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<blockquote data-quote="zand" data-source="post: 666186" data-attributes="member: 85197"><p>This is slightly moving away from topic, but not too far I hope. I have never been told not to test, but I haven't been encouraged to test either. When I went to my GP to ask for metformin I told him I had been testing and he wrote down the fasting figure for that morning. A couple of months later I was rushed into hospital with chest pains and was chastised by the senior nurse for not having tested that day. She said "You are diabetic, you should test regularly". I explained that I had had to buy my own meter so I didn't think it mattered if I forgot occasionally, since they never told me to test in the first place. She was still critical of me even though when she tested me there and then my BG was 5.9 (about an hour after eating)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zand, post: 666186, member: 85197"] This is slightly moving away from topic, but not too far I hope. I have never been told not to test, but I haven't been encouraged to test either. When I went to my GP to ask for metformin I told him I had been testing and he wrote down the fasting figure for that morning. A couple of months later I was rushed into hospital with chest pains and was chastised by the senior nurse for not having tested that day. She said "You are diabetic, you should test regularly". I explained that I had had to buy my own meter so I didn't think it mattered if I forgot occasionally, since they never told me to test in the first place. She was still critical of me even though when she tested me there and then my BG was 5.9 (about an hour after eating) [/QUOTE]
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