No test strips or lancets on the NHS?!!!

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Jan McGee

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
I'm at this stage too. This might give us more idea of the prices
Amazon.co.uk, typing in blood sugar test strips - I would post the link but its very long.

Can I ask a couple of questions?

- do you have to buy strips made by the manufacturer of the meter?
- how often do you need to test?
 
jaywak

jaywak

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
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Cold weather, angry people, queues,
The NICE guidelines are that you test 4 times a day and every time you get behind the wheel of a car so a pot of 50 strips will only last a couple of weeks at the most.
 
jaywak

jaywak

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737
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
Cold weather, angry people, queues,
Does anyone need a pot of 50 Accu-Chek Aviva blood testing strips ? My pharmacy gave them to me by mistake but I didn't realise until I got home and when I phoned them they said I couldn't return them as they had been taken off thier premises, seems a waste to throw them away, so if anyone lives in the Norwich area and needs them you're welcome.
 
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