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<blockquote data-quote="michaeldavid" data-source="post: 383923" data-attributes="member: 57211"><p>Hello kt78,</p><p></p><p>So I'm not from Mars, or planet Zog. What a relief!</p><p></p><p>The visually read strips would help anyone with ANY kind of diabetes.</p><p></p><p>Betachek Visual are on the Drug Tariff. But there is currently no UK distributor. </p><p></p><p>In the long term, the NHS would save an enormous amount of money if they were prescribed in addition to the electronic strips. (Never mind about the simple health benefits for the likes of you and I.) If your GP won't give you a prescription, I suggest you try changing your GP.</p><p></p><p>I'm not as familiar as I would like to be about Type 2 diabetes, but I wonder if some with Type 2 couldn't do without the expensive electronic strips altogether. (No doubt some with Type 2 will now proceed to inform us about that.)</p><p></p><p>Regarding rye bread, I discovered the amazing difference it makes by accident, several years ago. (I happen to live close to an excellent baker, in Norwich; but any old rye bread, or rye flakes, or rye whatever, will do the same job.) I'm a carer for my elderly mother, and she too noticed the tremendous, moderating effect it has: suddenly, I was no longer experiencing dreadful hypos. I still have to be careful, of course. But I cannot overemphasise the difference it makes. (Nb. Don't overdo it, or you'll get high blood-sugar later on in the day.)</p><p></p><p>What really staggers me is that I can mention this to diabetic experts, and I might just as well shout into the wind for all the difference it makes. There is something pathologically awry with the thinking of the experts, and this affects the thinking of those who they're genuinely trying to look after. I believe it all comes down to what people generally tend to eat, doctors included. (If he could be lured away from his current dalliance with UKIP fruitcake, I wonder if Jamie Oliver might find that Betachek Visual could help him get the mass of people away from the lure of supermarkets' junk food - people who will otherwise surely become diabetic in due course.)</p><p></p><p>Please can you, or anyone else, tell me what all this 'basal/bolus rates' stuff means? I'm afraid it's just jargon to me.</p><p></p><p>Also, if it isn't too embarrassing to explain, what does 'size=85' mean? </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="michaeldavid, post: 383923, member: 57211"] Hello kt78, So I'm not from Mars, or planet Zog. What a relief! The visually read strips would help anyone with ANY kind of diabetes. Betachek Visual are on the Drug Tariff. But there is currently no UK distributor. In the long term, the NHS would save an enormous amount of money if they were prescribed in addition to the electronic strips. (Never mind about the simple health benefits for the likes of you and I.) If your GP won't give you a prescription, I suggest you try changing your GP. I'm not as familiar as I would like to be about Type 2 diabetes, but I wonder if some with Type 2 couldn't do without the expensive electronic strips altogether. (No doubt some with Type 2 will now proceed to inform us about that.) Regarding rye bread, I discovered the amazing difference it makes by accident, several years ago. (I happen to live close to an excellent baker, in Norwich; but any old rye bread, or rye flakes, or rye whatever, will do the same job.) I'm a carer for my elderly mother, and she too noticed the tremendous, moderating effect it has: suddenly, I was no longer experiencing dreadful hypos. I still have to be careful, of course. But I cannot overemphasise the difference it makes. (Nb. Don't overdo it, or you'll get high blood-sugar later on in the day.) What really staggers me is that I can mention this to diabetic experts, and I might just as well shout into the wind for all the difference it makes. There is something pathologically awry with the thinking of the experts, and this affects the thinking of those who they're genuinely trying to look after. I believe it all comes down to what people generally tend to eat, doctors included. (If he could be lured away from his current dalliance with UKIP fruitcake, I wonder if Jamie Oliver might find that Betachek Visual could help him get the mass of people away from the lure of supermarkets' junk food - people who will otherwise surely become diabetic in due course.) Please can you, or anyone else, tell me what all this 'basal/bolus rates' stuff means? I'm afraid it's just jargon to me. Also, if it isn't too embarrassing to explain, what does 'size=85' mean? [/QUOTE]
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