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<blockquote data-quote="Alexandra100" data-source="post: 2149404" data-attributes="member: 429870"><p>I wonder how many meters & strips the NHS would have to pay for if newly diagnosed people were just given the <u>offer</u> of testing. I suspect a high proportion of T2s would not bother. I understand that in the past UK T2s were issued with meters and a few strips, but not given much guidance as to how to use them, or the benefits of so doing. I have a T2 friend who when first diagnosed was given a free meter and a regular supply of strips. He tells me he used them so little, he would throw strips away that had gone out of their use by date. Now the NHS no longer gives him these supplies he has seen the error of his ways and bought his own meter and funds his own supplies, and he regrets those wasted strips. Because people here are so motivated I think we forget that probably the majority of the T2 population are not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alexandra100, post: 2149404, member: 429870"] I wonder how many meters & strips the NHS would have to pay for if newly diagnosed people were just given the [U]offer[/U] of testing. I suspect a high proportion of T2s would not bother. I understand that in the past UK T2s were issued with meters and a few strips, but not given much guidance as to how to use them, or the benefits of so doing. I have a T2 friend who when first diagnosed was given a free meter and a regular supply of strips. He tells me he used them so little, he would throw strips away that had gone out of their use by date. Now the NHS no longer gives him these supplies he has seen the error of his ways and bought his own meter and funds his own supplies, and he regrets those wasted strips. Because people here are so motivated I think we forget that probably the majority of the T2 population are not. [/QUOTE]
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