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<blockquote data-quote="Squire Fulwood" data-source="post: 1675784" data-attributes="member: 44622"><p>There was/is a lot of strange logic concerning Type 2 diabetes in particular. For instance, they say it's a metabolic disease and then ask if any blood relatives have it but they never ask if others at your dinner table have it.</p><p></p><p>They diagnose you by reading your high blood sugar level and don't like you to test to find what caused it. I have been given a load of lobbocks to explain this. I was given a pot of test strips, it's true, but they were taken off my prescription when I used them and went back for more. I was told the reason is that people get obsessed with testing, it's the quality of life versus the quantity of life and finally that they had £60,000 taken off their budget.</p><p></p><p>Another reason is that when I was diagnosed I was told that it's a progressive disease and it would get worse, I would have bits amputated and then die. I was then given some ineffectual pills and sent home. Written off I suppose. No-one ever explained that there might be something you could do about it and the only time food was mentioned was when they gave me two sheets of A4 with dietary advice which would be considered primitive in the light of subsequent events.</p><p></p><p>Is it normal practice to keep it to themselves? I have heard others say so but in my case it was me that hid it. The GP was on my case and put a note on the computer so when I went back in (10 years later) a nurse asked me if I would supply some blood and the rest is history.</p><p></p><p>Blood pressure is an issue for me and some others and you get pills. I get white coat syndrome so I can't avoid the pills. Interestingly I bought my own machine and it seems to alter when I move the cuff higher up my arm. Maybe DN puts it in the wrong place. That is still a work in progress.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, welcome to our world, and I hope this site helps you lots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Squire Fulwood, post: 1675784, member: 44622"] There was/is a lot of strange logic concerning Type 2 diabetes in particular. For instance, they say it's a metabolic disease and then ask if any blood relatives have it but they never ask if others at your dinner table have it. They diagnose you by reading your high blood sugar level and don't like you to test to find what caused it. I have been given a load of lobbocks to explain this. I was given a pot of test strips, it's true, but they were taken off my prescription when I used them and went back for more. I was told the reason is that people get obsessed with testing, it's the quality of life versus the quantity of life and finally that they had £60,000 taken off their budget. Another reason is that when I was diagnosed I was told that it's a progressive disease and it would get worse, I would have bits amputated and then die. I was then given some ineffectual pills and sent home. Written off I suppose. No-one ever explained that there might be something you could do about it and the only time food was mentioned was when they gave me two sheets of A4 with dietary advice which would be considered primitive in the light of subsequent events. Is it normal practice to keep it to themselves? I have heard others say so but in my case it was me that hid it. The GP was on my case and put a note on the computer so when I went back in (10 years later) a nurse asked me if I would supply some blood and the rest is history. Blood pressure is an issue for me and some others and you get pills. I get white coat syndrome so I can't avoid the pills. Interestingly I bought my own machine and it seems to alter when I move the cuff higher up my arm. Maybe DN puts it in the wrong place. That is still a work in progress. Anyway, welcome to our world, and I hope this site helps you lots. [/QUOTE]
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