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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2256128" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>The NHS doesn't, as a rule, fund meters for T2's unless they are on blood glucose lowering medication like gliclazide, or on insulin. Mainly because with medication like that, you're not allowed to drive if you run a hypo risk, the insurance wouldn't pay out. The odd GP or nurse may give a person who doesn't meet the criteria one, at their discretion, but the bulk of us have to self fund... And when I just started out and began eating to my meter, one can of 50 strips lasted me about a week. Here in the Netherlands, I get 40 euro's per annum for a meter, strips and/or lancets. That doesn't get me very far, and from what I understand, the UK's NHS funds even less. Sorry, you're the exception that confirms the rule, it seems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2256128, member: 401801"] The NHS doesn't, as a rule, fund meters for T2's unless they are on blood glucose lowering medication like gliclazide, or on insulin. Mainly because with medication like that, you're not allowed to drive if you run a hypo risk, the insurance wouldn't pay out. The odd GP or nurse may give a person who doesn't meet the criteria one, at their discretion, but the bulk of us have to self fund... And when I just started out and began eating to my meter, one can of 50 strips lasted me about a week. Here in the Netherlands, I get 40 euro's per annum for a meter, strips and/or lancets. That doesn't get me very far, and from what I understand, the UK's NHS funds even less. Sorry, you're the exception that confirms the rule, it seems. [/QUOTE]
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