How are you all monitoring

Most type 2's buy their own meter & strips & test at home

My diabetes nurse suggested I didn't need to monitor myself. This is based on nothing more than the health service not wanting to pay out for the strips.

Almost all on here have bought their own kit, with the Codefree meter being extremely popular because the strips for it are the cheapest to buy.

Meter
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Codefree-Glucose-Monitor-Monitoring-Testing/dp/B0068JAJFS

Strips
https://www.amazon.co.uk/50-Strips-...g_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=8DFTP6KRXCPJX043M78T

As for the pricker, I like the Fastclix as it was also recommended by most here. I don't feel the needle at all and I'm a wimp!

Fastclix
http://www.boots.com/en/Accu-Chek-F...ots Shopping - Category - Health and Pharmacy

Test yourself just before you take your first bite and then again 2 hours after. This will tell you if what you have just eaten is causing spikes to your blood glucose levels or not.

We all have different tolerances for different foods so who knows, you might get lucky and find that you're allowed to eat as many fruit cocktail boilies as you want

Best of luck.

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Yes, I agree with the others.

Ignore what your doctor/nurse says. They are wrong. Buy yourself a meter and start testing yourself. I use the Codefree because it has the cheapest strips, and you need a lot of strips. Without a meter you are working blind in between HbA1c tests - you seem to have worked that out for yourself.

My doc said there was no need to test myself. I ignored him to keep myself on the straight and narrow. Now he loves hearing my numbers. Admittedly they are mainly FBG, but its a useful guide. (Also handy in determining if I am having a mild hypo, which I did yesterday). So I would say, yes, test. Anything that gives you control has got to be good.

Definately invest in a meter, its an essential tool.to have in diabetes management.

I am in Canada and I do not know what is allowed under your health system but why not every 3 months? That is what my doc does.

I live in Canada too and I can tell you that meters will be given to those who are diagnosed with diabetes, not otherwise. Prediabetics will be monitored closely but meters or medication will not be given to them until their blood sugar reaches diabetic level.