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<blockquote data-quote="Petrolhead276" data-source="post: 1544943" data-attributes="member: 229935"><p>Hi all.</p><p></p><p>My name is David age 61 (Oct). And we live in SE Essex between Southend & Basildon.</p><p></p><p>I am not diabetic but my wife is Type 2 diabetic and I am overweight enough to be in the diabetes risk category.</p><p></p><p>My wife's medication has just been changed from a second tablet, can't recall name of it, to a Victoria 6mg/ml (prefixed Liraglutide) in addition to metformin.</p><p></p><p>For a number of years she had no meter from our GP just a blood test every 3 months.</p><p>Personally I find that approach stupid and an NHS cost saving excercise, whilst it's the 3 month rolling values that are important, waiting 3 months between each means one cannot manage ones bloods and a monthly test with GP reviewing the changes over a 3 month rolling timeline would be more appropriate, especially for newly diagnosed patients.</p><p></p><p>Therefore so I got one of the free meters from the companies and bought the test strips & lancets. Even with this she was unable to adequately control her blood sugar levels.</p><p></p><p>She now has a meter from our GP, and I have obtained the free cable from manufacturer turner to be able to offload the results to a PC for us to review.</p><p></p><p>My wife is also obese and has never really eaten a great deal, personally I believe she has a low metabolic rate and this is part of her problem as I am constantly reminding her that she needs to eat regularly but she says she is not hungry.</p><p></p><p>To top it all, we have a severely physically disabled son, whilst he no longer lives at home, he still requires our support for financial & health management and he himself underwent bariatric surgery and my wife has been visiting him 3 days a week for the last year, spending all day wife him and motivating him, but it takes its toll on her and she then cannot motivate herself to manage her diabetes.</p><p></p><p>She won't join a local diabetes group to talk with people who have been through it either.</p><p></p><p>Hence this post to see what else is an option for me to try with her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Petrolhead276, post: 1544943, member: 229935"] Hi all. My name is David age 61 (Oct). And we live in SE Essex between Southend & Basildon. I am not diabetic but my wife is Type 2 diabetic and I am overweight enough to be in the diabetes risk category. My wife's medication has just been changed from a second tablet, can't recall name of it, to a Victoria 6mg/ml (prefixed Liraglutide) in addition to metformin. For a number of years she had no meter from our GP just a blood test every 3 months. Personally I find that approach stupid and an NHS cost saving excercise, whilst it's the 3 month rolling values that are important, waiting 3 months between each means one cannot manage ones bloods and a monthly test with GP reviewing the changes over a 3 month rolling timeline would be more appropriate, especially for newly diagnosed patients. Therefore so I got one of the free meters from the companies and bought the test strips & lancets. Even with this she was unable to adequately control her blood sugar levels. She now has a meter from our GP, and I have obtained the free cable from manufacturer turner to be able to offload the results to a PC for us to review. My wife is also obese and has never really eaten a great deal, personally I believe she has a low metabolic rate and this is part of her problem as I am constantly reminding her that she needs to eat regularly but she says she is not hungry. To top it all, we have a severely physically disabled son, whilst he no longer lives at home, he still requires our support for financial & health management and he himself underwent bariatric surgery and my wife has been visiting him 3 days a week for the last year, spending all day wife him and motivating him, but it takes its toll on her and she then cannot motivate herself to manage her diabetes. She won't join a local diabetes group to talk with people who have been through it either. Hence this post to see what else is an option for me to try with her. [/QUOTE]
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