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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Frederickson" data-source="post: 197536" data-attributes="member: 35189"><p>I only use test strips if I feel unwell, to see if my glucose is high or low, I can't tell the difference between high and low I seem to get the same symptons, last year my levels started rising to I had Saxagliptin added to my metformin, I was also given glucose as I was told Saxagliptin can cause low sugar, I was told not to take the glucose until I had checked to see if my sugar level was low,</p><p>now I have had my presciption for test strips stopped, I havn't had a presciption for a year,that's how few I use, now if I feel sweaty and shaky I don't know what to do, if I take the glucose and it's not low I could end up in A&E, if it's low and I don't take it I could end up in A&E, which cost more a tub of test strips or a visit to hospital or call out the GP,they have also altered my visit to the practice nurse from every 6 months to once a year, that means if any thing is wrong it could be 11 months till it's picked up, the six monthly checkups left a lot to be desired every time I went one of the questions was do you get deppressed the answer was always yes it was a tick in the box and that was it</p><p>it was just peace of mind knowing I could test if I wanted now it's a constant worry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Frederickson, post: 197536, member: 35189"] I only use test strips if I feel unwell, to see if my glucose is high or low, I can't tell the difference between high and low I seem to get the same symptons, last year my levels started rising to I had Saxagliptin added to my metformin, I was also given glucose as I was told Saxagliptin can cause low sugar, I was told not to take the glucose until I had checked to see if my sugar level was low, now I have had my presciption for test strips stopped, I havn't had a presciption for a year,that's how few I use, now if I feel sweaty and shaky I don't know what to do, if I take the glucose and it's not low I could end up in A&E, if it's low and I don't take it I could end up in A&E, which cost more a tub of test strips or a visit to hospital or call out the GP,they have also altered my visit to the practice nurse from every 6 months to once a year, that means if any thing is wrong it could be 11 months till it's picked up, the six monthly checkups left a lot to be desired every time I went one of the questions was do you get deppressed the answer was always yes it was a tick in the box and that was it it was just peace of mind knowing I could test if I wanted now it's a constant worry [/QUOTE]
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