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<blockquote data-quote="Rogue UK" data-source="post: 2340197" data-attributes="member: 534430"><p>Hi all new here as well, diagnosed a few weeks ago with type 2.</p><p></p><p>I have to say my experience with my GP was the total opposite to yours and judging by other comments I must be lucky.</p><p></p><p>I know I don't have the experience like the rest but it may be worth just talking with your GP and requesting a meter from them. They won't offer it but if you ask they will provide one on prescription which also includes the needles and test strips too. I was prescribed an Agamatrix Wavesense Jazz and enough strips for testing 3 times a day which renews every month. This also won't actually cost you anything as being diabetic you can get free prescriptions if you are prescribed tablets medicine for diabetes: get an FP92A form from your GP fill it out, get them to sign it and then send it off.</p><p></p><p>This has been a life changing time for me but there is help out there and also places like this, where I have been lurking since I was diagnosed, to get all the helpful information I needed.</p><p></p><p>There's no harm in asking you might be surprised in what you get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rogue UK, post: 2340197, member: 534430"] Hi all new here as well, diagnosed a few weeks ago with type 2. I have to say my experience with my GP was the total opposite to yours and judging by other comments I must be lucky. I know I don't have the experience like the rest but it may be worth just talking with your GP and requesting a meter from them. They won't offer it but if you ask they will provide one on prescription which also includes the needles and test strips too. I was prescribed an Agamatrix Wavesense Jazz and enough strips for testing 3 times a day which renews every month. This also won't actually cost you anything as being diabetic you can get free prescriptions if you are prescribed tablets medicine for diabetes: get an FP92A form from your GP fill it out, get them to sign it and then send it off. This has been a life changing time for me but there is help out there and also places like this, where I have been lurking since I was diagnosed, to get all the helpful information I needed. There's no harm in asking you might be surprised in what you get. [/QUOTE]
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