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Message: <blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 214003" data-attributes="member: 17713">So sorry that you are having such a **** time with your GP receptionist with blood strips.......I would ask chemist if he could give you some against your next order....if you use the same chemist each time.......that way you may stand a chance of not having to apy for some.......Going back to DP and testing.....from 7.30 (obviously not needing a bolus or hypostopper during night) right through to 11am or 12 noon depending how hungry I am......I don't suffer from hunge at any time though,,,so this may be easier for me than others......the only meal I find it really difficult to basal test for is my dinner with my husband ..as i can't stand watching him have a good meal and me eating nothing....or no carb food if I have to.....No good doing basal testing if you go hi or low within the 5hour before hand, apart from that....even if initally I went up to 15 I would not correction bolus until at least 11am...and I would test every hour...as basal adjustments are done every hour on the accuchek combo.....after 1st day you should be able to make some changes to correct DP and should be done ok within 5 days total......and then when sorted weekdays out...give yourself a break..enjoy the weekend and the following week and see what happens...and then do basal testing the following weekend.......at least...that's what I would do.......but we all have to find our way about our basal testing and adjusting and working our diabetes around our own life's........what worked for me, may not work for you.....</blockquote>

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