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Testing strips

Nattyobtype2

Nattyobtype2

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Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi im type 2 i was given a machine and the chist gave me wrong strips she gave me bayer contour instead ov bayer contour next i dont know what to do with these strips as i opened the box so its not sealed the tub is still closed but what shoul i do with them i know someone could use them
 
Hi welcome.

You could sell them on EBay, explaining the circumstances.
 
If they were on prescription, the chemist should swap them, if there has been a dispensing error. It's a pain if strips are so meter specific.
 
Nattyobtype2 said:
Hi im type 2 i was given a machine and the chist gave me wrong strips she gave me bayer contour instead ov bayer contour next i dont know what to do with these strips as i opened the box so its not sealed the tub is still closed but what shoul i do with them i know someone could use them
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Nattyobtype2 said:
Hi im type 2 i was given a machine and the chist gave me wrong strips she gave me bayer contour instead ov bayer contour next i dont know what to do with these strips as i opened the box so its not sealed the tub is still closed but what shoul i do with them i know someone could use them
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Hi, did you manage to swap the wrong strips? Hows the machine going? Remembered getting my machine given to me by diabetic nurse feels weird at first but then after a few weeks it becomes a useful routine at knowing where your bloods are at! Good luck. Rob
 
Robbie Type 2 said:
Hi, did you manage to swap the wrong strips? Hows the machine going? Remembered getting my machine given to me by diabetic nurse feels weird at first but then after a few weeks it becomes a useful routine at knowing where your bloods are at! Good luck. Rob
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I changed meter last month and got given the wrong strips. If they were wrong on the prescription, your gp can reissue the prescription. If the chemist gave you the wrong strips, they will have to reissue them. Id go back to the chemist and ask them to double check the prescription and see where it went wrong.
 
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