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<blockquote data-quote="Rachox" data-source="post: 1972532" data-attributes="member: 400972"><p>Hi Mike and welcome!</p><p>As this is your first post I’ll tag in [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] for her useful info post.</p><p>First let me reassure you that getting a hypo is very very unusual on Metformin, it’s just doesn’t work in that way, however it would be good for you to buy a meter to gauge how different foods affect your blood sugar level. The blurred vision etc... are more likely to be symptoms of high blood sugar. Were you given any dietary advice when you got your diagnosis?</p><p>A lot of us keep our blood sugar at non diabetic levels with or without Metformin by reducing our carbohydrate intake. Carbohydrates turn to sugar once eaten.</p><p></p><p>Here’s some info on meters, and to be clear I have no commercial connections with any of the companies mentioned. For a meter with cheap strips go for the Tee2 + found here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/" target="_blank">http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/ </a>with the strips found here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-testing-strips/" target="_blank">http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-testing-strips/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>With more expensive strips is the Caresens Dual which I currently use, this one has the advantage of glucose and ketone testing in one machine, it’s to be found here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/caresens-dual-blood-glucose-and-ketone-meter/" target="_blank">http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/caresens-dual-blood-glucose-and-ketone-meter/</a></p><p></p><p>With the strips here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/caresens-pro-blood-glucose-test-strips/" target="_blank">http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/caresens-pro-blood-glucose-test-strips/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>And to be totally transparent I used to use the SD Code Free which has the cheapest strips available. However I found itto be becoming less and less reliable. Here it is for anyone wanting to give it a go:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://homehealth-uk.com/product-category/blood-glucose/blood-glucose-monitor/" target="_blank">http://homehealth-uk.com/product-category/blood-glucose/blood-glucose-monitor/</a></p><p></p><p>and here for the extra strips</p><p></p><p><a href="http://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/sd-codefree-test-strips-to-be-used-only-with-the-sd-monitor/" target="_blank">http://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/sd-codefree-test-strips-to-be-used-only-with-the-sd-monitor/</a></p><p></p><p>There are discount codes if you buy in bulk.</p><p></p><p>5 packs 264086</p><p></p><p>10 packs 975833</p><p></p><p></p><p>Don’t forget to check the box that you have diabetes so you can buy VAT free. (for all meters and strips)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rachox, post: 1972532, member: 400972"] Hi Mike and welcome! As this is your first post I’ll tag in [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] for her useful info post. First let me reassure you that getting a hypo is very very unusual on Metformin, it’s just doesn’t work in that way, however it would be good for you to buy a meter to gauge how different foods affect your blood sugar level. The blurred vision etc... are more likely to be symptoms of high blood sugar. Were you given any dietary advice when you got your diagnosis? A lot of us keep our blood sugar at non diabetic levels with or without Metformin by reducing our carbohydrate intake. Carbohydrates turn to sugar once eaten. Here’s some info on meters, and to be clear I have no commercial connections with any of the companies mentioned. For a meter with cheap strips go for the Tee2 + found here: [URL='http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/']http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-plus-blood-glucose-meter/ [/URL]with the strips found here: [URL]http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/tee2-testing-strips/[/URL] With more expensive strips is the Caresens Dual which I currently use, this one has the advantage of glucose and ketone testing in one machine, it’s to be found here: [URL]http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/caresens-dual-blood-glucose-and-ketone-meter/[/URL] With the strips here: [URL]http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk/product/caresens-pro-blood-glucose-test-strips/[/URL] And to be totally transparent I used to use the SD Code Free which has the cheapest strips available. However I found itto be becoming less and less reliable. Here it is for anyone wanting to give it a go: [URL]http://homehealth-uk.com/product-category/blood-glucose/blood-glucose-monitor/[/URL] and here for the extra strips [URL]http://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/sd-codefree-test-strips-to-be-used-only-with-the-sd-monitor/[/URL] There are discount codes if you buy in bulk. 5 packs 264086 10 packs 975833 Don’t forget to check the box that you have diabetes so you can buy VAT free. (for all meters and strips) [/QUOTE]
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