Ally
As you are buying yourown strips, I would recommend that you do not test every hour... Its totally unecessary
Loving life
@Mushroom - after 3 years you may feel comfortable with your strategy, I would suggest that for me, at almost 10 months in, it seems too light touch; for me. I was told at my last, and only UK review that if my next test was at a similar level to the. Test being discussed (37), then I would move onto annual testing. I'm pretty motivated and strong-wills, but that feels too distant to me.TBH - don't even do the morning one (Dawn Phenomenon) or the evening one. The two hour after a meal is more helpful for me. And not every meal -just when I have over-done the carbs and/or portion size. The great thing about getting your blood sugar (and weight) under control is that you can get on with your life and stop being 'medicalised'. I have just told my clinic that I don't want yet another fasting blood test at 6 months and I am not having it done. I am controlling my blood sugar myself at the moment and once a year blood testing is fine for me.
Loobes - Hi! Glad to hear the LC/HF is working. well done!
TBH - don't even do the morning one (Dawn Phenomenon) or the evening one. The two hour after a meal is more helpful for me. And not every meal -just when I have over-done the carbs and/or portion size. The great thing about getting your blood sugar (and weight) under control is that you can get on with your life and stop being 'medicalised'. I have just told my clinic that I don't want yet another fasting blood test at 6 months and I am not having it done. I am controlling my blood sugar myself at the moment and once a year blood testing is fine for me.
Loobes - Hi! Glad to hear the LC/HF is working. well done!
Think my point is that if you don't do something to help yourself at home then tests and the nurse isn't going to solve anything. My own doctor told me not to buy a meter and not to test, then admitted she knew nothing about diabetes.@Mushroom - after 3 years you may feel comfortable with your strategy, I would suggest that for me, at almost 10 months in, it seems too light touch; for me. I was told at my last, and only UK review that if my next test was at a similar level to the. Test being discussed (37), then I would move onto annual testing. I'm pretty motivated and strong-wills, but that feels too distant to me.
In my early days regular testing was my great educator and reinforcer of the lessons I was learning. Some others are having a harder time getting consistent results from their finger prick tests. I'm not advocating a long term 7 or 8 times daily, and certainly not hourly, but something daily is,surely advocated.
On an aside, I do intend to do one, or maybe two nights of overnight testing, as I have a niggling question I want to address, for me. For 99% of others that would be several steps too far.
Perhaps I have misinterpreted your message, and I apologise if that is the case.
Yes, hubby told me I was being silly. With hindsight, the liver/kidney function would have been sensible. However, I won't take statins so the cholesterol result is of no use. I know my results are under control through regular testing at home. The 6 month test will not change what I am currently doing and that is what it is for.Sorry Mushroom, I don't follow your logic here at all. Having a 6-monthly blood test isn't 'being medicalised' -- it is giving you more information so that you can control your diabetes effectively. Presumably they are not just testing hba1c, but also triglycerides, liver, kidney function etc -- all of which is important if you are diabetic. My diabetes clinic couldn't wait to put me onto annual tests rather than 6-monthly, but that is about saving them money. Well done you for getting your blood sugars under control, but if they are offering 6-monthly tests I would take them and be grateful! Information is power, especially for diabetics.
I have discussed this on the forum before.Oh gosh i don't think anyone "lets" themself get that big. I believe people dont always know how, don't believe they can or feel helpless though. I have a shed-load of weight to lose but i'm glad i know now before any real damage is done.
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Dont be hard on yourself, its very difficult,so take one day at a time, and dont take your bloods every hour, just before a meal and a couple of hours after, to get a better idea.i,m going to see my psychiartrist next week and am going to see about coming off or change my meds for depression/ptsd