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    Have you been told not to test your blood sugars?

    My wife is hovering around the habc1 threshold as pre-diabetic. We have all the blood testing kit, as I used to look after my brother who was Type 2. I have asked our previous GP and our current GP about BG testing. As have the kit and can afford to buy more, there is no cost to NHS. However...
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    Diabetic Or Not, That Is The Question?!!!

    Many of the issues raised on this thread are still kicking around on similar threads The last post is shown as being 15 weeks and 4 days ago Anyone care to suggest why no one is commenting/ replying??
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    Just diagnosed, what questions do I ask?

    In February 2018 wife was advised she was pre-diabetic with an HbA1c of 46. She was referred onto the NHS "Healthier you" which is a diabetes prevention programme. It seems to be very similar to the X-pert scheme. Unfortunately, she was not seen until August. Her HbA1c was 48. Did not start the...
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    Dieting And Diabetes

    Help to clear info overload [please]. My wife who is not good at web-based stuff is now classed as prediabetic, with an HbA1c of 48, in August. She has a BMI of 27.5. I am involved with this situation, as I have had to deal with the effect of diabetes on my brother who has mental capacity...
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    Fasting and hypo

    Mental is the reply posted here in answer to my question on fasting 12 hours before a blood test
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    Fasting for blood tests and hypo

    I am representing my brother on this forum. I am on here as he has mental capacity issues and has been T2 for several years. His GP has issued a blood test form in readiness for his "yearly" coronary heart disease review. This requires fasting from 22;00 until sometime after 09:00 when he can...
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    Hospital Menu for diabetic person

    My Brother is type 2 for several years, and has a mental capacity problem, Due to various "emergencies" he has been admitted via the A&E process, to the same hospital every time. He is often in for more than 5 days so I have seen a variety of menus and meals served to him. The hospital staff...
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    MY STRIPS REPEAT PRESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CANCELLED

    Storyman, Your experience from your "local support service" is similar to mine. Whilst the medics are dealing with many patients, it seems the clinic nurse is seen as the expert. And they just follow the tick list. As I have vascular and renal and CKD, caused by my diabetes, the GP asked what do...
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    MY STRIPS REPEAT PRESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CANCELLED

    Earlier in this thread, bluebell GB confirmed my thoughts that free bs testers are loss leaders to get the user or NHS tp pay for the test strips. Further research reports that if the T2 is anaemic the hbA1c test is lowered, and in my case has pushed me below 41, but BS results are climbing...
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    MY STRIPS REPEAT PRESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CANCELLED

    As it seems easy to get blood sugar testing machines free, I wondered why the manufacturers want to give them away. According to our local pharmacy the test strips are different for each manufacturer. As are the lancets. So it seemed to me that the suppliers want a bit of the action. From the...
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    Will we ever get monitoring on the NHS?

    My Brother has been type 2 for a number of years and has a number of related side effects. As he is on disability living allowance he has received his strips lancets and insulin supply free . The BS test machines are free from a number manufacturers and I have got him two ,via links on the...
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    Former health secretaries and charities call for cross-party health and care review

    We have a major conflict of issues in this subject. Ring fencing or whatever of the NHS budget without linking it to social care funding. The latter is funded and managed by local authorities. Their budgets are being cut in real terms. So when additions to the population require more and more...
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    Meter Accuracy?

    This post is written on behalf of my brother. I thought that if we regularly do blood sugar tests before eating and two hours after eating it would be possible adjust the type food being eaten to get a better result. I also understood that the readings before and after would make it possible to...
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    Meter Accuracy?

    I am following the forum on behalf of my brother who has been Type 2 for a number of years and is overweight etc. For some while he has been able to do his blood sugar test 4 times a day, and only rarely does he get an odd result. Until I advised him, he has rarely washed his hands. Now I have...