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Blood sugar level testing kits

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Rakish

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Location
Colchester
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
hi can somebody recommend a testing kit they use for type 2 diabetes. Also how often do you check your levels and what are you aiming for?
 
Rakish said:
hi can somebody recommend a testing kit they use for type 2 diabetes. Also how often do you check your levels and what are you aiming for?
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Hello Rakish,

If you start testing, you'll test often and strips are expensive. So what you want is a meter with the cheapest kind of strips, yet still reliable. Of course, I can't find @Rachox info on it for the life of me right now, but she'll be along shortly, I'm sure. As for when to test, if you want to know what's going on and whether a change in diet is working: Test before a meal and 2 hours after the first bite. You're aiming for a rise of no more than 2 mmol/l. Test your fasting blood glucose occasionally, as that's the last one to come down anyway, and checking every day is pretty much a waste of strips, so maybe do that one once a week or something, if it's something you want to know. Personally I'm back in the normal range and usually aim for between 4.0 and 5.9, but anything under 8,5 is pretty good. Above that, damage starts occurring, so you want to stay under that if you can. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/ might help with that.
Good luck,
Jo
 
Thanks @VashtiB for the tag.

@Rakish The Tee2+ from Spirit Healthcare which has cheap strips (not the cheapest strips but very reasonable): http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/ with the strips found here: http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-testing-strips/ I got a free Tee2+ by phoning up to order the meter and 10 boxes of strips and they threw the meter in for free. Phone number 0800 8815423

The meter with the cheapest strips is the SD Codefree. Strips need to be bought in bulk using the codes below and the manufacturer is in the process of switching people over to a new model (see below). http://homehealth-uk.com/product-category/blood-glucose/blood-glucose-monitor/ and here for the extra strips http://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/sd-codefree-test-strips-to-be-used-only-with-the-sd-monitor/Discount codes for bulk orders:

5 packs 264086
10 packs 975833

Also from Spirit Healthcare, with more expensive strips than the Tee2+ is their Caresens Dual. This can be used for testing ketones too (strips for that very expensive). https://shop.spirit-health.co.uk/collections/caresens-dual

Home Health have recently brought out a new meter, the Navii, which will eventually replace the Codefree. https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/glucose-navii-blood-glucose-test-strips-50-strip-pack/. https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/gluconavii-blood-sugar-meter-glucose-monitor-starter-kit/ The latest news from Home Health states:

"We have a special promotion for switching Codefree customers to the GlucoNavii, whereby if you buy a meter with 2 or more packs of strips from the below link and add the discount code "dcuk" at checkout, we will subtract the price of 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.

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)
 
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