I’ve just seen my GP and mentioned my prediabetes and that id gone on low carb diet, starting losing weight, doing more exercise and checking my blood sugar regularly. He then said there’s no need to check my blood as the measurement is pretty meaningless for type 2 diabetes. Well it’s already helped me identify foods that affect me so I’m going to ignore him. Has anyone else been told these measurements are meaningless??
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britishpub
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I would think that a majority of HCP’s would agree with your GP, unfortunately.
As @Mike D says, they are completely wrong.
Without measuring you cannot tell what your BG level is.
Without knowing the level you will never know what is affecting it.
When you know that you can do something about it.
Knowledge is power.
As @Mike D says, they are completely wrong.
Without measuring you cannot tell what your BG level is.
Without knowing the level you will never know what is affecting it.
When you know that you can do something about it.
Knowledge is power.
Bluetit1802
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Just about all of us! Carry on regardless, and ignore him.
My GP says the same. I’m sure it’s just to save the NHS money as if they agreed they’d have to prescribe and fund the strips and lancets. It’s a short sighted approach as those of us that use monitoring to stay well will save the NHS so much in the future.
Alison Campbell
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It is quite normal for doctors to say this. I have stopped mentioning it after being shouted at by a nurse at my GP surgery.
Check out this massive thread
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/have-you-been-told-not-to-test-your-blood-sugars.66574/
Check out this massive thread
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/have-you-been-told-not-to-test-your-blood-sugars.66574/
Pinkorchid
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@Norteme - To to frank, I don't think some medics actually understand what we are doing, and how we go about our testing and adjusting.
When I took a medic to task over the "meaningless testing", his response was along the lines of, "well, if you get a high number, you can't correct it in any way"; meaning we couldn't give a correction dose, like an insulin user might be able to.
When I further explained we might eat a smaller portion of the food next time, or avoid it altogether, he seemed astonished anybody would do that.
That was a Consultant Endocrinologist. To be fair, it was in a social setting, so it would have been inappropriate to have pressed on and on about it.
When I took a medic to task over the "meaningless testing", his response was along the lines of, "well, if you get a high number, you can't correct it in any way"; meaning we couldn't give a correction dose, like an insulin user might be able to.
When I further explained we might eat a smaller portion of the food next time, or avoid it altogether, he seemed astonished anybody would do that.
That was a Consultant Endocrinologist. To be fair, it was in a social setting, so it would have been inappropriate to have pressed on and on about it.
