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<blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 1057514" data-attributes="member: 150927"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Yes, different countries have different rules around blood lipid testing, when state funded. (Otherwise one just pays? Or not get the info if one can't? Thank goodness I live in socialised medicine countries!) My GP in NZ was very supportive of me having monthly blood lipid tests, still is, due I guess to the severity of my diabetes on diagnosis, and that I was choosing to treat by diet and exercise - and she is that kind of gal (a very nice intelligent caring English woman I must say). All I need to say is "I experiment a lot and need the blood lipids to see the effect on my blood," and the thumbs up is given. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In Sweden - the no more than every three months rule for blood lipids is in place also. I had to make a case for getting my HBA1c tested on its own at the clinic by my diabetes nurse - again on the grounds of my experimentation. But they had to be scheduled around a time frame and not at all once a month. Not unusual to only be able to get an appointment over a month away. She was a magnificent beast though, when one managed to get an appointment - and it was great having a health professional who was totally up with the diabetes play, and entirely state funded once I had spent over a certain (high) limit on medical fees, which diabetics can clock up in no time. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AloeSvea, post: 1057514, member: 150927"] [FONT=Verdana]Yes, different countries have different rules around blood lipid testing, when state funded. (Otherwise one just pays? Or not get the info if one can't? Thank goodness I live in socialised medicine countries!) My GP in NZ was very supportive of me having monthly blood lipid tests, still is, due I guess to the severity of my diabetes on diagnosis, and that I was choosing to treat by diet and exercise - and she is that kind of gal (a very nice intelligent caring English woman I must say). All I need to say is "I experiment a lot and need the blood lipids to see the effect on my blood," and the thumbs up is given. In Sweden - the no more than every three months rule for blood lipids is in place also. I had to make a case for getting my HBA1c tested on its own at the clinic by my diabetes nurse - again on the grounds of my experimentation. But they had to be scheduled around a time frame and not at all once a month. Not unusual to only be able to get an appointment over a month away. She was a magnificent beast though, when one managed to get an appointment - and it was great having a health professional who was totally up with the diabetes play, and entirely state funded once I had spent over a certain (high) limit on medical fees, which diabetics can clock up in no time. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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