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<blockquote data-quote="pleinster" data-source="post: 1349669" data-attributes="member: 221545"><p>Apparently the general (over-stretched and under-resourced) NHS response. Technically, a patient with high blood pressure doesn't need to test his own level at home, I do...if I don't I rely purely on what the reading is whenever it is taken by a nurse or carer. Someone on a diet doesn't technically need to weigh themselves regularly..but then they only know what they weigh at certain time and cannot fully comprehend the impact of a diet on an ongoing basis. The difference ? The NHS doesn't provide bathroom scales. People but their own. Do I think the NHS should provide self-testing meters for Type 2 diabetics? Yes...and my doctor did. Maybe the situation in Scotland is slightly better. I would suggest that you persist, arguing that it is the only way you can see for yourself if your diet/lifestyle is working day to day. Since having a meter, I have come off Gliclazide completely (no doubt a saving for the NHS). I was never on Metformin. I can only wish you luck. If you fail to persuade them - buy one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pleinster, post: 1349669, member: 221545"] Apparently the general (over-stretched and under-resourced) NHS response. Technically, a patient with high blood pressure doesn't need to test his own level at home, I do...if I don't I rely purely on what the reading is whenever it is taken by a nurse or carer. Someone on a diet doesn't technically need to weigh themselves regularly..but then they only know what they weigh at certain time and cannot fully comprehend the impact of a diet on an ongoing basis. The difference ? The NHS doesn't provide bathroom scales. People but their own. Do I think the NHS should provide self-testing meters for Type 2 diabetics? Yes...and my doctor did. Maybe the situation in Scotland is slightly better. I would suggest that you persist, arguing that it is the only way you can see for yourself if your diet/lifestyle is working day to day. Since having a meter, I have come off Gliclazide completely (no doubt a saving for the NHS). I was never on Metformin. I can only wish you luck. If you fail to persuade them - buy one. [/QUOTE]
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