a hypo and so I had some juice and I continued with the symptoms of what I experienced before was a low but I did not have any testing strips and the pharmacy told me I used up my allowance and refused to sell me any more so as brain got foggy and I slept and slept and slept I did not realize I was actually very high blood glucose I did not realise how sick I was and kept thinking to myself that as soon as I get enough sleep I will go to the doctor and get the doctor to check out my diabetes properly etc instead my partner called the ambulance and the rest is history so the point is that I would have been able to see that my blood glucose was high or low and taken better action if I had the test strips that I needed. I would have known when I got to a reading of 10 to start drinking water and exercising etc rather than allowing my blood glucose to get to 25 I could have averted this emergency totally if the government did not change the amount of testing strips that a diabetic was entitled to per year [/QUOTE]
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