Quite right. It's your health. Test to look after yourself.I had a routine appt for my blood pressure checked this morning and mentioned about testing my sugars and them not being under 10 for the last 2/3 weeks. I felt like a naughty school child , she said to me I don't understand why you feel the need to test only type 1s should be testing. I did tell her I will keep checking to which she said well that's your choice. I was then told to up my metformin to 3 per day and eventually going up to 4 per day.
Apparently because it's not been 3 months since my last set of tests she wasn't willing to take them.
I just felt very deflated when I came out because it's like I'm not being taken seriously if that makes sense.
I am going to continue testing regardless of what she says as it's me that pays for the strips not them.
Of course it is. There is no other way but to test.Health care professionals just hate to be questioned. We are supposed to be good little children and take the medicine. They love their tick boxes to be filled in in neat lines and woe betide anyone who makes their choices about their own health. I have heard that some dn say testing 'will only make you worry' well, for me, it has had the opposite effect, testing lets me know in real time how my sugars are doing and how they react to different foods. At worst it does no harm and at best it is a teaching tool.
Ignore them that's why there are so many out of control through the likes of her,don't feel in the wrong it's nhs not you. KI had a routine appt for my blood pressure checked this morning and mentioned about testing my sugars and them not being under 10 for the last 2/3 weeks. I felt like a naughty school child , she said to me I don't understand why you feel the need to test only type 1s should be testing. I did tell her I will keep checking to which she said well that's your choice. I was then told to up my metformin to 3 per day and eventually going up to 4 per day.
Apparently because it's not been 3 months since my last set of tests she wasn't willing to take them.
I just felt very deflated when I came out because it's like I'm not being taken seriously if that makes sense.
I am going to continue testing regardless of what she says as it's me that pays for the strips not them.
Keep testing if you can. It's your body and you are obviously trying to be responsible and look after it. Knowledge is power. Keep up the good workIgnore them that's why there are so many out of control through the likes of her,don't feel in the wrong it's nhs not you. K
I agree with you 100% Mike! I was put on metformin and had terrible side effects. The DN was going to put me straight on to insulin injections but I decided to try a low carb diet with exercise first (carefully avoiding the DN for a few weeks while I got to work on the lifestyle changes!). I was then given a different DN (thankfully) who was very supportive of my approach, especially as she could see it was working. My first HbA1c came back at 42 from 80 when diagnosed 3 months earlier. I only achieved this because I ignored the advice from the original DN and bought a test meter... best thing I could have done! I still test regularly and always when I eat something different to my usual foods, my waking is around 6.0 and it stays controlled all day. I wouldn't know all this without my trusty meter, and I definitely ' eat to my meter'.Two comments. 1. She is an idiot and # 2, ignore her. Keep up testing and metformin is not the magic bullet. Diet, weight control is.
I had a routine appt for my blood pressure checked this morning and mentioned about testing my sugars and them not being under 10 for the last 2/3 weeks. I felt like a naughty school child , she said to me I don't understand why you feel the need to test only type 1s should be testing. I did tell her I will keep checking to which she said well that's your choice. I was then told to up my metformin to 3 per day and eventually going up to 4 per day.
Apparently because it's not been 3 months since my last set of tests she wasn't willing to take them.
I just felt very deflated when I came out because it's like I'm not being taken seriously if that makes sense.
I am going to continue testing regardless of what she says as it's me that pays for the strips not them.
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