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<blockquote data-quote="Mrs T 123" data-source="post: 2353967" data-attributes="member: 526020"><p>I get white coat syndrome and readings are always very high at docs so it was suggested that I buy my own and take my own readings which suits me also, as I have very good readings when in my own relaxed environment - my readings are like night and day compared to at docs. I purchased mine from Lloyds chemist for around £20. I usually take around half a dozen readings at different times of the day the week before I attend the surgery and the DN puts down the average of them. The last time I just gave her them over the phone (September 2020) . My mum however borrows the surgery's one for a week prior to her appointment and notes down the readings or I think they are stored in the machine - this was prior to March so I don't know if this is still happening. I however prefer my own at home - I have suggested she gets her own but she prefers to borrow the surgery's which I have to collect for her. So each to their own ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mrs T 123, post: 2353967, member: 526020"] I get white coat syndrome and readings are always very high at docs so it was suggested that I buy my own and take my own readings which suits me also, as I have very good readings when in my own relaxed environment - my readings are like night and day compared to at docs. I purchased mine from Lloyds chemist for around £20. I usually take around half a dozen readings at different times of the day the week before I attend the surgery and the DN puts down the average of them. The last time I just gave her them over the phone (September 2020) . My mum however borrows the surgery's one for a week prior to her appointment and notes down the readings or I think they are stored in the machine - this was prior to March so I don't know if this is still happening. I however prefer my own at home - I have suggested she gets her own but she prefers to borrow the surgery's which I have to collect for her. So each to their own ... [/QUOTE]
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