- Messages
- 52
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
- People telling me "You can't eat this and You can't eat that." and of course " You don't look Diabetic!"
Hey there,
I had a chat with my Diabetes specialist in my GP's practise about getting a meter. She explained that the meter would be free (if they can give me one.) but not the test strips. She gave me the rational behind why Us Type 2's don't need to test regularly and when I raised my eyebrows she just nodded and obviously agreeing with my thoughts on the rational. (Not going to go into that here though.)
So it looks likely I will have to buy my own, so I was wondering if anyone could give me some help. I do use the Freestyle Libre but I also like to do a couple of tests each day or if I am feeling very low and the Libre isn't agreeing with the way I am feeling I test then.
So price wise for strips is the biggest factor for me, any help would be great.
I had a chat with my Diabetes specialist in my GP's practise about getting a meter. She explained that the meter would be free (if they can give me one.) but not the test strips. She gave me the rational behind why Us Type 2's don't need to test regularly and when I raised my eyebrows she just nodded and obviously agreeing with my thoughts on the rational. (Not going to go into that here though.)
So it looks likely I will have to buy my own, so I was wondering if anyone could give me some help. I do use the Freestyle Libre but I also like to do a couple of tests each day or if I am feeling very low and the Libre isn't agreeing with the way I am feeling I test then.
So price wise for strips is the biggest factor for me, any help would be great.