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bettyhetty

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My medication was recently increased from 1000 mg metformin to 2000 mg I though was quite a drastic increase. I wanted to keep a check on my levels so went to buy a testing unit , the assistant in boots asked me did I not get one from my doctor, she told me the strips would be quite expensive to buy so she suggested I asked my doctor to supply me with one. I recently went to see my doctor about another matter I asked him if he could give me a monitor, he told me as I was on metformin I did not need a monitor as metformin keeps my levels under control I would like to ask other metformin users if they were supplied with a monitor.

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Hi Betty :) If you phone meter manufacturers and tell them you intend to do a lot of testing, they could send you a free meter (they want you to use lots of their strips. Then you could buy strips on e-bay as lots of members do here. Try and choose a make of meter that has cheap strips. There are also competitions on this forum for meters. But you do definitely need to test - only by testing can you work out which foods are OK for you to eat, by testing before and 2 hours after meals. Doctors don't want you to test as it is expensive for them and they have a budget. Unfortunately, more and more T2s are having to provide their own testing equipment.
 
Your be lucky if you get one from doctor Now or test strips Due to Cuts and all that

But well worth trying Inform your GP or D Nurse want to test to find what foods help to keep
your BG levels down and not spike BG levels .

If that does not work then I would pay a visit to ebay :wink:

Ebay I have found strips for around £10 for 50 and Pick a meter up less than £10 for a new one

or try a low cost Glucorx Meter and strips £4.90 for the meter and £11.94 for 50 Strips
http://www.glucorx.co.uk/glucorx.html

You can try and phone some of the Meter firms and see if send you a free one
worth a punt I always managed to blag a free one from ACCU-CHEK
 
I'm lucky 'cos my practice automatically give every newly diagnosed diabetic a meter and test strips. I normally test 2 or 3 times a day, and get muttered at a bit for using too many, but haven't yet had my test strips restricted. I do occasionally buy them on ebay so as not to rock the boat too much!

I've recently been on a pain-killing medication that can affect BGs, either up or down, and have had extra test strips without any problem when I said why I wanted them. As I said, very lucky!

I used to test more often when I was working out how foods affect me, but now I'm settled on my modified version of Atkins I know how that affects me, so I don't need to test so much. But I still test after 'treat' foods, or if I'm driving a long way, as well as fasting and bed-time.

For example, I'm having some wine tonight so I shall test before bed to see if I need a carby snack to stop me having an alcohol-induced hypo in the middle of the night. I haven't tried that excuse on the doctor yet! :lol:

I couldn't possibly have achieved the control I have without testing. Also, it acts as a frequent reminder to keep me on the straight and narrow. In my opinion, I'm saving the NHS thousands because I don't intend ever to have amputations or go blind (well, from diabetes anyway)! :lol: :wink:

Viv 8)
 
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