Hi just wanted to say welcome to our new members & I can't believe you have to pay for your testers/lancets/strips. Here in UK we get it all free on prescription. The NHS grants Exemptions to anyone with diabetes or cancer or any lifetime illness so they don't pay for ANY meds. How can people justify charging for meds that are needed to give sufferers a better chance in life. It's so sad.
Sorry, totally wrong. If you're insulin dependant type 2 you get that, but otherwise it's down to the GP. Normally, if you're on meds such as Gliclazide that can induce hypos you get strips (but not always) but if you're on diet only or metformin you normally have to pay for your own unless you're VERY lucky with your GP. The GP won't normally prescribe them.