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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
At my last review I yet again raised the topic of self-testing of blood glucose levels. Again, I was told I didn’t need to do any testing but this time I was also told “you have the wrong type of diabetes”. I should have asked what she meant but my patience was wearing pretty thin after some other horrible comments that had been made.
I have tried to cut down on my alcohol intake knowing full well that this has a massive impact on BG results. I told the nurse that I wanted to find out what other things I was eating and drinking were causing such high BG levels (currently tested only on a yearly basis). The nurse said that as long I continued to eat healthily and continue with Metformin and Vipidia the BG levels should get lower.
But how do I know if what I’m doing, or rather not doing, is working when bloods are only tested yearly? I do have a monitor that another nurse gave me but I can’t afford the strips and lancets. So what do I do?
I have tried to cut down on my alcohol intake knowing full well that this has a massive impact on BG results. I told the nurse that I wanted to find out what other things I was eating and drinking were causing such high BG levels (currently tested only on a yearly basis). The nurse said that as long I continued to eat healthily and continue with Metformin and Vipidia the BG levels should get lower.
But how do I know if what I’m doing, or rather not doing, is working when bloods are only tested yearly? I do have a monitor that another nurse gave me but I can’t afford the strips and lancets. So what do I do?