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<blockquote data-quote="tmohammad" data-source="post: 88210" data-attributes="member: 19335"><p>As I am controlling my diabetes with Diet, my doctor says I cant have test strips too...</p><p></p><p>He was more than happy to prescribe tablets, but cant give me the strips. So I am funding them myself. </p><p></p><p>I expalined that as I was a new diabetic, and every person is different, I needed the strips to determine how my body behaves with different foods. </p><p></p><p>He just kept arguing that the HBA1c is good enough (even that he says can be annual!) and points to the NICE guidlines.</p><p></p><p>Why cant the NHS manufacture their own brand of strips... Its obvious that the strip manufacturers are making huge profits (They are more than happy to send you free meters, books, PC cables, Software and even batteries BUT they wont decrease the price of the strips!)</p><p></p><p>I really get annoyed at the way that I get treated. Yet other people in the same health authority get strips prescribed freely! these people who clearly dont need them are making a killing by selling the strips privately on fleeBay :cry:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tmohammad, post: 88210, member: 19335"] As I am controlling my diabetes with Diet, my doctor says I cant have test strips too... He was more than happy to prescribe tablets, but cant give me the strips. So I am funding them myself. I expalined that as I was a new diabetic, and every person is different, I needed the strips to determine how my body behaves with different foods. He just kept arguing that the HBA1c is good enough (even that he says can be annual!) and points to the NICE guidlines. Why cant the NHS manufacture their own brand of strips... Its obvious that the strip manufacturers are making huge profits (They are more than happy to send you free meters, books, PC cables, Software and even batteries BUT they wont decrease the price of the strips!) I really get annoyed at the way that I get treated. Yet other people in the same health authority get strips prescribed freely! these people who clearly dont need them are making a killing by selling the strips privately on fleeBay :cry: [/QUOTE]
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