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<blockquote data-quote="Jimbob2k" data-source="post: 888426" data-attributes="member: 152291"><p>My diabetes (t2) when discovered was way out of control. Some of my early tests showed levels over 21, yet I never experienced what I thought was an apparent feeling of illness, and it was only contstant lethargy and high rates of urinating that my doctor finally agreed (yes I had to get him to agree) to test for diabetes. </p><p></p><p>When I went on an education course for Diabetes, everyone in the room was shocked when we were sharing our diagnosis experiences. </p><p></p><p>Ever since being diagnosed over 3 years ago, my blood sugar levels have never been well maintained. After around a year, I was getting my levels down to 7-10 which was quite good for me even with a change of diet. I was told by my nurse I didn't need to test anymore and was then asked only to go in 6 months later for my hb1ac test. When those results came back, I was told I needed to make adjustments. I decided to buy some strips and found that my levels were back up to 12-17 for no apparent reason.</p><p></p><p>Just before Christmas last year, some lifestyle changes with work and eating habits, tied in with now having to use Zicron and inject every day with liraglutide, my levels are back down to 7-8. However, due to the extra medication my GP prescribes my test strips as I have been told now I must test regularly (twice a day). Since going on this medication I have had 2 episodes of sickness, dizziness and feeling feint and testing at those times has seen my sugar levels decrease below 3, one as low as 1.9 which is very dangerous and I was at work at the time.</p><p></p><p>My point in relation to this thread is that if I was allowed to get prescription test strips (on low income) I would have spotted the dangerous high's I was getting and gone to see my nurse or GP. As it was, it was left unmonitored for months. Given the fact you were paying for your strips I cannot understand where this GP was coming from. GP's are only concerned with the ever increasing cost of type 2 diabetes and it is the only reason I know of why they won't prescribe them.</p><p></p><p>When I was on Metformin only, my GP prescribed test strips anyway until it was under control. I do however find it strange that a reading of 12 would make you feel ill as your blood sugar levels would reach that shortly after a meal anyway, and 12 isn't really dangerous unless left at that level (and not below) for long periods of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jimbob2k, post: 888426, member: 152291"] My diabetes (t2) when discovered was way out of control. Some of my early tests showed levels over 21, yet I never experienced what I thought was an apparent feeling of illness, and it was only contstant lethargy and high rates of urinating that my doctor finally agreed (yes I had to get him to agree) to test for diabetes. When I went on an education course for Diabetes, everyone in the room was shocked when we were sharing our diagnosis experiences. Ever since being diagnosed over 3 years ago, my blood sugar levels have never been well maintained. After around a year, I was getting my levels down to 7-10 which was quite good for me even with a change of diet. I was told by my nurse I didn't need to test anymore and was then asked only to go in 6 months later for my hb1ac test. When those results came back, I was told I needed to make adjustments. I decided to buy some strips and found that my levels were back up to 12-17 for no apparent reason. Just before Christmas last year, some lifestyle changes with work and eating habits, tied in with now having to use Zicron and inject every day with liraglutide, my levels are back down to 7-8. However, due to the extra medication my GP prescribes my test strips as I have been told now I must test regularly (twice a day). Since going on this medication I have had 2 episodes of sickness, dizziness and feeling feint and testing at those times has seen my sugar levels decrease below 3, one as low as 1.9 which is very dangerous and I was at work at the time. My point in relation to this thread is that if I was allowed to get prescription test strips (on low income) I would have spotted the dangerous high's I was getting and gone to see my nurse or GP. As it was, it was left unmonitored for months. Given the fact you were paying for your strips I cannot understand where this GP was coming from. GP's are only concerned with the ever increasing cost of type 2 diabetes and it is the only reason I know of why they won't prescribe them. When I was on Metformin only, my GP prescribed test strips anyway until it was under control. I do however find it strange that a reading of 12 would make you feel ill as your blood sugar levels would reach that shortly after a meal anyway, and 12 isn't really dangerous unless left at that level (and not below) for long periods of time. [/QUOTE]
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