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Hi everybody! It's a long time since I've been around, but I have a serious question to ask:
Can anyone tell me how much training in Type 2 is included in a medical degree?
I have been self-managing brilliantly for 5 years now, with strips when I needed them and all sorts of help and encouragement. Now my practice has a new "specialist" GP, who has told me I can no longer have test strips on repeat prescription, as there is "no clinical necessity" for me to test!
Oh yes? How does he think I have achieved the close control I have?
I get about 1 pot of 50 every 2 months, which I don't think is excessive.
Anyway, I am taking this all the way if I have to, right through complaints procedures and so forth - but it would be useful to have some baseline information on Med School diabetic training. I am pretty sure I know more about my Type 2 (Type 2 in general!) than he does, but I don't want to upset him too much from the start.
Viviennem
Can anyone tell me how much training in Type 2 is included in a medical degree?
I have been self-managing brilliantly for 5 years now, with strips when I needed them and all sorts of help and encouragement. Now my practice has a new "specialist" GP, who has told me I can no longer have test strips on repeat prescription, as there is "no clinical necessity" for me to test!
Oh yes? How does he think I have achieved the close control I have?
I get about 1 pot of 50 every 2 months, which I don't think is excessive.
Anyway, I am taking this all the way if I have to, right through complaints procedures and so forth - but it would be useful to have some baseline information on Med School diabetic training. I am pretty sure I know more about my Type 2 (Type 2 in general!) than he does, but I don't want to upset him too much from the start.
Viviennem