Can anyone recommend a blood sugar monitor diabetes

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Ive just got back from emergency room at hospital

It turns out i had severe indigestion and normal meds wouldn’t help. At hospital they did bloods and heart check and gave me a strong tablet for indigestion

My bloods are high blood sugars so i need advice any advice on monitoring it.

I have to ring doctors asap to go on strong indigestion meds

@Bowens can you advise me please if possible

Thanks everyone!

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Mine is an “Accu-Check - Guide Me”. works fine. Test strips are a little under 50 cents apiece, depending on who you buy from and in what quantity.

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Thanks do you know if can get them free from gp doctors

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I can’t say for sure what your insurance will cover, but mine covered the device.

The strips are only covered by my insurance for one strip a day. Which is ludicrous in my opinion. I use many times that everyday. If I didnt, with my erratic blood sugar, I might end up in a coma or something. So, anyway, I end up paying for most of them myself. You also need the needle cartridge replacements once in awhile.

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of course, when I got device I was on medicaid, I believe. Did not think of that.

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I use the One Touch Ultra 2 glucometer. I like how easy it is to use. My Medicaid paid for the device, but the Medicare covers the strips.

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Ahh your a lifesaver, thanks so much for your advice

Try getting some sleep @Bowens you must be tired now :sleeping:

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Thanks @WhiteRaven im new to this diabetes and need to start monitoring because levels high

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My mom uses Dexcom G6. Idk if ur insurance will cover it and it’s expensive if it doesn’t and really not necessary if u aren’t on insulin, but if u are on insulin it’s great. It’s a continuous monitor that mounts on ur stomach and measures ur blood sugar every 5 minutes with alerts. U can view ur blood sugar anytime on the device they give u or on an app on ur phone or an apple watch if u have one.

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I tried getting one of those continuous monitors before and my insurance/medicare wouldn’t cover it unless I was on insulin.

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My mom uses Code Free but that is a cheaper one.

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I’ve got an Auvon Blood Glucose monitor from Amazon. It’s like $20 and seem to work well. Test strips are $32 for 200 strips.

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Mu insurance covered a freestyle lite.

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Yeah that’s what I use too @anon4362788
It’s a great meter

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My mom uses the freestyle libra no more finger sticks for her

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I use the dexcom G6. It’s a continuous monitor I replace every 10 days. I like it very much. It pairs up with my insulin pump nicely.

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My mom uses the Dexacom monitor also and it’s made her diabetes much more manageable— plus, it’s good because I can check her sugar and see how everything’s looking as well :+1:

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