Almost every time a diabetic patient goes to the pharmacy to pick up their medications they also need to buy testing strips. They use these so fast as you must use a new one each time test your blood sugar level. There is a problem with the fact that there are no methods of creating reusable glucose testing strips yet. You want to be sure that will not be contamination from one test to the next. All diabetic patients have this great burden to deal with.  You may be lucky and can get a monitor and some strip from their physician, but then the rest of the time you must pay for them yourself.  It can become very expensive. Yet, you would be harming yourself, and doing a disservice to your family if you tested yourself less often then recommended by your physician.  You might want to try an Internet companies that deals exclusively with diabetic supplies. They may be able to help you and give you a discount. They usually will ship it to you free too.

Your physician’s office gets free monitors to give to you from manufacturer representatives so you need to ask them if they would give you a free monitor and some supplies. Just remember to use the monitor as often as you need and it can add years to your life.