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freestyle lancets?

Hayley64

Hayley64

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Location
Nuneaton
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Is anyone else having problems getting the freestyle lancets for reader been weeks now saying problems with supplier had some universal ones not the same
 
Yeah I also get the freestyle lancets for my bm clicker , and also have been told the same thing , has also been quiet a little while now since they have been able to prescribe them , lucky I'm ok for the moment have a few boxes . Hopefully they sort it soon .


:)
 
Cloe-1992 said:
Yeah I also get the freestyle lancets for my bm clicker , and also have been told the same thing , has also been quiet a little while now since they have been able to prescribe them , lucky I'm ok for the moment have a few boxes . Hopefully they sort it soon .


:)
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I am quite new to all this so didn't realise get different ones got enough for a few weeks so fingers crossed
 
Hayley64 said:
I am quite new to all this so didn't realise get different ones got enough for a few weeks so fingers crossed
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Oh that's brilliant , if I run low I will do what you have done and ask for a different one . :)
 
Yes, I couldn't get the lancets a few weeks ago. Helpfully (not) my surgery told me nothing else would fit my finger pricker. I use a Freestyle Lite meter and the finger pricker that came with it.
 
Yes I didn't realise until got home the chemist said could give me universal ones they fitted but then said would need a new prescription for them I was not happy as my doctors miles away so use a different chemist now but cannot understand what the problem is with the supplier
 
@Hayley64, see if you can get your hands on a Multiclix/Fastclix finger pricker by Accu-Chek, it is (IMHO anyway) the best lancer out there and as it has 6 lancets per drum so you don't have to keep changing the single lancets all the time.

I continued to use it when changing from Accu-Chek meters to Bayer and now use it with my Omnipod Pump (which uses freestyle strips).
 
Who did you get it from? Will look into it thank you I am new to this so appreciate any information
 
Hayley64 said:
Ok that's great thanks will try it
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Just ring em. Tell them yer T1. & they will send..
The beauty of this device design is, when you remove the spent barrel of lancets. It instantly covers the the sharps. Rendering the lancets safe, locking them in the barrel. No protruding points for clean safe disposal..?! ;)
 
Jaylee said:
Just ring em. Tell them yer T1. & they will send..
The beauty of this device design is, when you remove the spent barrel of lancets. It instantly covers the the sharps. Rendering the lancets safe, locking them in the barrel. No protruding points for clean safe disposal..?! ;)
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It is for my 9 year old son so only ever used the one type only been diagnosed 2 months
 
Hayley64 said:
It is for my 9 year old son so only ever used the one type only been diagnosed 2 months
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Even better! No potential "Health & safety" sharps issues to be raised by an overzealous school... :p
 
Hayley64 said:
Who did you get it from? Will look into it thank you I am new to this so appreciate any information
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As @Jaylee says you can ring Accu-Chek direct and request one or ask your DSN if they have a spare Accu-Chek meter lying around.
 
Thank you I will try ringing them as the diabetic people I have are not good at keeping in touch
 
If you order D supplies/prescriptions from your surgery online? (Something called "Systemonline" with my surgery.)
Try sending a note for an "amendment" to the lancets in the script..?
My D nurse is good at texting me back within 12 hours, just to notify me she's sorted it & even sent the scrypt to the chemist!

Ring Accu-chek. Order the lancing device. (Your boy is insulin dependant T1. Their customer service is great.) There should be a couple of lancet barrels boxed with it to keep you going till the prescription is processed..? (48 hours from GP to pharmacy collection.)
 
Thankyou for the advice my head is still all over the place with it will try my best with that
 
Hayley64 said:
Thankyou for the advice my head is still all over the place with it will try my best with that
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I empathise.. Pretty lucky my post code puts me in a position where I can "call the shots" on a D crew with a great response with practical support..

Plus I'm a "cup half full" guy.

Just to add. I don't work for or have any connection with the Roche company. Though I wouldn't mind....! ;)
 
Jaylee said:
I empathise.. Pretty lucky my post code puts me in a position where I can "call the shots" on a D crew with a great response with practical support..

Plus I'm a "cup half full" guy.

Just to add. I don't work for or have any connection with the Roche company. Though I wouldn't mind....! ;)
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These pharmaceuticals make some good money. They are not that generous around here
 
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