This is one of the things that is dangerous about the internet. I was actually smiling during our exchange, but I obviously am not good at communicating this way. Even Katy Hopkins does not upset me much.your posts didn't upset me
This is one of the things that is dangerous about the internet. I was actually smiling during our exchange, but I obviously am not good at communicating this way. Even Katy Hopkins does not upset me much.your posts didn't upset me
I was told by my GP and my nurse that because I am taking metformin I don't need to check bg levels. It was also said that constantly pricking finger ends can cause problems as diabetics nerve endings are easily damaged and injuries (even a finger prick) take longer to heal than those of non diabetics.
I have chosen to try to loose weight and just presume that the food I eat is ok because the metformin will level everything out.
Nobody would argue with you we all are able to choose what we do. The Issue is more a financial one, because testing strips are not cheap, rather than a simple matter of doing as one is told if one hasn't the money to buy the strips.Agree with @sanguine. Of course you can test. That is a silly remark from your nurse. Will she send the police round if you do?
I suggest you start testing now, learn from it, and then you can tell your nurse you did it your way, not hers.
I hope you think again. You can't presume or assume anything with food, and Metformin won't level it out on its own. Diet is the key. Metformin helps as an appetite suppressant and to a limited extent with liver dumps, but not much else. It isn't a miracle drug.
In some cases it is not financial but doctrinal.Nobody would argue with you we all are able to choose what we do. The Issue is more a financial one, because testing strips are not cheap, rather than a simple matter of doing as one is told if one hasn't the money to buy the strips.
Metformin has not reduced my appetite if anything I'm more hungry. I have only been diagnosed for 6th months and knew nothing about T2D before. I am aware that what I eat affects my BG levels but to test before food and 2 hrs after food would mean using 6 test strips per day. As these strips are not available on prescription it would be expensive to buy them and if I can't believe my doctor what chance gave I got to do things right on my own?
Hi everyone I have been watching and reading the topic's on the forum but have never posted before. I have type 2 and would like to ask what is the best meter to buy but not to expensive to buy the test strips ( being a pensioner ) I would like to keep testing myself as i am doing the LCHF and I am getting my BS down to 4.6 up to 5.3 but my nurse said type 2 don't have to test being on metformin 2 tablets twice a day. I would like it if someone can help.
Thanks great site
@Dilly40I was told last week I have type 2 and I was told no need to test, but if I want to reduce my bs with diet then wouldn't testing help?
This is not about whether the NHS should, or can afford to, provide test strips on a permanent or temporary basis to non-T1 diabetics. Having read #EveryCloud ’s post, and so many more like it over the years on this forum, I wonder whether we could gather together examples of Healthcare Professionals who have told people that it is either unnecessary or just plain wrong to test their blood sugars. It is a scandal that needs highlighting.
Testing a couple of times a fortnight really WOULD be wasting the cost of strips. What a stupid womanI was told by the hospital diabetic clinic nurse to test three times a day before and 2 hours after meals until I worked out what upset my blood sugar and make an appointment to go to my local clinic
Which I did the district nurse I saw took one look at my instructions all neatly set out by the hospital said it was a knee jerk reaction from the hospital stopped one lot of tablets prescribed by the hospital diabetic nurse and said I only need test a couple of times a fortnight because they can't justify the cost of the strips
But when my blood test results came back she rang me up to tell me I should start the second lot of tablets immediately
There must be a lot of confused folk around
The hospital clinic told me about this wonderful site
Cheers
Jan