I have documented my testing strip sagas throughout the years here on this blog. (Sidenote: still can’t believe that I am saying years about the blog). I was using One Touch Ultra when I first started blogging, but then switched over to Freestyle Lite for a couple of years because I just liked the meter better. Just earlier this year, my insurance company decided that my Freestyle Lite strips would be $150 for a 90 day supply and One Touch strips would still be only $50. So I did what was in my best interest and switched back to the One Touch strips. The only One Touch meter that I kept (since I’m an idiot and threw all the others way when I moved last year), was the Ultra Mini.
I like the size of the Ultra Mini and the convenience of it fitting in Amanda’s purse or bag when we go out, or even just in my back pocket. But, I don’t have any way currently to download the data from the meter. So I started to think, I still have the Contour USB meter that I was sent as a demo some time last year. However, I don’t have anymore strips for that meter. This meter was easy for me to upload the data and see it in nice, pretty charts and graphs.
So, what would be my best option? To completely switch over to the Contour USB again or try and get 50% One Touch strips and 50% Contour strips? That then means that I am going to need two new prescriptions from my doctor, and then take twice as long for Medco to process this order, and blah blah blah.
I am re-ordering one more time in December, remember my whole method of getting one last insurance order before the end of the year? I think that maybe in February or March when I have to re-order I will make that switch to the 50-50. I am also not sure if I even want to go back to the Contour because I don’t remember the accuracy of it. I know that I wrote a review of it, but I did not have enough strips of my other meter to compare the accuracy of them.
Maybe another switch is occuring?