Buon anno 2009
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"Steve K" <kunnecke@yahoo.com> ha scritto nel messaggio 
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> I'm in the US for a few more weeks and my Dr. here tells me I either have
> diabetes or am very close to it.  He has me measuring my blood sugar 
> several
> times a day and am on a strict diet but no insulin shots yet.
>
> I'm wondering how this works in Japan with the kokumin kenko hoken?  Here 
> I
> just walk into any drugstore and purchase the lancelets and testing 
> strips.
> Do you do that in Japan or does the Dr. have to give them to you?  Is home 
> testing normal like it is here?
> Is this covered under the insurance?  Here the testing costs about $1 per 
> test
> (lancelet and strip).
>
> I'm also taking two perscription drugs for this....Lisinopril and 
> Metformin. Are these readily perscribed in Japan for diabetes?
>
> Thanks and happy new year.
>
> Steve K
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