How I love this forum with all its sensible people! Every time I try asking something or helping someone out on one of the diabetes facebook groups the answers get me so frustrated I want to throw my computer out the window! About half an hour ago I posted this in a Dutch group. It was a Libre group, which suggests members are a little smarter and more involved with their diabetes than the members of the average diabetes group, as there are only a select few who get their Libre funded and many members are self funding.
Rough translation of my post:
"In anticipation of possible funding next year (in my situation). It seems that you get only 50 test strips quarterly when you have a funded sensor, so half a strip per day plus a couple to lose.
Has anyone looked into the cheapest test strips yet and where best to order them?"
So now I know 38 people never use up their alotted test strips, there are 6 people who offered me their leftover test strips (but didn't tell me for which meter, and besides, we're talking a possible problem next year and it's only may), I should never use cheap Chinese test strips, I shouldn't use different meters and I need a new meter if I order a different brand test strips (hey, who would've thought!).
The worst part is that they all mean very well so I need to stay friendly and patient. But I'm afraid no one in the Netherlands has bothered to find out what the cheapest test strips are. And no, we do not have the Code Free here.
