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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1459167" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I got bored with regular testing quite quickly (understatement), but i kept doing it until i felt i understood what was happening. And why.</p><p></p><p>If you are still getting numbers higher than you want, then keep testing as long as it is helping to increase your blood glucose control. By that, i mean that there is absolutely no point in testing the same bacon and egg breakfast 50x in a row and tracking the resulting 0.1 mmol/l variations. That is a waste of time, effort, money and test strips after the tenth day <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>On the other hand, if you are actively engaged in finding the way your body responds to different meals, portions, food combinations and discovering how to get control of your T2, then test test test. Every result will help you understand and get that control.</p><p></p><p>'Getting obsessed' is an excuse that NHS staff use to justify not giving meters to type 2s. Personally, i don't think obsession is ever a good thing, but i can appreciate 'careful attention to detail' and 'consistent management of blood glucose' if it means i will still have my eyesight, my feet, and a pair of functioning kidneys, in 30 years time... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1459167, member: 41816"] I got bored with regular testing quite quickly (understatement), but i kept doing it until i felt i understood what was happening. And why. If you are still getting numbers higher than you want, then keep testing as long as it is helping to increase your blood glucose control. By that, i mean that there is absolutely no point in testing the same bacon and egg breakfast 50x in a row and tracking the resulting 0.1 mmol/l variations. That is a waste of time, effort, money and test strips after the tenth day :) On the other hand, if you are actively engaged in finding the way your body responds to different meals, portions, food combinations and discovering how to get control of your T2, then test test test. Every result will help you understand and get that control. 'Getting obsessed' is an excuse that NHS staff use to justify not giving meters to type 2s. Personally, i don't think obsession is ever a good thing, but i can appreciate 'careful attention to detail' and 'consistent management of blood glucose' if it means i will still have my eyesight, my feet, and a pair of functioning kidneys, in 30 years time... :) [/QUOTE]
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