Blood sugar meter broken, where best to get a replacement

[fiona35]

Lesson learnt for future, always have a back up meter!
Anyway mine has broke this morning, replaced batteries and nothing has happened and it’s dead as a door nail!
I don’t have any libres to use at the moment either.
I’m on basal Bolus insulin so can’t do without one over the weekend as I test around 6 times a day.
Is it easiest to buy from a chemist a replacement and hope the 20 strips in the pack will last until I can either get in touch with the BSM company or DSN on Monday to try and get a replacement or try and get something off Amazon?
Thanks

 

[EllieM]

I'd phone your local chemists and see what they have in stock....Does amazon deliver on a Sunday?

 

[becca59]

I’d be at my local chemists quick sharp. Bound to have one. But yes @EllieM Amazon deliver on a Sunday.

 

[fiona35]

I'd phone your local chemists and see what they have in stock....Does amazon deliver on a Sunday?

Thanks. I have ordered stuff from Amazon before which have been delivered on a Sunday but I’ll give the local chemist a try.

 

[jaywak]

I've often seen them on the shelves in Boots , and like you said you should always have a back up , I had the battery cover flap break on my Freestyle mobile once and just phoned up Abbott and they sent me a new free one within a couple of days .

 

[Antje77]

Did you manage to find a meter and strips already, @fiona35 ?

I'd definitely buy one from a chemist, you need it today, not tomorrow.
Or I'd use social media and ask in any of my local Facebook groups and dedicated diabetes groups if someone close has a spare I can borrow.

 

[fiona35]

I finally managed to get 1 at Boots after trying 3 different chemists before them!
The first 2 chemists wouldn’t sell me them even though they were in the display cabinets?!
They said I’d have to go to the hospital to ask for one?!
The next chemist on my list didn’t have any so they phoned Boots for me to save me a trip if they didn’t have any, luckily they had one and were able to put it aside for me.
What a faff to get a replacement meter!