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<blockquote data-quote="pollensa" data-source="post: 1506395"><p>I have read recently, that America and New Zealand take the same approach, and addressing and asking the question, IS FINGER TESTING REALLY NECESSARY,as it is becoming clear that putting it all into perspective, whether one tests fingers once or 12 times a day, the question remains, is this really necessary, what can you do if your test shows slightly higher or lower, NOTHING, you have a disappointment, or your happy, if one is eating low carb, exercising and taking care, that is by far the better tonic than finger testing daily, as you know you are doing the best possible, the result finger testing, trauma,time, expense, possibly is doing more damage mentally for a Type2 Pre Diabetic or Diabetic, nothing one can do, if you check your finger after eating lunch and its high, lets take facts clear, non diabetic peoples sugar goes up and down like a yo yo daily. </p><p></p><p>Having the worry of results of finger tests daily you may go to your doctor and say your higher after lunch, he may say exercise more, at the end of the day, by testing fingers so many times daily can in my opinion only cause, anxiety, stress, frustration is it worth it, to perhaps cause more health issues, problems by unnecessary worry.</p><p></p><p>Testing daily, will give you a reading, but whatever that reading is, what are you going to do about it that day anyway, it wont change the reading, yet one hour later the reading may be perfect normal, and one has worried unnecessarily at the end of the day.</p><p></p><p>The Diabetes world has to take a more pragmatic view sensible approach, not to say, how much monies one spends on stripes, lancets, for what to make one worry.</p><p></p><p>The Diabetes world is a big business and its normal the public are pushed to check daily, and many who have this disease, should try and see Diabetes from both sides.</p><p></p><p>I agree with the nurse one hundred percent.</p><p></p><p>Jenny</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pollensa, post: 1506395"] I have read recently, that America and New Zealand take the same approach, and addressing and asking the question, IS FINGER TESTING REALLY NECESSARY,as it is becoming clear that putting it all into perspective, whether one tests fingers once or 12 times a day, the question remains, is this really necessary, what can you do if your test shows slightly higher or lower, NOTHING, you have a disappointment, or your happy, if one is eating low carb, exercising and taking care, that is by far the better tonic than finger testing daily, as you know you are doing the best possible, the result finger testing, trauma,time, expense, possibly is doing more damage mentally for a Type2 Pre Diabetic or Diabetic, nothing one can do, if you check your finger after eating lunch and its high, lets take facts clear, non diabetic peoples sugar goes up and down like a yo yo daily. Having the worry of results of finger tests daily you may go to your doctor and say your higher after lunch, he may say exercise more, at the end of the day, by testing fingers so many times daily can in my opinion only cause, anxiety, stress, frustration is it worth it, to perhaps cause more health issues, problems by unnecessary worry. Testing daily, will give you a reading, but whatever that reading is, what are you going to do about it that day anyway, it wont change the reading, yet one hour later the reading may be perfect normal, and one has worried unnecessarily at the end of the day. The Diabetes world has to take a more pragmatic view sensible approach, not to say, how much monies one spends on stripes, lancets, for what to make one worry. The Diabetes world is a big business and its normal the public are pushed to check daily, and many who have this disease, should try and see Diabetes from both sides. I agree with the nurse one hundred percent. Jenny [/QUOTE]
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