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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chriscrick66" data-source="post: 2747995" data-attributes="member: 581039"><p>I don’t think you will get the funding without having to inject insulin, it’s taken me more than 18 months to finally get my Dexacom for my type 2 on the NHS despite being insulin dependent and being diagnosed with kidney cancer and undergoing immunotherapy. I had been self funding the Freestlye Libre 2 during this time and like you I learned more about my diabetes and what foods affected me than any NHS course or diabetic education could have taught me. I was sick of being told how well I was managing my diabetes, nobody seemed to join the dots and realise I was managing it because of the monitor! In the end I saw my endocrinologist and let him know my feelings and how it was affecting my wellbeing ( 1st time in a year I had been seen) and he agreed to try and obtain the funding on my behalf. To me it‘s ridiculous not to fund diabetes patients when as in your case your glucose levels are unstable. In the short term you could get your friends and family to sign up for Abbots free trial I did this and got some free. Also when ordering them I ticked the box and got them without the VAT. it made them a little bit cheaper. Good Luck</p></blockquote><p></p>

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