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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2389530" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>The NHS are quite mean with the libres and only aim to supply 20 or 25% of T1s and that is definitely an economic decision, but they do give a conventional blood testing meter to anyone on insulin. If they aren't giving you a glucometer either then I strongly urge you to self fund one. It really isn't safe to take insulin without knowing what it's doing to your levels. eg if you were driving you should always to a blood test before getting in the car. YOu should also carry sugar or equivalent with you so that you can treat a hypo when you get one. (If your levels are going down to 4mmol/L or 72 mg/dL then any lower will be hypo.) </p><p></p><p>Even if you manage to come off insulin altogether a meter will still be useful - the first piece of advice that T2s on here get given is to buy a meter so that they can tell whether a meal has too many carbs for their body to cope with. If your levels go up by more than 2mmol/L after 2 hours then you've probably had too many carbs. (The NHS doesn't fund meters for T2s unless they are on blood sugar lowering medication such as insulin or various oral drugs that make your pancreas produce extra insulin.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2389530, member: 372717"] The NHS are quite mean with the libres and only aim to supply 20 or 25% of T1s and that is definitely an economic decision, but they do give a conventional blood testing meter to anyone on insulin. If they aren't giving you a glucometer either then I strongly urge you to self fund one. It really isn't safe to take insulin without knowing what it's doing to your levels. eg if you were driving you should always to a blood test before getting in the car. YOu should also carry sugar or equivalent with you so that you can treat a hypo when you get one. (If your levels are going down to 4mmol/L or 72 mg/dL then any lower will be hypo.) Even if you manage to come off insulin altogether a meter will still be useful - the first piece of advice that T2s on here get given is to buy a meter so that they can tell whether a meal has too many carbs for their body to cope with. If your levels go up by more than 2mmol/L after 2 hours then you've probably had too many carbs. (The NHS doesn't fund meters for T2s unless they are on blood sugar lowering medication such as insulin or various oral drugs that make your pancreas produce extra insulin.) [/QUOTE]
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