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<blockquote data-quote="happypixi" data-source="post: 269692" data-attributes="member: 41358"><p><strong>Re: Diabetes.co.uk PETITION for better access to blood testi</strong></p><p></p><p>type 2's on metformin DO go hypo, i have been on metformin for a month and have had one hypo, i have now been taken off them as they made me have real bad atomach cramps etc. i had had my lunch about 12.30pm and went swimming at 2.30pm. At 3.45 when I was leaving the leisure centre i began to tremble, feel really light headed and dizzy, my mum made me have a drink and a biscuit and after a few minutes i was ok, my BG was 3.3. My DSN said this was a hypo.</p><p></p><p>I think that type 2's should have access to test strips, if we don't test how do we know that we are eating correctly and that we are keeping our BG levels within the correct boundarys. my DSN says that type 2's dont need to test, but how do we know that our diabetes is controlled well enough, after all if we have to wait for our HBA1C test to check our levels something could go wrong between these tests and unless symptoms were bad we would not know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="happypixi, post: 269692, member: 41358"] [b]Re: Diabetes.co.uk PETITION for better access to blood testi[/b] type 2's on metformin DO go hypo, i have been on metformin for a month and have had one hypo, i have now been taken off them as they made me have real bad atomach cramps etc. i had had my lunch about 12.30pm and went swimming at 2.30pm. At 3.45 when I was leaving the leisure centre i began to tremble, feel really light headed and dizzy, my mum made me have a drink and a biscuit and after a few minutes i was ok, my BG was 3.3. My DSN said this was a hypo. I think that type 2's should have access to test strips, if we don't test how do we know that we are eating correctly and that we are keeping our BG levels within the correct boundarys. my DSN says that type 2's dont need to test, but how do we know that our diabetes is controlled well enough, after all if we have to wait for our HBA1C test to check our levels something could go wrong between these tests and unless symptoms were bad we would not know. [/QUOTE]
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