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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Other
- Dislikes
- Hate the doctor's surgery. The Doctor is okay though.
I had my diagnosis for type 2 seven days ago.
Yesterday I kept an appointment with the practice nurse, and for an hour she probed, with questions about this that and the other. During the consultation she told me that had my blood readings been taken last year, I wouldn't have been diagnosed, but would have been told I was borderline. for the condition. The guidelines have been changed; was the reason. As for my case, I have absolutely no symptoms of this disease whatsoever. My pulse readings in my lower limbs were excellent, and the only problem she could find was my overweight. As if I didn't know!
Generally, I fell well, I am mobile, and I can miss a meal now and then without any ill-effects. So I would like to know whether or not I really do have T2. Or is this yet another case of Government Guidelines being used to 'cover their backs'; the goalposts being moved for my own good. (This Nanny State!)
I also learned, I would have been given a glucose meter free, but I had already bought one, believing that as I have a private pension, I wouldn't get the 'free issue.' Not that it bothers me too much, but it's £12, or so I need not have spent.
I also mentioned to the Nurse that I had not yet taken any Metformin. I was worried that I had not been placed on a proper diet first, to see if that worked, prior to the decision to prescribe. Apparently the guidelines on that too have been changed, and the drug manufacturers have pronounced their drug quite safe to use straight away.
Do I scent a whiff of 'Let's get as many people as possible on a drug that we supply to the NHS'? I think so. Therefore, I am NOT going to shove more tablets down my gullet. I already have two lots of Beta Blockers and a diuretic to take.
Also in the last week I have lost 5lbs in weight, just by striking bread, and other starchy food, ( including potatoes) from my diet..
Let's see if diet really can rid me of these damning readings. My next blood test is due in three months, so we shall discover!
Regards
Phub (John)
Yesterday I kept an appointment with the practice nurse, and for an hour she probed, with questions about this that and the other. During the consultation she told me that had my blood readings been taken last year, I wouldn't have been diagnosed, but would have been told I was borderline. for the condition. The guidelines have been changed; was the reason. As for my case, I have absolutely no symptoms of this disease whatsoever. My pulse readings in my lower limbs were excellent, and the only problem she could find was my overweight. As if I didn't know!
Generally, I fell well, I am mobile, and I can miss a meal now and then without any ill-effects. So I would like to know whether or not I really do have T2. Or is this yet another case of Government Guidelines being used to 'cover their backs'; the goalposts being moved for my own good. (This Nanny State!)
I also learned, I would have been given a glucose meter free, but I had already bought one, believing that as I have a private pension, I wouldn't get the 'free issue.' Not that it bothers me too much, but it's £12, or so I need not have spent.
I also mentioned to the Nurse that I had not yet taken any Metformin. I was worried that I had not been placed on a proper diet first, to see if that worked, prior to the decision to prescribe. Apparently the guidelines on that too have been changed, and the drug manufacturers have pronounced their drug quite safe to use straight away.
Do I scent a whiff of 'Let's get as many people as possible on a drug that we supply to the NHS'? I think so. Therefore, I am NOT going to shove more tablets down my gullet. I already have two lots of Beta Blockers and a diuretic to take.
Also in the last week I have lost 5lbs in weight, just by striking bread, and other starchy food, ( including potatoes) from my diet..
Let's see if diet really can rid me of these damning readings. My next blood test is due in three months, so we shall discover!
Regards
Phub (John)