And there is no such thing as a ketogenic diet because your brain needs 100's of carbs to run on
Strangely my new DN rang me yesterday because I had complained about my inability to sufficiently minimise the Dawn Phenomenon. She said she would look into it and then rang to say she would refer me to the dietician for advice. She made a note of my carb limits for the referral (usually under 30g, definitely under 50g). It'll be really interesting meeting the dietician.
I'm not sure how much help a dietician would be here. Since the mechanism appears to be endocrine in nature. Though there do appear to be some dietary factors which may affect cortisol production.
Kimbo...ask your DSN for an out-patients prescription form for test strips. She should have gave you a FREE meter if she truly cared, as soon as I got in the door of my first DSN appointment she gave me a Accucheck Avivia and a Glucomen LX meter and repeat strips (quantity 50). Your qualify for free prescriptions and are exempt from charges if you are diabetic and that even means non diabetic related meds.
Complete with vat exemption and about £5 for a pot of 50 if you buy 5 pots at a time. You need the following code and 2nd class postage free. 1st class is 50p.
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No your kitchen looks nicer than mine! I couldn't be bothered to go downstairs and take a picture of my box. Sorry, should've asked!I recognise that grotty grout,............................
(And it's not in Scandichic's kitchen!)
No your kitchen looks nicer than mine! I couldn't be bothered to go downstairs and take a picture of my box. Sorry, should've asked!Got given a nexus by locum and have managed 2 boxes of strips but warned that won't be for ever! Got given meter by locum day before 5 boxes of sd codefree strips arrived. Dn nurse was furious and came and said so (only time I've seen her after she refused to see me again until I started following the NHS eat well plate and referred me to hospital!) but locum ignored her. Run out whilst at mums and have had to order new sd codefree meter as have lost it! Pretty sure left on desk at school but has gone AWOL!
New sd code free has just arrived! Yay!Absolutely not a problem. Let's face it, anyone who has ordered from Homehealth will have seen the sticker, even if they didn't realise it's value.
I just did a double take when I saw it.
New sd code free has just arrived! Yay!
New sd code free has just arrived! Yay!
This is what drives me nuts!I have just bought this today and am looking forward to getting a new toy!!! Only joking! I currently use Accuchek Compact Plus and buy my strips from Boots because believe it or not they are the cheapest! A 17 strip barrel for £6.50, which means that 51 strips (3x17) is only £19.50, most websites are over £21 plus postage. Still the codefree is cheaper so we'll give it a go.
I was told recently by my DN that testing too often for T2's can become what is called by medical professionals 'obsessional testing' I asked her then how we were supposed to know if certain foods spiked our BG's? and she said we had to rely on the HB1AC test every 6 months. I told her that for most T2's that is just not acceptable and is just toooooooo far apart to make any significant inroads to reversing sugars. Isn't it better to test regularly and be given a fighting chance of change. She told me that they are expecting the policy to become even more stringent and those health authorities that are prescribing meters and strips will soon have their budgets cut for all except T1's and what is termed 'brittle diabetics' in the T2 category.
My friend is in the 'brittle' grouping and she can test sometimes 6 times per day as her sugar levels go up and down like a yo yo.
How is this supposed to help us in the long run - isn't it cheaper to give us strips and meters than pay for the complications down the line because we were not able to test and why has the NHS not produced a meter of their own which is cheaper to make and use, wouldn't this save some money.
Oh just a thought I wonder how many panel members of NICE have shares in the companies that make testing kits? Maybe that's the real reason you can't get kits on the NHS, they want us to buy them and boost the profit margin!
Oh me of little faith.
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