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<blockquote data-quote="hamish112" data-source="post: 237516" data-attributes="member: 33088"><p><strong>Re: Petition for the limits on prescriptions for testing str</strong></p><p></p><p>Same problem here. My GP just reduced my repeat prescription for test strips by a third without consulting me or bothering to find out what I do on a daily basis. So I made an appointment to see him to find out what the problem was. After telling me that my use of testing strips was 'crazy' I simply asked him which tests I should stop. Pre meal perhaps or before I run at lunchtimes or before the gym or spinning in the evening? Maybe before driving or cycling to work? Or when hypo perhaps? The problem with not knowing your patient is you don't know how to help them it would seem. I spoke to my diabetes specialist nurse and dietician and they have written to my GP asking him to prescribe enough strips for me to manage my type 1 diabetes safely given my lifestyle. More on this when I see the response from the GP. he did suggest that I didn't need to test before eating - I managed to not laugh given that I use a pump which he was well aware of and the aim of which is to more tightly control my BG levels!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hamish112, post: 237516, member: 33088"] [b]Re: Petition for the limits on prescriptions for testing str[/b] Same problem here. My GP just reduced my repeat prescription for test strips by a third without consulting me or bothering to find out what I do on a daily basis. So I made an appointment to see him to find out what the problem was. After telling me that my use of testing strips was 'crazy' I simply asked him which tests I should stop. Pre meal perhaps or before I run at lunchtimes or before the gym or spinning in the evening? Maybe before driving or cycling to work? Or when hypo perhaps? The problem with not knowing your patient is you don't know how to help them it would seem. I spoke to my diabetes specialist nurse and dietician and they have written to my GP asking him to prescribe enough strips for me to manage my type 1 diabetes safely given my lifestyle. More on this when I see the response from the GP. he did suggest that I didn't need to test before eating - I managed to not laugh given that I use a pump which he was well aware of and the aim of which is to more tightly control my BG levels! [/QUOTE]
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