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<blockquote data-quote="JohnEGreen" data-source="post: 1057060" data-attributes="member: 223921"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">My GP says type2 diabetics should not self test I have to disagree especially in my case egocentric maybe but apart from being diabetic I have myasthenia gravis. Some symptoms overlap in some respects. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">I take mestinon an anticholinesterase which I self medicate adjusting my dose in accordance with how my MG is affecting me some times taking less some times more.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">But if I can't tell if its the mg or the diabetes making me feel worse I could overdose on mestinon and that can have a bad outcome very quickly.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>I could have a cholinergic crisis</strong></span></p><p>"a pronounced muscular weakness and respiratory paralysis caused by excessive acetylcholine, often apparent in patients suffering from myasthenia gravis as a result of overmedication with anticholinesterase drugs."</p><p></p><p>So I bought a meter and test its the only way I know what my diabetes is doing and makes me feel much safer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnEGreen, post: 1057060, member: 223921"] [SIZE=5]My GP says type2 diabetics should not self test I have to disagree especially in my case egocentric maybe but apart from being diabetic I have myasthenia gravis. Some symptoms overlap in some respects. I take mestinon an anticholinesterase which I self medicate adjusting my dose in accordance with how my MG is affecting me some times taking less some times more. But if I can't tell if its the mg or the diabetes making me feel worse I could overdose on mestinon and that can have a bad outcome very quickly.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]I could have a cholinergic crisis[/B][/SIZE] "a pronounced muscular weakness and respiratory paralysis caused by excessive acetylcholine, often apparent in patients suffering from myasthenia gravis as a result of overmedication with anticholinesterase drugs." So I bought a meter and test its the only way I know what my diabetes is doing and makes me feel much safer. [/QUOTE]
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