I’m about 15 lb. overweight for my height, and I am worried I might be diabetic. My Dad has type 2 diabetes, so I’m really freaked out. Here are the symptoms I’ve experienced:
1. Not getting full no matter how much I eat–But this has changed in the past couple of weeks and now I have very little appetite.
2. Bad vision–I never needed glasses before in my life (I am 24), but last summer I needed glasses. Of course, this could also be explained by the fact that bad vision runs in my family.
3. Fatigue.
I know that symptoms 1 and 2 may be explained by the fact that I only just graduated from grad school and I’ve been under a lot of stress lately, but I am worried. I don’t have enough money to go to the doctor for testing. Where can I find diabetic testing strips, and do I need a prescription to get them?
I also have problems with my gums bleeding, but I’ve had that problem pretty much all my life due to not flossing regularly (I do it about 3-5x a week now and I know I need to do better).
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Filed under Diabetic Test Strips by on Jul 31st, 2010. 4 Comments. 
I know how expensive it is to buy Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems, so I found this ad in PREVENTION magazine and figured I’d get a free meter with free test strips for my boyfriend who recently was dropped from his insurance.
Their website lets you choose from 2 meters. One being a fairly big meter for those of you with bad vision, or a slightly smaller version that’s more discrete.
Don’t forget when you sign up to go back to the main page and re-sign up. This way you can add parents, family, friends or other addresses so you can receive more strips.
This is for the FREESTYLE company. I believe it said 3-4 weeks delivery, but I had gotten mine in 2 weeks. Good Luck you diabetics!
https://www.freestylelite.com
P.S. Don’t forget to remind family & friends you have a meter coming to their house so they don’t throw it away!
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Filed under Diabetic Test Strips by on Jul 8th, 2010. 3 Comments.