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<blockquote data-quote="Sue Morton" data-source="post: 152353" data-attributes="member: 26414"><p>Hi why not just look on this site where you can apply for a Bayer contour meter you get 25 strips free as well as the finger pricking gadget and needles. The test strips are expensive though if you buy them from Bayer around £23 but you can get them off of eBAY for around £16.99.</p><p></p><p>Your readings don't look to bad but where your reading dropped to 4.7 what did you eat at your meal before this was it different to that when you had the 7odd reading :?: Also did you eat at different times = if the gap between when you had breakfast and then lunch is a longer gap one day to another this could result in the lower reading i.e. 4 hours compared to 3 hours etc.</p><p></p><p>They say to test before and 2 hours after a meal - your BS after a meal should be no more the 8.5 if its lower all the better. </p><p></p><p>Also what you can eat one day or even for years your body all of a sudden can react to that food so what you seem to be able to eat one day you can't another so we as diabetics need to test regularly to make sure what we eat our body isn't reacting to. For example I had some polish rye & wheat bread and my reading was 5.1 then 6.1 brillaint I can have toast which I love didn't test the next day but did on the 4th 9 something and the next day 10 something so not so brilliant and back to the porridge. Had I just tested the once then I could have carried on eating the bread. To me this illustrates the need to test and keep an eye on what I eat and how I react.</p><p></p><p>I also have spag bol now and again but always test after to check that I am still able to eat it sometimes I do a 2 hr and 4 hr test as the carbs take longer to react. At the moment so long as I keep my portion small I am okay.</p><p></p><p>All our bodies are different and what one can eat another can't.</p><p></p><p>I hope all goes well and we type 2s that have to get our own meters and buy our own test strips really appreciate how important testing is or we wouldn't fund our own strips which I think is terrible if you are trying to control your diabetis and taking it very serious to prevent any long term affect of the diabetis. Which will in the end save the NHS further costs.</p><p></p><p>Having the Hbca whatever its called test (can never remember it as still new to this myself March 2010 diagnosed) doesnt show the peaks and falls of your BS it just shows a general view of the last 3 weeks of your BS it doesn't show where you may have peaked if you eaten the wrong food or dipped if your not eating right.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot about not getting the test strips on this forum so you are not alone in this matter.</p><p></p><p>All the best</p><p>Sue <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sue Morton, post: 152353, member: 26414"] Hi why not just look on this site where you can apply for a Bayer contour meter you get 25 strips free as well as the finger pricking gadget and needles. The test strips are expensive though if you buy them from Bayer around £23 but you can get them off of eBAY for around £16.99. Your readings don't look to bad but where your reading dropped to 4.7 what did you eat at your meal before this was it different to that when you had the 7odd reading :?: Also did you eat at different times = if the gap between when you had breakfast and then lunch is a longer gap one day to another this could result in the lower reading i.e. 4 hours compared to 3 hours etc. They say to test before and 2 hours after a meal - your BS after a meal should be no more the 8.5 if its lower all the better. Also what you can eat one day or even for years your body all of a sudden can react to that food so what you seem to be able to eat one day you can't another so we as diabetics need to test regularly to make sure what we eat our body isn't reacting to. For example I had some polish rye & wheat bread and my reading was 5.1 then 6.1 brillaint I can have toast which I love didn't test the next day but did on the 4th 9 something and the next day 10 something so not so brilliant and back to the porridge. Had I just tested the once then I could have carried on eating the bread. To me this illustrates the need to test and keep an eye on what I eat and how I react. I also have spag bol now and again but always test after to check that I am still able to eat it sometimes I do a 2 hr and 4 hr test as the carbs take longer to react. At the moment so long as I keep my portion small I am okay. All our bodies are different and what one can eat another can't. I hope all goes well and we type 2s that have to get our own meters and buy our own test strips really appreciate how important testing is or we wouldn't fund our own strips which I think is terrible if you are trying to control your diabetis and taking it very serious to prevent any long term affect of the diabetis. Which will in the end save the NHS further costs. Having the Hbca whatever its called test (can never remember it as still new to this myself March 2010 diagnosed) doesnt show the peaks and falls of your BS it just shows a general view of the last 3 weeks of your BS it doesn't show where you may have peaked if you eaten the wrong food or dipped if your not eating right. There is a lot about not getting the test strips on this forum so you are not alone in this matter. All the best Sue :) [/QUOTE]
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