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<blockquote data-quote="becca59" data-source="post: 2103066" data-attributes="member: 264425"><p>[USER=425990]@SueJB[/USER] it all sounds very complicated, it isn’t. You get a starter pack with a reader which is a one off and you use that 24/7 and a sensor which you stick on your arm. Each sensor lasts for 14 days you then purchase a new one to replace it. If you have an up to date phone you can use that instead of a reader. I don’t and my limited resources as a retiree just go on purchasing sensors every 14 days. I am using savings to keep me going as I am not yet eligible under the NHS as I am doing well. (Which includes many readings way out of recommended numbers which I don’t worry about) I decided that it was worth it and feel I would rather wear a sensor before spending money on clothes, going away, out for meals etc. Not that I don’t do those things, but if I was short that month the sensor would take priority. It is the window into my health and makes my life so much easier. I don’t have add ons. Money won’t stretch that far, but if I ever get it on the NHS then that will be where my the money I am saving on sensors goes. Go for it, it is a window into the real world of diabetes control. Cheap when you really think about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="becca59, post: 2103066, member: 264425"] [USER=425990]@SueJB[/USER] it all sounds very complicated, it isn’t. You get a starter pack with a reader which is a one off and you use that 24/7 and a sensor which you stick on your arm. Each sensor lasts for 14 days you then purchase a new one to replace it. If you have an up to date phone you can use that instead of a reader. I don’t and my limited resources as a retiree just go on purchasing sensors every 14 days. I am using savings to keep me going as I am not yet eligible under the NHS as I am doing well. (Which includes many readings way out of recommended numbers which I don’t worry about) I decided that it was worth it and feel I would rather wear a sensor before spending money on clothes, going away, out for meals etc. Not that I don’t do those things, but if I was short that month the sensor would take priority. It is the window into my health and makes my life so much easier. I don’t have add ons. Money won’t stretch that far, but if I ever get it on the NHS then that will be where my the money I am saving on sensors goes. Go for it, it is a window into the real world of diabetes control. Cheap when you really think about it. [/QUOTE]
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