How many Test Strips do you use in 1 month? Just Curious.
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Permalink Reply by StAilbe on -
150 readings. Have benign tremors, so actually use 200. out of pocket.
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Permalink Reply by aliceclones on -
One daughter uses 300 a month the other 250. Both have cgms.
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Permalink Reply by Jo on -
I test 180 times a month :-) usually 6 times a day :-) but if Im playing badminton or swimming, I test 8times a day.
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Permalink Reply by luvmyelyssa on -
I just downloaded my daughters pump info. last night. We had tested 748 times for April & May. So we check about 374 times a month. Poor little fingers.
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Permalink Reply by Clare on -
My insurance company recently started not only restricting the meter and strips to only the Abbott Freestyle Lite, but also to a limit of 206 strips per month. My endo got me authorized for 250 a month, but I have hypoglycemic unawareness so I tend to test more often anyway.
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Permalink Reply by La on -
I test about 250-300 times a month. Quite a lot of the time I do less. I get loads more though, off the NHS
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Permalink Reply by pancreaswanted on -
about 200 times a month. uggh!
socialized medicine pays for 90 a month, i love target for cheap strips.
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Permalink Reply by Clare on
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Last month I used 375 but over the last 3 months I have used 1200 or 400 per month on average. I am still learning carb counting and not yet super sure about what I am doing. My insurance company limits to 204 per month unless you have prior authorization which I do have for 300 strips a month, but the CDE at the clinic is trying to get it increased to 12 per day or 1080 in 90 days, if she can then they'll send 1100 because they come in boxes of 50. I would much rather pay $ 60 for 1100 strips than $ 60.00 for 900 strips, or $ 60 for 750 strips which is what the idiot endo wrote the last rx for.
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