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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 382010" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Yes, I'm not quite sure why they want you to test before a meal. I guess it's to check your background sugars but the peak after meals is just as important. I'm afraid so many GPs are very casual at diagnosis time. My GP left me in the 20s/30s at diagnosis, threw some Xerox diet sheets at me and said come back in 3 months. If you can afford it do buy some strips yourself. You can get them on eBay for around 1/2 price by bidding but only buy if they state an end date. Amazon and others will do them cheaper than your pharmacy and some will not charge you VAT which as a diabetic you don't need to pay. I agree that you shouldn't need to calibrate your meter for months if not years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 382010, member: 21149"] Yes, I'm not quite sure why they want you to test before a meal. I guess it's to check your background sugars but the peak after meals is just as important. I'm afraid so many GPs are very casual at diagnosis time. My GP left me in the 20s/30s at diagnosis, threw some Xerox diet sheets at me and said come back in 3 months. If you can afford it do buy some strips yourself. You can get them on eBay for around 1/2 price by bidding but only buy if they state an end date. Amazon and others will do them cheaper than your pharmacy and some will not charge you VAT which as a diabetic you don't need to pay. I agree that you shouldn't need to calibrate your meter for months if not years. [/QUOTE]
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