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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hi newly diagnosed on with T2.
Saw my practise nurse today and she was very helpful and gave me a load of material to read. Have appointment with dietician on Friday.
I asked her about a meter to let me see what's going on. She told me that the advice given out in the Glasgow NHS area is not to get one. She added that as I'm not using any drugs, just diet, there's no point in me knowing what my blood glucose level is as I can't do anything to change it.
Any thoughts? I'm wondering if it's got more to do with budgets than medical reasons?
I see on here that some folk use one to see what diet/meal plans works for them.
I'm happy to buy one and pay for the tests etc. would it do more harm than good?
Any experiences would be very useful.
Thanks in advance.
Saw my practise nurse today and she was very helpful and gave me a load of material to read. Have appointment with dietician on Friday.
I asked her about a meter to let me see what's going on. She told me that the advice given out in the Glasgow NHS area is not to get one. She added that as I'm not using any drugs, just diet, there's no point in me knowing what my blood glucose level is as I can't do anything to change it.
Any thoughts? I'm wondering if it's got more to do with budgets than medical reasons?
I see on here that some folk use one to see what diet/meal plans works for them.
I'm happy to buy one and pay for the tests etc. would it do more harm than good?
Any experiences would be very useful.
Thanks in advance.