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Type 1: How many times do you have to test your blood sugar
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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1266085" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>What insulin regime are you using [USER=326081]@Julia McCoulough[/USER] ? Was this diabetes nurse at your GP practice, or in the hospital clinic?</p><p></p><p>I test 10- 15 times daily. The higher number of tests when I'm hypo or exercising.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday I tested:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">On waking and to bolus for breakfast</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Post breakfast/pre exercise</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Post exercise (actual exercise class)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Post exercise (walk to work)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pre lunch to bolus for lunch</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Post lunch - dropping, snack</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Checking the snack had worked</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pre exercise (walking home)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pre dinner to bolus for dinner</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pre bed </li> </ol><p>Twice a day isn't enough. Are you sure you were told "only test twice a day", it could be that the DSN was trying to give you an achievable minimum. Are you having trouble obtaining enough test strips to test more?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1266085, member: 32394"] What insulin regime are you using [USER=326081]@Julia McCoulough[/USER] ? Was this diabetes nurse at your GP practice, or in the hospital clinic? I test 10- 15 times daily. The higher number of tests when I'm hypo or exercising. Yesterday I tested: [LIST=1] [*]On waking and to bolus for breakfast [*]Post breakfast/pre exercise [*]Post exercise (actual exercise class) [*]Post exercise (walk to work) [*]Pre lunch to bolus for lunch [*]Post lunch - dropping, snack [*]Checking the snack had worked [*]Pre exercise (walking home) [*]Pre dinner to bolus for dinner [*]Pre bed [/LIST] Twice a day isn't enough. Are you sure you were told "only test twice a day", it could be that the DSN was trying to give you an achievable minimum. Are you having trouble obtaining enough test strips to test more? [/QUOTE]
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