If type 2 on trulicity do I have to be given testing kits

So I have to move house within the next 4 months.
I was diagnosed around 10 days after moving here so normally I just move where I want as long as it fits with work.
But now I’m having to consider whether it’s ok to move out of dr catchment area.
My main issue is that I know being type 2 doesn’t guarantee you testing kits and the only reason mine is under any sort of semblance of control is my testing around food etc.
I’m worried that if I changed drs if I left the area that I’d possibly lose access to the kits (not sure I’d be able to afford my own) and whether it would screw up my diabetes care. Covid already has screwed it up so don’t really want anything in the way.
Anyone have any advice or knowledge about the kits etc.

Resurgam said:

You can go hypo on trulicity as it increases the output of insulin, so having a way to test blood glucose is not optional.

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Thank you

Andydragon said:

Thanks for that, it’s good info and something to use with conversations but what is advised and what happens in real life… well, not always aligned unfortunately

Good luck @woollygal and hopefully you have a practice that is more amenable. Unfortunately we have a huge amount of disparity and different interpretations surgery to surgery

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My surgery gives me the kits, it’s just if I move I don’t want to risk losing them by having to move surgeries.

Goonergal said:

@woollygal you may find that this is a case of what is the common practice locally or indeed at surgery level. This is the latest guidance from NICE for clinicians:

• Do not routinely offer self‑monitoring of blood glucose levels for adults with type 2 diabetes unless:
  • the person is on insulin or
    
    
  • there is evidence of hypoglycaemic episodes or
    
    
  • the person is on oral medication that may increase their risk of hypoglycaemia while driving or operating machinery or
• the person is pregnant, or is planning to become pregnant. For more information, see the NICE guideline on diabetes in pregnancy. [2015]’

from here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng...s-for-implementation#blood-glucose-management

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That’s good to know thanks. Hopefully being on trulicty and my no be would see me as needing them