amandajane
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This drives me crazy. I have just asked my diabetic nurse for a monitor and she said it wasn't necessary - and gave me a stupid reason why she thought this. I have signed the on-line petition on here. I had already bought myself one - and have really understood what foods make my sugars shoot up, but thought I would try and get one on prescription. They are happy enough to offer me all sorts of drugs but not help me manage the diabetes myself by simply letting me have a monitor.
Also, I am on 6 months testings - does anyone know of a way of getting more frequent tests than this? When I am in with my diabetic nurse she is always in a rush, and despite normally being quite assertive she gets me in a flap too and I come out without having said all I want!
However, in the past she has given me a torn up bit of paper with my results written on it - which I can never decipher - this time she gave me my own print out.
Talk about feeling like a second class citizen. It makes me concerned for the hundreds of other diabetics that she has under her care at the two practices. She knows nothing about nutrition and told me her cholesterol is far higher than mine but is very, very slim. I must say I had to laugh.
Grrrrrr.
Amanda
Also, I am on 6 months testings - does anyone know of a way of getting more frequent tests than this? When I am in with my diabetic nurse she is always in a rush, and despite normally being quite assertive she gets me in a flap too and I come out without having said all I want!
However, in the past she has given me a torn up bit of paper with my results written on it - which I can never decipher - this time she gave me my own print out.
Talk about feeling like a second class citizen. It makes me concerned for the hundreds of other diabetics that she has under her care at the two practices. She knows nothing about nutrition and told me her cholesterol is far higher than mine but is very, very slim. I must say I had to laugh.
Grrrrrr.
Amanda