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<blockquote data-quote="Bertyboy" data-source="post: 1630225" data-attributes="member: 453093"><p>I'm interested to know what meters other people with recent diagnoses have been given and what they are prescribed by their GP.</p><p>I've had a bit of an unclear message so far. Two weeks ago, I bought an SD CodeFree meter to test my suspicions. I also bought 50 of their strips, because they're only £5.99 for a vial. I like the compact size and simplicity of this meter, and it confirmed my suspicions (21 mmol/l reading).</p><p>When I met the DSN after referal, she gave me a Glucomen Aero2x, about 25 strips, a few lancets and needles and a prescription for the insulin.</p><p>She gave me some more strips on my follow up and said she'd send the details for prescription to my GP. I phoned them on Thursday, because I was down to my last 6 test strips and the receptionist said I would have to bring my meter in because they didn't support the same ones as the North Bristol NHS trust (something about the approved budget of the PCT).</p><p>So I made a trip to my GP in my Friday lunch hour (a 20 minute drive away from the office), only to be told they hadn't agreed the prescription with the hospital and sent me back without a prescription. They phoned me back later, after my DSN had contacted them to say they now *would* make it up and I could collect it today!</p><p>I wouldn't mind, but a) the prescription cost me nearly £35, because my GP hasn't issued a medical exceptional certificate yet and b) I find that the Glucose strips require a pretty big blob of blood to give a reading. Also, the prescription only covers 50 strips. As I am supposed to test morning, noon, early evening and bed time, plus another before I drive home, that's barely over a week. Will I really have to collect a prescription every 10 days?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bertyboy, post: 1630225, member: 453093"] I'm interested to know what meters other people with recent diagnoses have been given and what they are prescribed by their GP. I've had a bit of an unclear message so far. Two weeks ago, I bought an SD CodeFree meter to test my suspicions. I also bought 50 of their strips, because they're only £5.99 for a vial. I like the compact size and simplicity of this meter, and it confirmed my suspicions (21 mmol/l reading). When I met the DSN after referal, she gave me a Glucomen Aero2x, about 25 strips, a few lancets and needles and a prescription for the insulin. She gave me some more strips on my follow up and said she'd send the details for prescription to my GP. I phoned them on Thursday, because I was down to my last 6 test strips and the receptionist said I would have to bring my meter in because they didn't support the same ones as the North Bristol NHS trust (something about the approved budget of the PCT). So I made a trip to my GP in my Friday lunch hour (a 20 minute drive away from the office), only to be told they hadn't agreed the prescription with the hospital and sent me back without a prescription. They phoned me back later, after my DSN had contacted them to say they now *would* make it up and I could collect it today! I wouldn't mind, but a) the prescription cost me nearly £35, because my GP hasn't issued a medical exceptional certificate yet and b) I find that the Glucose strips require a pretty big blob of blood to give a reading. Also, the prescription only covers 50 strips. As I am supposed to test morning, noon, early evening and bed time, plus another before I drive home, that's barely over a week. Will I really have to collect a prescription every 10 days? [/QUOTE]
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