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    Insufficient Data

    Dave Thanks for that insight and advice, Dave/ Miahara. I am waiting for results from my second HbA1c test which might highlight the cause of the continuing weight loss. I will phone my GP tomorrow (No. It's the weekend!) to try your suggestion that I do not wait for the results but insist on...
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    Have you been told not to test your blood sugars?

    Perhaps it's another Postcode Lottery or NHS Trusts' prescribing policies are decided locally. I live in a deprived area and I can't imagine that many here, like me, have the resources to finance the meters or the supplies. If all type 2' s continue to ask for this equipment persistently and...
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    Have you been told not to test your blood sugars?

    It wasn't quite put to me like that, but the widely-spaced (dangerously so?) HbA1c test was the only alternative offered and, dressed up lovely, it gave the GP all he/she wants to know. Never mind what I was so desperate to know! My body was, and still is, melting away before my eyes and no...
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    Insufficient Data

    I am a recently diagnosed Type 2 patient with an anxious vital interest in my blood glucose levels and soon after the diagnosis was confirmed by a blood test, I wanted to test for myself to take some control, as I was suffering drastic and continuous weight loss, fatigue and anxiety. My urgent...
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    Learning all I can about Diabetes Support.

    Learning all I can about Diabetes Support.