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<blockquote data-quote="Bunjo" data-source="post: 856742" data-attributes="member: 93077"><p>I'm on 850mg metformin twice a day and my T2 diabetes is well controlled - so well controlled that the Dr no longer wants to see me annually for a diabetes clinic (the practice has not replaced the diabetic nurse) although he suggested that I should still remember(!) to have the annual blood test. Whether I can get the actual numbers out of the practice without a doctors appointment remains to be seen. He was also sniffy about me taking my own BG readings... until I showed him my chart of BGs, weight, BP and pulse weekly readings.</p><p></p><p>I'm following my own form of 'maintenance testing' (Dr David Cavan, p 169 'Reverse Your Diabetes' endorsed by diabetes.co.uk). He recommends once a week fasting blood glucose testing - I add a 2 hour post breakfast test too. Because I use my own meter (they are cheap or free) and only 2 tests a week it is a relatively cheap way for me to keep track of how I am doing, what I can eat without undue consequences, and puts me in charge of my own health. It helps stop me falling back into a bad diet. </p><p></p><p>Besides which it's my health and my body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bunjo, post: 856742, member: 93077"] I'm on 850mg metformin twice a day and my T2 diabetes is well controlled - so well controlled that the Dr no longer wants to see me annually for a diabetes clinic (the practice has not replaced the diabetic nurse) although he suggested that I should still remember(!) to have the annual blood test. Whether I can get the actual numbers out of the practice without a doctors appointment remains to be seen. He was also sniffy about me taking my own BG readings... until I showed him my chart of BGs, weight, BP and pulse weekly readings. I'm following my own form of 'maintenance testing' (Dr David Cavan, p 169 'Reverse Your Diabetes' endorsed by diabetes.co.uk). He recommends once a week fasting blood glucose testing - I add a 2 hour post breakfast test too. Because I use my own meter (they are cheap or free) and only 2 tests a week it is a relatively cheap way for me to keep track of how I am doing, what I can eat without undue consequences, and puts me in charge of my own health. It helps stop me falling back into a bad diet. Besides which it's my health and my body. [/QUOTE]
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