sea-urchin
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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
- Idleness.
It wasn't quite put to me like that, but the widely-spaced (dangerously so?) HbA1c test was the only alternative offered and, dressed up lovely, it gave the GP all he/she wants to know. Never mind what I was so desperate to know! My body was, and still is, melting away before my eyes and no suggestions from that quarter as to how I might slow it down or stop it! Although I know that my GPs' hands are tied to a certain extent, it still feels like "Wait and see! He'll perhaps disappear altogether before we have to spend any more on him! Anyway, its pay-day soon. Happy Days!"Yes, I was told testing is unnecessary for type 2's not on insulin by my nurse.
It might be useful to gather data/examples from those who have been given Meters or Supplies free recently even though they do not have Type 2. My other NHS funded advisors, not my GP, say that good BG monitoring is essential for good diabetes management of both Types; my GP agrees but will not / cannot / is persuaded not to, prescribe. Odd. I can see their growing financial problem, but that does not alter the fact that I have earned my NHS treatment, free of charge, over more than 50 years as a Tax and NI payer. I will continue to ask my GP to prescribe supplies at least, every time I go to see him, which is all too often.
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