Seems like our surgery is not to bad then My husband when diagnosed T2 and the first time he saw the DN was given a meter without him even mentioning testing and told he would get strips on prescription also his GP put him straight onto the slow release Metformin when most people seem to have to ask for that after having problems with the normal oneI say you are very lucky to be getting strips if you are type 2.... Where I live my GP refuses to give strips and does not advocate testing at all in between the HBA1c tests.... they say the strips are too expensive to prescribe. I am under the hospital for my control as its not very stable and gets effected by all kinds of things and then behaves for a while without reason... my specialist insists on strips as I am on gliclazide which can cause hypos.... I get hypo symptoms at readings of (old) 4.5 . so the consultant emailed my GP and insisted they give strips... they still refused... that went on for 18 months... I now have found a doctor in the practice who says " just see me, i'll sort it".... but what an effort... So if you are getting enough strips to test four times every meal, well done... I have 50 and they want me to make them last as long as possible... at least a month. My argument is, on here the type 2 testing programme is advocated, and I know it helps me control as when I test regularly I get better control... so why is it there is a charge to register on the programme is its been proved testing gives better control and the NHS want to cut down on costs ... better control = less complications - less hospital costs.... make the testing scheme free to everyone .. I can't afford to pay to go on the scheme...
Have you been tested for B12, folate, anemia, etc? Neuropathy can be caused by more than just diabetes.For those who don't know I suffered terrible terrible neuropathy for months before being diagnosed. Tingling pins and needles like a billion ants crawling on my feet and up my legs. On my hands and arms. My groin and eventually my face. I also suffered non stop muscle twitches, blurred vision, I was very snappy. Eventually one day my legs were tingling so bad it was like an intense buzzing like they were gonna take off! The next day the side of each leg was numb and they remain numb still but the tingling has gone.
Yes he tested for all that at the time as well as diabetesHave you been tested for B12, folate, anemia, etc? Neuropathy can be caused by more than just diabetes.
In that case, I'd be concentrating on keeping your BG levels in the normal range as much as possible. Though it doesn't work for everybody, many people have reported improvements in neuropathy over time - but it does take quite a long time for the improvements to occur.Yes he tested for all that at the time as well as diabetes
There is some evidence (bloodsugar101.com) that the incidence of diabetic complications reduces significantly if your BG does not rise above 7.8, with an hba1c of under 6 (around 40 in new units).Thanks AnnieC. That "2 hours post meals guideline is under 8.5" is the info that I came to the forum today to look for! (Found the same info again at: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html).
I was wondering as my diabetic specialist said, at my last appointment, that my post-meal BM was "too high", without telling me by how much! LOL! So thanks for posting that info.
Frankly, I find this forum & website almost as informative - if not more so - that the specialist. The NHS doctors simply don't have the time to tell the patients everything the patient needs to know! :-/ Plus appointments often feels like a lecture; it's difficult to concentrate when they're looking at you from only a few feet away, & it's much easier to absorb data/information when reading it in your own time.
Thanks I'll be in the 12's soon first time in years!That is more than pretty good going, that is excellent going! Well done Marie.
Very good numbers there well doneHere's my figures for the day.
Fasting 5.2
Breakfast at 9am
10am 6.0
11am 5.6
1pm 5.1 post exercise
6.30pm 4.8
10.30pm 2hrs post eating 5.5
Could not get a 1hr post eating as out with the grand kids.
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You're doing really well. Well doneToday's numbers
Fasting 5.3
Breakfast at 9.20
11.30am 6.2
13.40pm 5.2 post 4 mile walk
20.00pm 4.5
22.55pm 5.5 post playing football
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