tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post5016336799165656524..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: Diabetes on a BudgetJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-67189718985271484052009-02-25T07:22:00.000-05:002009-02-25T07:22:00.000-05:00Good point, now I can *feel* when my BG has gone h...Good point, now I can *feel* when my BG has gone high or low and often the test just confirms it.<BR/><BR/>Excellent point about the coupons too. Here the discounts are mainly for crap but there are often two for the price of one and other discounts in store, and spend £30 and get £5 off coupons, spend £40 and get money off fuel etc. so you can save money by buying bulk stuff every couple of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-89696202965596664352009-02-25T02:55:00.000-05:002009-02-25T02:55:00.000-05:00My company no longer provides a copay health plan....My company no longer provides a copay health plan. I am pretty much on my own up to a $5200 deductible. So I have quit using my meter (which was given to me free) due to cost of test strips. Why? Jenny asks the right question: What are you going to DO as a result of your test result? Otherwise, it is the equivalent of hopping on the weight scale 10times a day, seeing an appalling result, and thenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-12399139655574966182009-02-24T12:33:00.000-05:002009-02-24T12:33:00.000-05:00Thanks for this; there are a lot of good ideas her...Thanks for this; there are a lot of good ideas here. In particular, it had never occurred to me to check Amazon for strips -- I see that I can get the strips from my Accu-Check Aviva (which I got free, also thanks to you) at a price very comparable to the strips for the Reli-On, and I think my Aviva is a touch more accurate (or at least, it's more self-consistent, which Dr. Bernstein identifies Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00788674879843849296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-45610778982078457392009-02-23T20:32:00.000-05:002009-02-23T20:32:00.000-05:00I'd like to just re-iterate Jenny's point about un...I'd like to just re-iterate Jenny's point about unnecessary testing.<BR/><BR/>Once you've established your good habits, there's no point in wasting a strip when you already know what it's going to say!<BR/>Leave the testing for when you're trying something novel and what to see what effect it has.<BR/><BR/>Another tip to save money is to live in a country that has some form of socialised medicineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-45292888898982046732009-02-23T20:07:00.000-05:002009-02-23T20:07:00.000-05:00In the low range I have found the ReliOn strips an...In the low range I have found the ReliOn strips and meter as good as several others that I compared it to.<BR/>I stay out of the higher levels so can't say about that. I can say that it does not make much difference if you are high (above 150) as you are too high and no matter what you will will need to test again when you are coming under control and the meter will be accurate then. In other Haroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01994986171971625331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-76176834324403899032009-02-23T19:31:00.000-05:002009-02-23T19:31:00.000-05:00I recently went looking for another meter when I s...I recently went looking for another meter when I suspected that my Reli-on meter was not giving accurate results. I found the disposable Sidekick meter with 50 strips for $19.99 Walmart. So far I'm impressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-57825632920752752012009-02-23T12:03:00.000-05:002009-02-23T12:03:00.000-05:00Partnership for Prescription Assistance is a good ...Partnership for Prescription Assistance is a good place to look for help getting your scripts. Here's the link to their webpage.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="https://www.pparx.org/Intro.php" REL="nofollow">Welcome to PPARx.org</A><BR/><BR/>this is from their website<BR/><BR/><I><BR/>The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America's pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care BamaGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07312916137975440630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-18628663909359939242009-02-23T11:16:00.000-05:002009-02-23T11:16:00.000-05:00Find coupons in the Sunday paper for the Contour m...Find coupons in the Sunday paper for the Contour meter from Bayer. About 2 - 4 times a year I find them in the Sunday paper coupon section. Generally you can find this meter on sale at Walgreens and Walmart so your end cost is tax. This meter comes with 10 strips. The coupon generally is for the Breeze also but only buy the Contour. One strip will be used with the control so you are left Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-34854686445509012392009-02-23T11:10:00.000-05:002009-02-23T11:10:00.000-05:00Groceries in most parts of the country put out cir...Groceries in most parts of the country put out circulars once a week. In our area they can be found in the Wednesday local paper. If you are on a budget this is an essential. There is almost always meats, fruit, and veggies of some sort on deep discount. As an example last week they had broccoli and cauliflower under a dollar a pound. New York Steaks, with a little bone and gristle were $2.34 a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-6520676217752747132009-02-23T09:30:00.000-05:002009-02-23T09:30:00.000-05:00Alan has some excellent ideas on saving money and ...Alan has some excellent ideas on saving money and testing<BR/><BR/>http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2007/04/teting-on-budget.html<BR/><BR/>IME testing a lot initially pays dividends over the long term, now I have worked out what I can and cannot eat an different times of day I can test a lot less and be confident in my results. The upfront cost is more than worth it for the long term savings.<BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com