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<blockquote data-quote="Pipp" data-source="post: 2148628" data-attributes="member: 100904"><p>It is the deception that really annoys me. When I was first diagnosed I was told it was important to record blood glucose levels several times a day, and suppliedwith the tools for doing so. I continued to be provided with the test strips, for a couple of years, ( expensive for NHS, which often is the case as suppliers see NHS as a cash cow, and charge premium rates) . Having failed to gain control following the diet advice given, and having found my own way to lose weight and regain non- diabetes levels, I was congratulated, and told that as I had ‘cured myself’ (nurse’s words) I no longer needed to test. I fell for that, because I wasn’t aware at the time that the mantra had changed. I have heard so many with T2 since repeat that script, almost word for word. “No need to test, as all that will do is give me bruised fingers, and make me obsessed and anxious”. That is really criminal to lie, rather than tell the truth, ‘Your care is too expensive’.</p><p></p><p>What I feel would be helpful would be re-education of HCPs to include the advice that it need not be expensive to test, and give the option of the patient purchasing the affordable test kit many of us here use, plus advice about the correct use of the test data for the individual. Also to include this in any patient education programme.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pipp, post: 2148628, member: 100904"] It is the deception that really annoys me. When I was first diagnosed I was told it was important to record blood glucose levels several times a day, and suppliedwith the tools for doing so. I continued to be provided with the test strips, for a couple of years, ( expensive for NHS, which often is the case as suppliers see NHS as a cash cow, and charge premium rates) . Having failed to gain control following the diet advice given, and having found my own way to lose weight and regain non- diabetes levels, I was congratulated, and told that as I had ‘cured myself’ (nurse’s words) I no longer needed to test. I fell for that, because I wasn’t aware at the time that the mantra had changed. I have heard so many with T2 since repeat that script, almost word for word. “No need to test, as all that will do is give me bruised fingers, and make me obsessed and anxious”. That is really criminal to lie, rather than tell the truth, ‘Your care is too expensive’. What I feel would be helpful would be re-education of HCPs to include the advice that it need not be expensive to test, and give the option of the patient purchasing the affordable test kit many of us here use, plus advice about the correct use of the test data for the individual. Also to include this in any patient education programme. [/QUOTE]
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