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<blockquote data-quote="silky1" data-source="post: 940514" data-attributes="member: 203636"><p>I haven't read every response, so all I can so is speak for myself - I'm a serious needle phobic (to such an extent I have high levels of oral sedation for even minor treatments involving needles and have given talks to teams of NHS staff (incl consultants) on the matter (I've had more than a few doctors refuse to treat me !!)</p><p></p><p>I've been diagnosed just over a fortnight and if anyone tried to take my testing meter off me - I'd rip their arms off. - I was told to test twice a week unless I noticed my sugars climbing.</p><p></p><p>I've learnt so much since joining this forum - I do a fasting sugar daily (for now) and have quickly realised that (for me) testing an hour earlier than normal can make quite a difference - so ideally I need to narrow down my testing window to get realistic comparisons.</p><p></p><p>It's also useful for before / after testing for a food you don't know how it will affect you - I've weirdly found that anything involving beef seems to put my levels up by 3.6 whatever I started from (weird).</p><p></p><p>I also joined Weight-Watchers last night which was very interesting - Fruit is "free" on their points scale - there were two diabetics at the meeting - one acted like fruits were a poison chalice to be avoided at all costs - the other one eats a humungus bowl of mixed berries and fruits every night - </p><p></p><p>The latter lady has lost 5 stone and looks and feels the picture of health - admittedly her sugar levels are slightly higher than I'd like mine to be - but at the same time, I also wouldn't eat fruit to the level she does - but so far - the ones I've tried haven't had a major negative impact on me, whilst a lot of them also have related and unrelated health properties to diabetes including heart protection and bad cholesterol reduction - two very important areas for those with Type II diabetes. I know it's off topic - but I have a surprisingly low total cholesterol (below 5) - but the overall type mix isn't good - I'm seriously praying I can re-adjust those levels through diet before they catch and "statin" me - I take enough tablets as it is and heard enough about statins to know it's somewhere I really don't want to go unless I have to. </p><p></p><p>And I guess it really isn't off topic - because I couldn't do any of this without my testing meter and the info I'm picking up from other members and offline diabetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="silky1, post: 940514, member: 203636"] I haven't read every response, so all I can so is speak for myself - I'm a serious needle phobic (to such an extent I have high levels of oral sedation for even minor treatments involving needles and have given talks to teams of NHS staff (incl consultants) on the matter (I've had more than a few doctors refuse to treat me !!) I've been diagnosed just over a fortnight and if anyone tried to take my testing meter off me - I'd rip their arms off. - I was told to test twice a week unless I noticed my sugars climbing. I've learnt so much since joining this forum - I do a fasting sugar daily (for now) and have quickly realised that (for me) testing an hour earlier than normal can make quite a difference - so ideally I need to narrow down my testing window to get realistic comparisons. It's also useful for before / after testing for a food you don't know how it will affect you - I've weirdly found that anything involving beef seems to put my levels up by 3.6 whatever I started from (weird). I also joined Weight-Watchers last night which was very interesting - Fruit is "free" on their points scale - there were two diabetics at the meeting - one acted like fruits were a poison chalice to be avoided at all costs - the other one eats a humungus bowl of mixed berries and fruits every night - The latter lady has lost 5 stone and looks and feels the picture of health - admittedly her sugar levels are slightly higher than I'd like mine to be - but at the same time, I also wouldn't eat fruit to the level she does - but so far - the ones I've tried haven't had a major negative impact on me, whilst a lot of them also have related and unrelated health properties to diabetes including heart protection and bad cholesterol reduction - two very important areas for those with Type II diabetes. I know it's off topic - but I have a surprisingly low total cholesterol (below 5) - but the overall type mix isn't good - I'm seriously praying I can re-adjust those levels through diet before they catch and "statin" me - I take enough tablets as it is and heard enough about statins to know it's somewhere I really don't want to go unless I have to. And I guess it really isn't off topic - because I couldn't do any of this without my testing meter and the info I'm picking up from other members and offline diabetics. [/QUOTE]
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