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NHS Direct doctor says... NO testing when taking Metformin
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<blockquote data-quote="sarahlou72" data-source="post: 944019" data-attributes="member: 157953"><p>When I was first diagnosed T2 I asked about self testing, I was told like many of you here that it wasn't necessary.</p><p>The Hba1c was enough and a better test as it looked at your bg over 3 months.</p><p></p><p>Originally diagnosed with bg 6.5</p><p>3 months with diet and exercise then put on metformin even though my bg had come down slightly. my dn gave a case of it helping prevent diabetes related illness (ie heart attack, stroke etc) given family history I though prevention was better than cure.</p><p>next appointment 3 months</p><p>then 6 months</p><p>then 12 months (bg 6.2)</p><p>then 12 months.(bg 7.2)</p><p></p><p>If we only have dn appointments every 12 months, how do we know we are on the right track if we don't self test?</p><p>Because of the increase my next appointment is in December.</p><p>I know we spend enough time at the docs as it is, but surely if they don't want us to self test the NHS should do more regular testing regardless of your previous results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sarahlou72, post: 944019, member: 157953"] When I was first diagnosed T2 I asked about self testing, I was told like many of you here that it wasn't necessary. The Hba1c was enough and a better test as it looked at your bg over 3 months. Originally diagnosed with bg 6.5 3 months with diet and exercise then put on metformin even though my bg had come down slightly. my dn gave a case of it helping prevent diabetes related illness (ie heart attack, stroke etc) given family history I though prevention was better than cure. next appointment 3 months then 6 months then 12 months (bg 6.2) then 12 months.(bg 7.2) If we only have dn appointments every 12 months, how do we know we are on the right track if we don't self test? Because of the increase my next appointment is in December. I know we spend enough time at the docs as it is, but surely if they don't want us to self test the NHS should do more regular testing regardless of your previous results. [/QUOTE]
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