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<blockquote data-quote="hurf0rd" data-source="post: 1408936" data-attributes="member: 385058"><p>As regards testing, I think you're right to highlight it, because I think being able to test really is the key to managing diabetes.</p><p></p><p>All glucometers will measure your sugar, but the decision is whether you want stuff, over-and-above this. There is the glucometer itself, which is a one-off purchase on a few tens of £ (guideline), and you'll also need test strips (typically you'll use one of these every time you test your blood, and then throw it away, so you can regard these as consumables). These tend to get sold in batches of, for example, 50, and will cost, say, £20-£25 (purely as a guideline). So, you can see, the cost of the glucometer itself pales into insignificance compared to these strips. So, if cost is your priority, it might be worth chatting to your doctor/nurse to see whether they are able to prescribe something, and particularly prescribe the strips. Anecdotally, a lot of them won't these days. So have a look at the cost of the strips in particular.</p><p></p><p>An alternate approach might be to look at connectivity to things. For example, I use a Beurer glucometer because I can plug it straight into my PC through a USB port. They do some free management software which sucks the data in - so basically I never have to faff around writing anything down. I don't have to remember numbers and this combination will keep historical stuff safe forever. I believe that now, their latest glucometer will do all this via Bluetooth, connecting to your smartphone. Accutrend also do something that connects via IR to a USB receiver that they sell separately. Of course, all this connectivity comes at a price!</p><p></p><p>But yeah, think about what your priorities are, over-and-above just measuring your bloods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hurf0rd, post: 1408936, member: 385058"] As regards testing, I think you're right to highlight it, because I think being able to test really is the key to managing diabetes. All glucometers will measure your sugar, but the decision is whether you want stuff, over-and-above this. There is the glucometer itself, which is a one-off purchase on a few tens of £ (guideline), and you'll also need test strips (typically you'll use one of these every time you test your blood, and then throw it away, so you can regard these as consumables). These tend to get sold in batches of, for example, 50, and will cost, say, £20-£25 (purely as a guideline). So, you can see, the cost of the glucometer itself pales into insignificance compared to these strips. So, if cost is your priority, it might be worth chatting to your doctor/nurse to see whether they are able to prescribe something, and particularly prescribe the strips. Anecdotally, a lot of them won't these days. So have a look at the cost of the strips in particular. An alternate approach might be to look at connectivity to things. For example, I use a Beurer glucometer because I can plug it straight into my PC through a USB port. They do some free management software which sucks the data in - so basically I never have to faff around writing anything down. I don't have to remember numbers and this combination will keep historical stuff safe forever. I believe that now, their latest glucometer will do all this via Bluetooth, connecting to your smartphone. Accutrend also do something that connects via IR to a USB receiver that they sell separately. Of course, all this connectivity comes at a price! But yeah, think about what your priorities are, over-and-above just measuring your bloods. [/QUOTE]
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