I am T2 Diabetic And recently had my review.

[Fishfacefran]

During my review I was asked why I test my MMOL and I replied because I am on gliclazide and was told to check that i am not below 4.5 before a drive. Secondly I test to ensure my MMOL is not too high. I was asked what do I consider high and I said 10 and above. I was told 10 is not high and you do not need to test your mmol.
Has something changed as I have always been told to keep my mmol below 7.

 

[Angelofthemarches]

There have been many instances of people with T2 being told not to test. I am T2 and wear the Abbott freestyle libre which has been invaluable in tuning my low carb diet to maintain my hba1c in non diabetic range for 7 years. I could not have obtained the knowledge I have of how foods and activities affect my blood sugar otherwise. Nowadays I just wear the libre a few months of the year due to cost reasons. In my experience 10 mmol/l is high.

 

[JoKalsbeek]

During my review I was asked why I test my MMOL and I replied because I am on gliclazide and was told to check that i am not below 4.5 before a drive. Secondly I test to ensure my MMOL is not too high. I was asked what do I consider high and I said 10 and above. I was told 10 is not high and you do not need to test your mmol.
Has something changed as I have always been told to keep my mmol below 7.

If you're on blood glucose lowering medication and get into the car below 5 and have an accident, that could cause insurance problems. So yes, test. Even if that wasn't the case, if you don't test, you're always flying blind, so you're right to.

Ten is high, I think glucose starts damaging organs if it's persistantly above 8,5 or thereabouts. So if you can keep it on an even keel in the normal range (and testing helps you do that), you should be fine.

 

[Oldvatr]

During my review I was asked why I test my MMOL and I replied because I am on gliclazide and was told to check that i am not below 4.5 before a drive. Secondly I test to ensure my MMOL is not too high. I was asked what do I consider high and I said 10 and above. I was told 10 is not high and you do not need to test your mmol.
Has something changed as I have always been told to keep my mmol below 7.

I had a similar experience when I had to be in hospital for a different problem. The diabetic consultant and the nurses insisted that I should be setting my control point to 12 mmol/l. so readings between 10 and 20 were acceptable to them, but my fasting morning readings of around 6 made them force feed me digesive biscuits or jaffa cakes. It was panic stations when one morning I had a 5.4 reading.

So although I am a T2D and was not on insulin, the staff were instructed to treat me as being on insulin. they had already removeds all my diabetic meds when I was admitted, so I was flying by the seat of my pants unmedicated and also having to deal with Eatwell hospital food.

That was hospital, but now that I am out, my GP is insisting that I set my taget to get my next Hba1c above 56 rather than the sub 48 that I have consistently achieved for nearly 8 years now. This is due to changes in the NICE recommendations (NG28) for me as an elderly patient on Gliclazide. It seems that I am deemed to be frail, feeble minded, and incapable of dealing with hypo's. Pah!

 

[ianf0ster]

During my review I was asked why I test my MMOL and I replied because I am on gliclazide and was told to check that i am not below 4.5 before a drive. Secondly I test to ensure my MMOL is not too high. I was asked what do I consider high and I said 10 and above. I was told 10 is not high and you do not need to test your mmol.

Many of us have to selectively ignore Health Practitioner advice when it comes to T2D diet, testing an levels.
I have my own personal independent expert on my diabetes and my body - it's also known as my Blood Glucose meter!