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<blockquote data-quote="pavlovsdog" data-source="post: 667148" data-attributes="member: 132394"><p>When I was first diagnosed with T2 I was not offered a testing kit but when I started on medication which was gradually being increased, I eventually got a free meter myself. However, when I ran out of test strips and lancet and asked for them to be prescribed I was refused and was told by the Practice Nurse that they don't prescribe them as 'people get too obsessed with them'. Had I been allowed to continue to test myself then I feel I would have had much better control over my diet as I had found it a very useful way of identifying foods that made me spike. However, over time my meds have been increased and I am now on insulin, and only now I am allowed to test myself. My personal feeling is that GPs will not prescribe testing kit for budgetary reasons, which is actually a false economy as the amount of medications I have been prescribed have cost much more. Had I been allowed to test this may have been avoided.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pavlovsdog, post: 667148, member: 132394"] When I was first diagnosed with T2 I was not offered a testing kit but when I started on medication which was gradually being increased, I eventually got a free meter myself. However, when I ran out of test strips and lancet and asked for them to be prescribed I was refused and was told by the Practice Nurse that they don't prescribe them as 'people get too obsessed with them'. Had I been allowed to continue to test myself then I feel I would have had much better control over my diet as I had found it a very useful way of identifying foods that made me spike. However, over time my meds have been increased and I am now on insulin, and only now I am allowed to test myself. My personal feeling is that GPs will not prescribe testing kit for budgetary reasons, which is actually a false economy as the amount of medications I have been prescribed have cost much more. Had I been allowed to test this may have been avoided. [/QUOTE]
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