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<blockquote data-quote="sheebee" data-source="post: 607223" data-attributes="member: 109284"><p>After reading peoples experiences of getting or not getting meters from GP I thought i was doing well when my surgery gave me a free meter (FreeStyle Optium Neo) and 50 strips but when i asked for a repeat prescription for the strips i was told we only really give them to people likely to have hypos (i'm on metformin only at the moment, so unlikely) but the DN knows i like to keep track so has given me 50 more as a favour, but not on repeat.. This is nowhere near enough as i am a newish diabetic type 2 and need to keep a track on my sugar levels while the metformin is being gradually increased and to adjust my diet.</p><p></p><p>The cost of FreeStyle Optium Testing Strips is £19.75/ 50 from Amazon which is too much for me. I have reverted to my own Codefree Meter and Strips as suggested elsewhere on this Forum <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose-meters/sd-codefree-blood-glucose-meter.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose-meters/sd-codefree-blood-glucose-meter.html</a>. The strips cost £7.12 / 50 from Amazon. This is much more doable. I dont know if this meter has enough on it for some of you but it does for me.</p><p></p><p>I can see that preventing hypos is an immediate priority but its the sugar in the blood which does the damage to the body in the long run so this is of vital importance too as far as i'm concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sheebee, post: 607223, member: 109284"] After reading peoples experiences of getting or not getting meters from GP I thought i was doing well when my surgery gave me a free meter (FreeStyle Optium Neo) and 50 strips but when i asked for a repeat prescription for the strips i was told we only really give them to people likely to have hypos (i'm on metformin only at the moment, so unlikely) but the DN knows i like to keep track so has given me 50 more as a favour, but not on repeat.. This is nowhere near enough as i am a newish diabetic type 2 and need to keep a track on my sugar levels while the metformin is being gradually increased and to adjust my diet. The cost of FreeStyle Optium Testing Strips is £19.75/ 50 from Amazon which is too much for me. I have reverted to my own Codefree Meter and Strips as suggested elsewhere on this Forum [url]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose-meters/sd-codefree-blood-glucose-meter.html[/url]. The strips cost £7.12 / 50 from Amazon. This is much more doable. I dont know if this meter has enough on it for some of you but it does for me. I can see that preventing hypos is an immediate priority but its the sugar in the blood which does the damage to the body in the long run so this is of vital importance too as far as i'm concerned. [/QUOTE]
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