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<blockquote data-quote="Gjimmy" data-source="post: 220565" data-attributes="member: 29237"><p>8 to 10 times a day is about the average for a type 1 diabetic. That would be 3 times in the morning afternoon and evening, and one more before bed. That's just the routine tests , more are necessary if you are ill, or having frequent hypos are hypers for various reasons.</p><p>Please don't listen to doctor's on testing limits. It's up to the diabetic themselves to control their own state of health. Nobody else is going to.</p><p>For a doctor to limit the amount of test strips is bordering on a criminal act certainly gross incompetence. It only goes to show how many doctor's in this country are just not trained in proper diabetic care. For a doctor to say that 2 tests a day is adequate is just plain stupid. This particular doctor needs to go on a diabetic training course, and also renew his Hippocratic oath , so that he is not causing harm to his patients. </p><p>Proper testing is the key to diabetic control. Unless you're using a pump. But then pumps are also limited in this country by the the GP's , you can't win, can you ?</p><p>When I say GP's that's being too kind to their level of control , they are just the puppets to a higher NHS power. When is comes to the smaller decisions though, like test strips I actually think isn't up to them. This gives me cold sweats to think our level of health is being controlled by these untrained clowns.</p><p>Come on NHS please provide more compulsory training courses for ALL our GP's !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gjimmy, post: 220565, member: 29237"] 8 to 10 times a day is about the average for a type 1 diabetic. That would be 3 times in the morning afternoon and evening, and one more before bed. That's just the routine tests , more are necessary if you are ill, or having frequent hypos are hypers for various reasons. Please don't listen to doctor's on testing limits. It's up to the diabetic themselves to control their own state of health. Nobody else is going to. For a doctor to limit the amount of test strips is bordering on a criminal act certainly gross incompetence. It only goes to show how many doctor's in this country are just not trained in proper diabetic care. For a doctor to say that 2 tests a day is adequate is just plain stupid. This particular doctor needs to go on a diabetic training course, and also renew his Hippocratic oath , so that he is not causing harm to his patients. Proper testing is the key to diabetic control. Unless you're using a pump. But then pumps are also limited in this country by the the GP's , you can't win, can you ? When I say GP's that's being too kind to their level of control , they are just the puppets to a higher NHS power. When is comes to the smaller decisions though, like test strips I actually think isn't up to them. This gives me cold sweats to think our level of health is being controlled by these untrained clowns. Come on NHS please provide more compulsory training courses for ALL our GP's ! [/QUOTE]
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