Diabetes is expensive.  With test strips clocking in around a buck apiece, it's no wonder that every time I open the bottle I hear "ca-ching!"

So when I hear that there are free test strips being given out, my interest piques like crazy.  And I had to share with you guys.  :)

Thanks to Kelly Close and the crew at diaTribe, there is a year's worth of One Touch test strips up for grabs. According to the diaTribe site, "You have a chance of winning a grand prize of one year's worth of OneTouch Ultra test strips (based on about 5 strips per day). That's 18 boxes each containing 100 OneTouch test strips. There are also 18 runner up prizes, each consisting of a box of 100 OneTouch Ultra test strips, and you will have a chance to win any of these 19 prizes. That's a lot of strips!" 

Now here's where I disclose the fact that I write a column for diaTribe, so I'm not exactly unbiased in urging you to sign up.  I am, however, a fan of accurate information about diabetes being passed around, so I'd be pro-diaTribe regardless of my professional association.  

The point is, if you sign on up, you can receive not only good diabetes-related information, but you can also score a year's worth of test strips.  That's a deal if I ever heard one!!  Sign up between August 3rd and August 31st to enter!