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Member Since: December 2008 Posts: 5,371 Send Message	Florence61	Report	19 Aug 2023 14:54
	As most will know, if you live in Scotland, then free prescriptions are available to all regardless of income etc Now my dad had just been diagnosed as a Type 1 diabetic. He is over 80. he will be on injections of Insulin along with Metaformin tablets. When he asked about the Libra machine which measures blood sugars which is what my daughter has to avoid pricking her fingers 5/6 times a day, he was told, he will he will either have to check blood sugars buy pricking his fingers or buy the monitor machine himself. The machine costs between £60-£100 plus he will have to buy the censors to which get put on his chest, leg or arm and each sensor last only 14 days. He feels this is very unfair as even the nurse had trouble getting blood out of his finger for a blood sugar check, His skin is very thick and tough. Are there any Diabetics on here down in England that use the Libre system and did you have to pay for it? I have tried googling for info but it seems to vary from site to site. Florence in the hebrides
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