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<blockquote data-quote="Rogue UK" data-source="post: 2340271" data-attributes="member: 534430"><p>I did say I knew I was lucky, having seen a lot of the posts on here but with times as they are there's no harm in asking if it can save you some money.</p><p></p><p>Just to clarify I bought myself a meter having been lurking here for a while, and the one I purchased came with a slip saying hand it to the Dr's and the test strips and lancets could be prescribed so I did. That's when the doctor got back to me and said they could not prescribe those particular ones but they can do the NHS prescribed ones. He asked that I speak with the diabetic nurse first which I did and she called about 20 mins later. She just clarified why I wanted to do it as the NHS don't recommend it for type 2. I told her that being newly diagnosed I wanted to monitor my levels and see which foods I needed to avoid and she basically advised me to do 1test before food when I get up and 1 test 2 hours after my evening meal and if I needed to 1 test two hours after midday meal but that wasn't necessary. She also advised me what levels I should be trying to achieve. She asked me to go in and get my meter and told me that the lancets and test strips would be on prescription.</p><p></p><p>So I spent money I didn't need to which is why I was pointing it out as I don't think I've seen anyone on these forums, which by the way are a wealth of helpful information, do it before. Even if there is a small chance of success surely its worth a go?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rogue UK, post: 2340271, member: 534430"] I did say I knew I was lucky, having seen a lot of the posts on here but with times as they are there's no harm in asking if it can save you some money. Just to clarify I bought myself a meter having been lurking here for a while, and the one I purchased came with a slip saying hand it to the Dr's and the test strips and lancets could be prescribed so I did. That's when the doctor got back to me and said they could not prescribe those particular ones but they can do the NHS prescribed ones. He asked that I speak with the diabetic nurse first which I did and she called about 20 mins later. She just clarified why I wanted to do it as the NHS don't recommend it for type 2. I told her that being newly diagnosed I wanted to monitor my levels and see which foods I needed to avoid and she basically advised me to do 1test before food when I get up and 1 test 2 hours after my evening meal and if I needed to 1 test two hours after midday meal but that wasn't necessary. She also advised me what levels I should be trying to achieve. She asked me to go in and get my meter and told me that the lancets and test strips would be on prescription. So I spent money I didn't need to which is why I was pointing it out as I don't think I've seen anyone on these forums, which by the way are a wealth of helpful information, do it before. Even if there is a small chance of success surely its worth a go? [/QUOTE]
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