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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 667409" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>This is drifting off topic. OP asked about people getting poor advice re: testing i.e were you told not to test and what reason was given. It is not about who gets test strips for free and who doesn't.</p><p></p><p>Clearly everybody needs to test initially to understand what their BG is doing and how things affect it. Some can then reduce the frequency of testing but still need to test occasionally to make sure they're still on track. Many of the best-controlled non insulin dependents test only once a day or even less once they've worked out what the foods they most frequently eat do to them, but at first they tested frequently. All insulin dependents have to test frequently. That's not being derogatory to anyone, it's just a fact. However, many non insulin dependents are told they don't need to test from the beginning and that is just plain wrong.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 667409, member: 29301"] This is drifting off topic. OP asked about people getting poor advice re: testing i.e were you told not to test and what reason was given. It is not about who gets test strips for free and who doesn't. Clearly everybody needs to test initially to understand what their BG is doing and how things affect it. Some can then reduce the frequency of testing but still need to test occasionally to make sure they're still on track. Many of the best-controlled non insulin dependents test only once a day or even less once they've worked out what the foods they most frequently eat do to them, but at first they tested frequently. All insulin dependents have to test frequently. That's not being derogatory to anyone, it's just a fact. However, many non insulin dependents are told they don't need to test from the beginning and that is just plain wrong. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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