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<blockquote data-quote="Gardengnome" data-source="post: 1955216" data-attributes="member: 90244"><p>It was 160/90 originally but these days hovers around the 120/70 mark, but in the surgery can rise to 170! So definitely a White Coat patient! Trouble is they say medication is for life and I've never dared to test it.</p><p>I felt so angry and frustrated at the diagnosis at the time, wishing all along that I'd never bothered to turn up for the MOT; prior to that I'd never been near a dr unless there was a good reason and here I was being called in for checks for this and tests for that and frankly feeling like a cash cow for the NHS. It was only later when I found they hadn't bothered to mention the HbA1c of 41 [OK I know it wasn't yet 42] but I did query it and the GP just said the numbers would rise and he'd have Metformin ready for me when they did. Quite certain he was. Thanks but no thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gardengnome, post: 1955216, member: 90244"] It was 160/90 originally but these days hovers around the 120/70 mark, but in the surgery can rise to 170! So definitely a White Coat patient! Trouble is they say medication is for life and I've never dared to test it. I felt so angry and frustrated at the diagnosis at the time, wishing all along that I'd never bothered to turn up for the MOT; prior to that I'd never been near a dr unless there was a good reason and here I was being called in for checks for this and tests for that and frankly feeling like a cash cow for the NHS. It was only later when I found they hadn't bothered to mention the HbA1c of 41 [OK I know it wasn't yet 42] but I did query it and the GP just said the numbers would rise and he'd have Metformin ready for me when they did. Quite certain he was. Thanks but no thanks! [/QUOTE]
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