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<blockquote data-quote="Casbow" data-source="post: 1468450" data-attributes="member: 403521"><p>I am having trouble getting testing strips. My nurse said with Type 2 I don't need to test, and that Mid Essex don't give testing strips on prescription. I have had a bad episode about 4 years ago. My Blood sugars were 0.3. I got up from bed this particular morning and came downstairs to start breakfast. The only symptom I felt was just a little lightheaded. So just thought I test my BS. Was surprised at 0.3. I called NHS direct and spoke to them, in fact they were amazed I was talking to them. They asked my not to put the phone down. I had taken Lucozade, two large spoons of sugar prior to calling them but it didn't appear to improve. They called ambulance, I still felt just lightheaded and a little dizzy. Ambulance arrived again very surprised I answered the door. I asked him to test on his machine and it had only gone up to 0.7. Both our machine tested the same, so it was not my machine. I was transported to hospital and kept there for a week, starving me and only on water. By the end of week it had only gone to 3.6. They said they need the bed and that they think it was due to my fibromyalgia. The point of this is that I hardly had any symptoms and it was so dangerously low, if I had tested it with my testing strips I wonder what would have happened. I am still trying to get my strips. Not a happy bunny.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Casbow, post: 1468450, member: 403521"] I am having trouble getting testing strips. My nurse said with Type 2 I don't need to test, and that Mid Essex don't give testing strips on prescription. I have had a bad episode about 4 years ago. My Blood sugars were 0.3. I got up from bed this particular morning and came downstairs to start breakfast. The only symptom I felt was just a little lightheaded. So just thought I test my BS. Was surprised at 0.3. I called NHS direct and spoke to them, in fact they were amazed I was talking to them. They asked my not to put the phone down. I had taken Lucozade, two large spoons of sugar prior to calling them but it didn't appear to improve. They called ambulance, I still felt just lightheaded and a little dizzy. Ambulance arrived again very surprised I answered the door. I asked him to test on his machine and it had only gone up to 0.7. Both our machine tested the same, so it was not my machine. I was transported to hospital and kept there for a week, starving me and only on water. By the end of week it had only gone to 3.6. They said they need the bed and that they think it was due to my fibromyalgia. The point of this is that I hardly had any symptoms and it was so dangerously low, if I had tested it with my testing strips I wonder what would have happened. I am still trying to get my strips. Not a happy bunny. [/QUOTE]
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