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<blockquote data-quote="Alison54321" data-source="post: 1790740" data-attributes="member: 472744"><p>I always leave these diabetes doctors appointment, feeling as if my adult self has been left somewhere, and I can't find her. I can imagine a doctor telling you that you aren't capable of handling data from blood glucose strips, may add a whole new layer to that infantilised feeling.</p><p></p><p>However there is this research</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/type2-diabetes-blood-sugar-overtesting-1.4157581" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/type2-diabetes-blood-sugar-overtesting-1.4157581</a></p><p></p><p>The argument is that no value is added, except when you are first diagnosed, or if you are changing medication, and it may just create anxiety.</p><p></p><p>I suppose if you know how many carbohydrates you can eat at a meal without too high a spike, and if you know which foods have a lower GI index. It might, possibly, be better to create a pattern, test it for a few days, then stick with it, for a bit, without testing. Then maybe after a month, go back and check. But beyond that not worry too much? Just get on with stuff.</p><p></p><p>I suppose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alison54321, post: 1790740, member: 472744"] I always leave these diabetes doctors appointment, feeling as if my adult self has been left somewhere, and I can't find her. I can imagine a doctor telling you that you aren't capable of handling data from blood glucose strips, may add a whole new layer to that infantilised feeling. However there is this research [URL]http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/type2-diabetes-blood-sugar-overtesting-1.4157581[/URL] The argument is that no value is added, except when you are first diagnosed, or if you are changing medication, and it may just create anxiety. I suppose if you know how many carbohydrates you can eat at a meal without too high a spike, and if you know which foods have a lower GI index. It might, possibly, be better to create a pattern, test it for a few days, then stick with it, for a bit, without testing. Then maybe after a month, go back and check. But beyond that not worry too much? Just get on with stuff. I suppose. [/QUOTE]
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