We ran an article this morning on Diabetes News Hound about a pair of recent studies claiming that testing blood sugar daily has only marginal benefit to people with Type 2 diabetes. But I think this article is relevant to all diabetics because it also explored the cost angle of test strips, which can be really pricey. You can read it here: Researchers Question Benefit of Test Strips for Type 2 Patients
It got me to wondering, regardless of which type of diabetes you have:
A) How often you check your blood sugar?
B) How much it costs you each month for your strips?
6-10 times a day depends if I combine my after dinner with my bedtime test or my wake up with pre-breakfast and then there is always those I don’t feel right let’s check the BS times
$20 Co-pay every 90 days strips only add another ten for the lancets