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Catkin35

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Hi all. I’ve had trouble with my blood sugar since I was a child. Recently after my pregnancy and since I’ve been breastfeeding my blood sugar dips have been so much worse. It has been suggested I get a meter to start observing. Can any here in uk recommend a budget friendly accurate one?
Thanks
 
Catkin35 said:
Hi all. I’ve had trouble with my blood sugar since I was a child. Recently after my pregnancy and since I’ve been breastfeeding my blood sugar dips have been so much worse. It has been suggested I get a meter to start observing. Can any here in uk recommend a budget friendly accurate one?
Thanks
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Hi @Catkin35 , welcome to the forum.
My colleague @Rachox has a useful bit of information on meters, I'm sure she'll share it here as soon as she comes online again.

With glucose meters it's the cost of the strips where you'll spend the money, most companies will give you a meter for free if you ask, hoping you'll continue to buy their brand of test strips.
It's worth googling the company and see if they'll give you a free meter :)

Alternatively you could try a Freestyle Libre sensor. They're not as accurate as glucose meters, so I would double check with a finger prick a couple of times if you choose this route, but much more useful for spotting trends. They're expensive too, but it might be you can get a free trial: https://sample.freestyle.abbott/gb-en/freestylelibre.html
 
Hi @Catkin35 and welcome to the forum. Thanks for the tag @Antje77


Here’s some info on UK meters, and to be clear I have no commercial connections with any of the companies mentioned.


HOME HEALTH have the Gluco Navii, which is a fairly new model and seems to be getting good reviews, links to the strips and the meter:

https://homehealth-uk.com/all-produ...ose-meter-test-strips-choose-mmol-l-or-mg-dl/

There are also discount codes for when you come to buy more strips - "navii5" and "navii10" will give you 20% off purchases of 5 packs of strips and 25% off 10 packs of strips respectively.


Then they sell the older SD Code Free, details to be found here:

https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/

Discount codes for the Code Free strips

5 packs 264086

10 packs 975833





SPIRIT HEALTHCARE have a meter called the Tee2 + found here:



https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/co...e2-blood-glucose-meter?variant=19264017268793

with the strips found here:



https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/co...py-of-tee2-test-strips?variant=19264017367097

Some members have got a free Tee2+ by phoning up to order, with a large order of strips they often throw the meter in for free:

Phone number 0800 8815423


With more expensive strips is their Caresens Dual, this one has the advantage of glucose and ketone testing in one machine, it’s to be found here:

https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/collections/caresens-dual



If there is a choice of units of measurement then ‘mmol/L’ are the standard units in the UK, ‘mg/dl’ in the US, other countries may vary.


Don’t forget to check the box if you have pre diabetes or diabetes so you can buy VAT free. (for all meters and strips)
 
Accuracy comes at a cost if you are looking for a meter that is relatively low cost and has reasonable accuracy I personally would recomend the Tee2+ I have one my daughter also has one there is a link to it in @Rachox post . meters are always a personal choice and each person has a prefered meter but they all have to conform to the national standard though some meters go beyond what is required.
 
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