How many strips do they give you from social security?Approximately how many do you use daily?

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Approximately how many test strips do you use per month?And how much do they give you from social security?

The family doctor prescribed only 50 test strips for me. (They don't even give me enough for 2 measurements a day.) But I prick myself 6-8 times a day to measure.Total 180-240.4-5 packs of test strips per month are worth it to me.I bought the ones from Sinocare since I don't understand why the social security companies sell them for 19.99 euros for 50 test strips, but without a prescription they wanted to charge me more than 50 euros for a bottle of 50.Having sugar would be synonymous with nouveau riche or something similar, apparently.Anyway...... Location: Valencia

But do they give you sensors?With the sensors I use about 2-3 strips a day, the insurance gives me 50 for 3 months which obviously does not reach me and I do like you, I buy the Sinocare ones.

In fact, it's been a long time since I passed on the insurance companies, when I go to look for them they always give me a bad face and problems.

Sherpa41 said:
@Sherpa41 said:

But do they give you sensors?With the sensors I use about 2-3 strips a day, the insurance gives me 50 for 3 months which obviously does not reach me and I do like you, I buy the Sinocare ones.

In fact, it's been a long time since I passed on the insurance companies, when I go to look for them they always give me a bad face and problems.

Without sensors they should give you 600 strips for 3 months if you are T1D.With sensors they give me 50 strips for 3 months.I buy Onetouch, this time from a pharmacy in Portugal, 100 strips 36 euros with something.

Ruthbia said:
@Ruthbia said:

Without sensors they should give you 600 strips for 3 months if you are T1D.With sensors they give me 50 strips for 3 months.I buy Onetouch, this time from a pharmacy in Portugal, 100 strips 36 euros with something.

In CLM, if you have a sensor, they only give you one box, without a sensor, they give you two.When I still didn't have a sensor when I first started, they gave me about 4-5 boxes, I did about 8 checks a day or more, because I had 0 glycemic stability.Now if one day I don't wear a sensor for whatever reason, maybe I'll get one or two;Depending on your general values ​​and how much you take insulin, the ones you need.

Hello,

Before having the continuous meter I used about 7-8 strips a day.I measured before and after each meal and some extra to check, and it is approximately what they gave me in social security (BCN).

Once you have the meter, you are allowed to take one or two measurements a day, although I generally don't use them.Basically I use them on the first day of the meter to ensure that the values ​​are more or less correct, and on some exceptional days when what the meter shows does not fit me.

Hello!We recently discussed this whole topic in a thread, if I find it, I'll leave you the link.Most of us who have a sensor are given 50 strips for 3 months and have type 1 diabetes. Most of them do what they have already told you here, they buy them themselves so they can measure more times.In my case I only measure the first 2 days of the sensor, about 4 times per sensor, and if I notice that there is something strange (like I have eaten and it is very flat, for example) then I check just in case, but I don't usually.I had a streak where the sensors measured me very poorly and I had to increase the number of times I checked, and I explained it to the nurse and she gave me more, but I was very lucky with her, someone else would have told me that she wouldn't give me more.

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