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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Madbazoo" data-source="post: 434592" data-attributes="member: 80058">Am type2 and so have been buying my own test strips for the last couple of months since I got my free meter from Glucomen.  Visited surgery yesterday for my latest HbA1c results and DN was delighted to hear my reading had dropped from 92 to 45 over last few months.  Told her it was down to better control of diet now I understood the effects of different foods on my BS levels.  We had a long conversation about reducing carbs etc and got the usual lecture about balanced diet etc.She then looked at my reduction in weight (over 1 stone) and my normal blood pressure and started to believe that there might be some truth in what I had been doing.Anyway the outcome was that I can have unlimited prescription for lancets (on my regular prescription) and a supply of 50 test strips which is the maximum for a 3 month period.  If they are still proving useful she will review further individual requests for more in 3 months.It really lifted me yesterday to find out my bloods were down to normal levels and the bonus of the supplies even though they are less than I need.Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></blockquote>

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