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<blockquote data-quote="bpitbladdo" data-source="post: 346206" data-attributes="member: 37041"><p>I live in Scotland and I've been Type 2 for a year and a half now and been able to keep control through diet. I like to self test maybe once or twice a week just to keep an eye on how I'm doing. My average result is 7.9 mmol/L. The Doctor refused test strips and lancets and the Diabetes Nurse tells me that self testing blood sugar is "irrelavent and a total waste of time" (accompanied with a wave of the hand) and flatly refuses to discuss it. I do understand that the HbA1/c blood test taken by the nurse is much more acurate and reliable but is only done every six months or yearly. Surely there is nothing wrong with self monitoring that would show, for instance, a sudden increase or decrease in blood suger out of your 'usual' range. I could argue that monitoring myself and adjusting my diet if there was say, a sudden increase (addicted to Liquorice Allsorts) is keeping me away from the GP or Hospital consequently saving the NHS vast sums. I'm a person in mid sixties, on a fixed income and the strips are expensive to buy.</p><p></p><p>Bryan P.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bpitbladdo, post: 346206, member: 37041"] I live in Scotland and I've been Type 2 for a year and a half now and been able to keep control through diet. I like to self test maybe once or twice a week just to keep an eye on how I'm doing. My average result is 7.9 mmol/L. The Doctor refused test strips and lancets and the Diabetes Nurse tells me that self testing blood sugar is "irrelavent and a total waste of time" (accompanied with a wave of the hand) and flatly refuses to discuss it. I do understand that the HbA1/c blood test taken by the nurse is much more acurate and reliable but is only done every six months or yearly. Surely there is nothing wrong with self monitoring that would show, for instance, a sudden increase or decrease in blood suger out of your 'usual' range. I could argue that monitoring myself and adjusting my diet if there was say, a sudden increase (addicted to Liquorice Allsorts) is keeping me away from the GP or Hospital consequently saving the NHS vast sums. I'm a person in mid sixties, on a fixed income and the strips are expensive to buy. Bryan P. [/QUOTE]
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