I've just been trawling the net for some simple solid evidence that Type 2's should test often and explaining the benefits for a concerned member for her friend.
I must have clicked about 30-40 links and tried wording my search different.
some of these recommend testing just twice a day. One even said that you can test 1-3 times a day depending on how many injections you have :shock:
Most simply steered away from the subject and said 'you and your doctor will decide'
one or two said if diet controlled then once is fine.
One said there is no evidence to support that close monitoring improves control and results.
I want to collect all the people here that have successfully used regular testing and acting positively on results to alter lifestyle to better control their diabetes and show them to whoever writes all this stuff. Clearly these people who work SO hard and often fund it out of their own pocket are NOT included in whatever research goes into supporting saying this on so many websites.
One was a PDF format of an NHS leaflet thingy which said when to test and when not to test, i didnt bother reading it.
Sadly not once in my search did this website come up, so if i newly diagnosed person googles what i did along the lines of 'how often should a type 2 diabetic test blood glucose' Then they are going to see it before they get a chance to come to this forum or others like it.
Concerns me that people (and probably rightly so) will listen to doctors and medical websites that say this but don't really back it up before they might think about coming on a forum to ask.
I know this subject is brought up ALOT on this site which it should as it's a major issue, but i really needed to vent and you could say i'm 'type shouting' which means i'm typing VERY hard on the keyboard because im very annoyed!
:shock: :x :? :cry: :evil: :roll: :| :?: :!:
I must have clicked about 30-40 links and tried wording my search different.
some of these recommend testing just twice a day. One even said that you can test 1-3 times a day depending on how many injections you have :shock:
Most simply steered away from the subject and said 'you and your doctor will decide'
one or two said if diet controlled then once is fine.
One said there is no evidence to support that close monitoring improves control and results.
I want to collect all the people here that have successfully used regular testing and acting positively on results to alter lifestyle to better control their diabetes and show them to whoever writes all this stuff. Clearly these people who work SO hard and often fund it out of their own pocket are NOT included in whatever research goes into supporting saying this on so many websites.
One was a PDF format of an NHS leaflet thingy which said when to test and when not to test, i didnt bother reading it.
Sadly not once in my search did this website come up, so if i newly diagnosed person googles what i did along the lines of 'how often should a type 2 diabetic test blood glucose' Then they are going to see it before they get a chance to come to this forum or others like it.
Concerns me that people (and probably rightly so) will listen to doctors and medical websites that say this but don't really back it up before they might think about coming on a forum to ask.
I know this subject is brought up ALOT on this site which it should as it's a major issue, but i really needed to vent and you could say i'm 'type shouting' which means i'm typing VERY hard on the keyboard because im very annoyed!
:shock: :x :? :cry: :evil: :roll: :| :?: :!: