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<blockquote data-quote="ronjrob1967" data-source="post: 269206" data-attributes="member: 43932"><p><strong>Re: Diabetes.co.uk PETITION for better access to blood testi</strong></p><p></p><p>I have signed the petition and linked to my Facebook Page. </p><p></p><p>I received a letter the other day from my gp who has, on the basis of new NHS Lothian guidelines, decided to withdraw my test strips, without any consultation with me to look at my lifestyle and not having seen me since my last HBA1c in Aug 2011. He explained that the test strips were 'very expensive'. I have checked the price on Amazon and for my strips at the rate I use them it would cost £100 a year. Also as the Scottish First Minister has decided prescriptions should be free in Scotland the cost is a moot point. Furthermore, the cost to me in terms of quality of life should I have a severe stroke is immeasurable and the financial cost of my care would run into thousands. I think the whole thing is absolute madness. How else are NIDD's meant to keep a check on their levels. Once a year HBA1c isn't often enough. what if 6 months down the line you start running to the loo and you are an irreversible type 1 because you didn't know the numbers. Surely this runs into our human rights as well to be entitled to a decent quality of life. I am now frightened to drive, frightened to go to the gym or go mountain biking on my own in the countryside in case I lose my concentration and fall off my bike or into the path of traffic. This is sooooo important especially since the number of diagnosed and undiagnosed type 2's is increasing and runs into millions. We need at least hundreds of thousands of signatures. Please send the link to everyone and anyone you know <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ronjrob1967, post: 269206, member: 43932"] [b]Re: Diabetes.co.uk PETITION for better access to blood testi[/b] I have signed the petition and linked to my Facebook Page. I received a letter the other day from my gp who has, on the basis of new NHS Lothian guidelines, decided to withdraw my test strips, without any consultation with me to look at my lifestyle and not having seen me since my last HBA1c in Aug 2011. He explained that the test strips were 'very expensive'. I have checked the price on Amazon and for my strips at the rate I use them it would cost £100 a year. Also as the Scottish First Minister has decided prescriptions should be free in Scotland the cost is a moot point. Furthermore, the cost to me in terms of quality of life should I have a severe stroke is immeasurable and the financial cost of my care would run into thousands. I think the whole thing is absolute madness. How else are NIDD's meant to keep a check on their levels. Once a year HBA1c isn't often enough. what if 6 months down the line you start running to the loo and you are an irreversible type 1 because you didn't know the numbers. Surely this runs into our human rights as well to be entitled to a decent quality of life. I am now frightened to drive, frightened to go to the gym or go mountain biking on my own in the countryside in case I lose my concentration and fall off my bike or into the path of traffic. This is sooooo important especially since the number of diagnosed and undiagnosed type 2's is increasing and runs into millions. We need at least hundreds of thousands of signatures. Please send the link to everyone and anyone you know :) [/QUOTE]
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