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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chiefy" data-source="post: 2277313" data-attributes="member: 522898">Well, just had a visit to my surgery and met the new GP; 38year old, very sure and confident chap. Anyway, I had to go for an unrelated diabetic condition but he said he wanted to chat about my recent diagnosis. I told him I had tried to meet this head on, bought myself a meter and regularly check myself. Told him my average BG over 10 weeks was 5.8 from an initial 11.1 and had lost some 17kgs (which he said was good). However, he said I shouldn’t be on 3 x metformin but the standard issue is 6 per day! I said hopefully when he sees my next blood results he’ll reduce my current dosage. Well, ‘don’t believe the blood meters as we don’t use them anymore and the only result I should be interested in is the 3 month Hba1c test. I agreed but I told him it helps me to identify which foods cause a spike and it gives an indication of where I am and it’s recommended by so many diabetic professionals. ‘They are just not accurate and you’re wasting your money’, and simply dismissed it. He also said that whilst he could see I was trying to deal with my diabetes, I have to listen to the health professionals as they know best. To be honest, I’m quite flabbergasted......and shall continue doing what I’m doing.</blockquote>

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