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Newly diagnosed with Type II diabetes.........scared and confused
I hope someone is out there because I'm REALLY scared and need help to process this. I was just diagnosed three days ago with diabetes and feel totally overwhelmed. I WAS able to talk with a Certified Diabetes and Clinical Education Specialist the next day, but was given so much verbal information I became frantic trying to retain it all. Which I didn't! I was given a very small booklet titled "Introduction to Diabetes," with bits and pieces of information, but it didn't tell me what my next step should be or the one after that. I'm a 71 year old woman and there is no diabetes in my family that I know of. I want to get this into remission and the educator I saw said that was a very reasonable goal considering my numbers. I'm sorry this is so long. Thanks so much. Linda
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Just get a test kit from your doctor. It has a meter and strips.
Check strips and the acuecheck meter goes well . You will need lancets to prick a fingertip. Those are not included as part of the meter.
Stick a test strip in the meter with red side up. Prick a fingertip with the finger strip already in the meter When the little blood comes out swipe the blood on the Strip that you have already stuck in the meter and the meter gives you your sugar number high or low or within range. Use once a day if you want to. I do mine right before dinner for a more accurate measurement . Very easy to do and it keeps you from panicking every day
It never goes into remission. It’s with you for life. Just monitor it daily
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I don’t know anything about the price. Medicare pays for mine
Meter, strips and lancets. All free. So price is pretty much a non issue for me. Lancets come from a different company who Medicare pays for under the DM. There are many types of kits so whatever works for you is good. Of course I also have lancets that are painless. I am not happy with Amazon since Medicare gives me a monthly 30 day pack of strips.
I’m curious though. I will check how much strips cost.
Ever since Amazon doubled charged me for a product I have never gone back to them. I prefer Walmart now. No wonder your saying strips are expensive i think you said has expensive strips so you asked me to research prices so i did
Strips for my acuecheck strips are. Only around $16.00 a pack of 100 from cvs.
The ones you’re talking about are around $50-$60 dollars a pack on Amazon
I just got my Libre 3. So handy!