Interesting chat with pharmacist!

Whilst waiting in the pharmacy today (they had problems tracking down part of my presciption), I took the opportunity to chat to the friendly young pharmacist, as there were no other customers waiting. I asked him if he could suggest any ways I might persuade my doctor(right next door to the pharmacy) to let me have more than 100 test strips at a time. As it takes my surgery about 4 days to clear any prescription requests, it means I'm currently having to trot down to the docs. every 16 days or so. His reply astonished me. He told me all docs. have been told to cut back on presriptions for test strips, even for Type 1's. How utterly ridiculous!
Interestingly,he then went on to say he himself was a diabetic, on insulin.(He actually lives in London, so will be under a different health-care team to me). He was only a young lad and said he was diagnosed as Type 2 when he was 24. He was really slim too. I asked him if he was sure he was Type 2 and he said most of his family were and that as well as insulin he was on Metformin and Gliclazide. I asked him if he'd had a c-peptide test done and he said no but he'd had a blood test that showed he had anti-bodies. He also said he only ever got prescribed about 50 strips at a time but they lasted him ABOUT A YEAR!!! He admitted to me he hardly ever tested himself as he felt he didn't need to.
I'm amazed that a pharmacist would be so indifferent about his BG readings but am confused about his Type if a blood test showed he had anti-bodies. I would have put money on him being Type 1.
Thoughts anyone, please?

I don't think so, Slinger. Trouble is, to do repeat prescriptions is tricky because sometimes I'll need to re-order one insulin, sometimes another, sometimes needles or whatever and they all seem to be needed on a differing rotation basis.
It would just be so simple if only the doc. would let me collect 200 strips at a time instead of 100. I don't think my surgery like 'simple' ways though. :roll: