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<blockquote data-quote="tigger" data-source="post: 148656" data-attributes="member: 11023"><p>Hi Ebony </p><p></p><p>That does sound a frustrating and difficult experience. </p><p></p><p>Coming from an older school of thought (ie it doesn't matter if you go a bit high every now and again the important thing is to avoid disabling hypos and my calculations are food and symptom based as much as meter) my attitude would simply have been to buy some orange juice and food eat it and hope for the best. If I'd been really concerned I would have tried to find a late night chemist to get another spare meter from (they tend to come with 10 strips in) to double check. </p><p></p><p>Hospitals are dreadful inefficient places without any knowledge of diabetes on the whole and I do anything I can to avoid them.</p><p></p><p>Another thing - try and get a few more spare meters. Lots of companies give them away for free but then you have difficulty with the strips. Boots often has sales on if you like the accu-chek ones. I got a nano for £7 when I forgot mine at home one morning.</p><p></p><p>I hope some of this advice is helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tigger, post: 148656, member: 11023"] Hi Ebony That does sound a frustrating and difficult experience. Coming from an older school of thought (ie it doesn't matter if you go a bit high every now and again the important thing is to avoid disabling hypos and my calculations are food and symptom based as much as meter) my attitude would simply have been to buy some orange juice and food eat it and hope for the best. If I'd been really concerned I would have tried to find a late night chemist to get another spare meter from (they tend to come with 10 strips in) to double check. Hospitals are dreadful inefficient places without any knowledge of diabetes on the whole and I do anything I can to avoid them. Another thing - try and get a few more spare meters. Lots of companies give them away for free but then you have difficulty with the strips. Boots often has sales on if you like the accu-chek ones. I got a nano for £7 when I forgot mine at home one morning. I hope some of this advice is helpful. [/QUOTE]
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