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Glucose meter being "upgraded" by my surgery

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Hi All

I have received a letter from my surgery saying that my glucose meter is being upgraded to a GlucoMen Areo2K. The letter is putting a positive spin on the change, but seems to indicate that I don't have a choice.

I am currently using an Accu-Check Compact Plus, which is really convenient, because the finger pricker is attached to the meter, and the strip drum is inside, so I only carry one thing. It looks like the one I must change to will have a separate finger pricker and loose strips in a tub, so more faff.

Anyone here been in this situation? Do you think it is worth arguing the case to remain with my current meter? Anyone has experience with the GlucoMen device?
 
Well it's hard sometimes but you know that the NHS are skint Carlos - so is it surprising they don't want to pay £15 for Accu-Chek strips when cheaper ones are available ? (they already get Accu-Chek ones cheaper than we can over the counter - current price in excess of £28 for a pot of 50 strips)

If there is a particular reason a person needs a certain meter - obvious things I can think of are large screen display for the partially sighted or that vibrate as alarms if they're deaf - or anything you can 'make a case for' to your GP - then they are obliged to take that into consideration rather than insisting absolutely everyone does it pronto across the board. If it were one of the meters that calculates insulin doses when you enter the carbs and it has calculated your BG then yeah, but I don't know that the Contour has any bells & whistles that a person might potentially suffer by losing - but I've never had one so I might be entirely wrong.
 
Carlos said:
Hi All

I have received a letter from my surgery saying that my glucose meter is being upgraded to a GlucoMen Areo2K. The letter is putting a positive spin on the change, but seems to indicate that I don't have a choice.

I am currently using an Accu-Check Compact Plus, which is really convenient, because the finger pricker is attached to the meter, and the strip drum is inside, so I only carry one thing. It looks like the one I must change to will have a separate finger pricker and loose strips in a tub, so more faff.

Anyone here been in this situation? Do you think it is worth arguing the case to remain with my current meter? Anyone has experience with the GlucoMen device?
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That is the one I was given. Find the finger pricked not as good as one with codefree meter
 
Ah - now then! I use an Accu-Chek Fastclix finger bodger (the Multiclix prior to that - wel lover 10 years now as I had the Expert meter a good while before a pump) and would absolutely loathe to have to use any one with the old fashioned vicious lancets that you can't turn down to 'tiny' depth and hurt/bruise my precious digits, When you bodge your fingers multiple times daily for 40+ years, they've had enough already!

I would CERTAINLY be threatening to invade my GPs personal space should they try to stop me using that!
 
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