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<blockquote data-quote="AndyH1" data-source="post: 487693" data-attributes="member: 95716"><p>Hi Andrew,</p><p> </p><p>I,m, no expert on this but this is my experience.</p><p> </p><p>I am currently T2. I was on meds and tested fairly regularly. When I started doing regular exercise my control improved to the point where I came off meds (at my request). Then for a couple of years I rarely tested. Just went on the results of my HbA1c, which were fine.</p><p> </p><p>I ate sensibly and exercised a lot and never tested. I thought that the exercise was a panacea. Then I tested one day last spring, and I got a shock. Levels were up. Seems that the amount of exercise I was doing gave me such good day time reading that it brought my HbA1c down to normal. It was masking the big increase in fasting levels that testing would have picked up.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, I have been through improved diet, metformin and metformin sr, glicazide and now on Glic with Linagliptin. Which isn't working. I now have an appointment tomorrow with my GP, and I suspect that I will be referred to hospital.</p><p> </p><p>If I had tested more regularly, I might not have changed the outcome, but it might have delayed it.</p><p> </p><p>So my advice would be to test, and test regularly. I'm lucky my GP has always let me have test strips, although I suspect he wouldn't let me have more than 50pm. I believe NICE guidelines suggest testing for T2 is appropriate. Even so it would be worth the £7 pm for test strips.</p><p> </p><p>As others have said if you test regularly, it gives you knowledge and greater control over your condition.</p><p> </p><p>Andy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndyH1, post: 487693, member: 95716"] Hi Andrew, I,m, no expert on this but this is my experience. I am currently T2. I was on meds and tested fairly regularly. When I started doing regular exercise my control improved to the point where I came off meds (at my request). Then for a couple of years I rarely tested. Just went on the results of my HbA1c, which were fine. I ate sensibly and exercised a lot and never tested. I thought that the exercise was a panacea. Then I tested one day last spring, and I got a shock. Levels were up. Seems that the amount of exercise I was doing gave me such good day time reading that it brought my HbA1c down to normal. It was masking the big increase in fasting levels that testing would have picked up. Since then, I have been through improved diet, metformin and metformin sr, glicazide and now on Glic with Linagliptin. Which isn't working. I now have an appointment tomorrow with my GP, and I suspect that I will be referred to hospital. If I had tested more regularly, I might not have changed the outcome, but it might have delayed it. So my advice would be to test, and test regularly. I'm lucky my GP has always let me have test strips, although I suspect he wouldn't let me have more than 50pm. I believe NICE guidelines suggest testing for T2 is appropriate. Even so it would be worth the £7 pm for test strips. As others have said if you test regularly, it gives you knowledge and greater control over your condition. Andy [/QUOTE]
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