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<blockquote data-quote="DavidGrahamJones" data-source="post: 2057325" data-attributes="member: 245335"><p>No need to rant, you are indeed an anomaly. Like a lot of people on this forum, you do not fit in with what a lot of GPs have been taught. I'm assuming that as someone who doesn't need insulin, in their eyes you don't need test strips and "the computer says no". </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I blame NICE. GPs aren't allowed to use their brains, they've only been trained for god knows how many years to become GPs. I get the impression that they're for ever looking at ways to save money, not such a bad thing. In fact yesterday I saw my DN and she showed me the PC application she uses to prescribe. Whenever she selects a particular thing to prescribe the application will giver her alternatives and a price comparison. Clever, but needs a sensible human being to use it, rather than a guideline that suggests that type II diabetics not taking a drug that might cause a hypo, should not measure their BG and don't need to. </p><p></p><p>Luckily both my DN and GP are 100% on board with my LC diet although can't prescribe test strips.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidGrahamJones, post: 2057325, member: 245335"] No need to rant, you are indeed an anomaly. Like a lot of people on this forum, you do not fit in with what a lot of GPs have been taught. I'm assuming that as someone who doesn't need insulin, in their eyes you don't need test strips and "the computer says no". I blame NICE. GPs aren't allowed to use their brains, they've only been trained for god knows how many years to become GPs. I get the impression that they're for ever looking at ways to save money, not such a bad thing. In fact yesterday I saw my DN and she showed me the PC application she uses to prescribe. Whenever she selects a particular thing to prescribe the application will giver her alternatives and a price comparison. Clever, but needs a sensible human being to use it, rather than a guideline that suggests that type II diabetics not taking a drug that might cause a hypo, should not measure their BG and don't need to. Luckily both my DN and GP are 100% on board with my LC diet although can't prescribe test strips. [/QUOTE]
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