The Diabetic surgery I attend are dead against a patient testing their own blood sugar. They maintain that the patient will worry if the number is high and also if the number is low. I even purchased my own monitor and took it to the surgery to ask for instructions on how to use it but I was...
I live in Seaford E. Sussex and have had T2 diabetes since 2003 and my surgery will not recommend testing for myself even if I pay for the strips. Why can't there be a general ruling on this subject.
I have had Type 2 since 2003. My son gave me a blood sugar testing kit to help me but I was unsure how to use it so I took it to the Diabetic Clinic and was told that it was not a recommended practice for the patient to use as they would become worried if it varied too much. Now I don't know...