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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 2287714" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi and welcome. Not being able to see the GP currently isn't essential for you as long as you follow the low-carb diet, exercise when you can and use the meter. Use the meter 2 hours after a typical meal and just before as well if you can to see the difference various foods make. Metformin which many of us take never has that much effect and diet is key. Get yourself a BP meter as well as they are useful. I do several BP tests before I see the nurse and she uses the average to put on the system; surgery BP tests can give a bad answer due to the white coat syndrome. In the early days of diagnosis you should have an HBA1C blood test every 3 months if possible particularly as you have some retinopathy. Don't rely on the GP calling you. Ask for blood/urine test forms, set up an appointment with the surgery GP/diabetic nurse and get the bloods taken 1-2 weeks before the appointment. Get yourself added to the surgery online system for test results so you can see them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 2287714, member: 21149"] Hi and welcome. Not being able to see the GP currently isn't essential for you as long as you follow the low-carb diet, exercise when you can and use the meter. Use the meter 2 hours after a typical meal and just before as well if you can to see the difference various foods make. Metformin which many of us take never has that much effect and diet is key. Get yourself a BP meter as well as they are useful. I do several BP tests before I see the nurse and she uses the average to put on the system; surgery BP tests can give a bad answer due to the white coat syndrome. In the early days of diagnosis you should have an HBA1C blood test every 3 months if possible particularly as you have some retinopathy. Don't rely on the GP calling you. Ask for blood/urine test forms, set up an appointment with the surgery GP/diabetic nurse and get the bloods taken 1-2 weeks before the appointment. Get yourself added to the surgery online system for test results so you can see them. [/QUOTE]
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