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<blockquote data-quote="chocoholicnomore" data-source="post: 226338" data-attributes="member: 37812"><p>I attended week 1 of X-pert education course today and asked about testing and strips.</p><p>It was a diabetic specialist nurse who took the course and she re-iterated loads of times throughout that there is <strong>no need </strong>for T2s to test. Her quotes included "it is cheaper to provide metformin than strips" and "people make holes in their fingers 8 or 9 times a day for nothing" and "in the past people found it distressing when not achieving good readings" and "the hb1ac reading provides all the information that is needed" and "where's the point of testing if you can't do anything about the result".</p><p>I tried to argue the points about being in control and good management etc etc but she was more confident than me and gave a good talk. She sounded plausible and nobody else seemed to disagree with her so, me being me, gave in <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> </p><p></p><p>Maybe once I have more knowledge and confidence then I will try again to argue the case for testing. In the meantime I will just have to buy my own strips and in her words "make holes in my fingers for nothing" :?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chocoholicnomore, post: 226338, member: 37812"] I attended week 1 of X-pert education course today and asked about testing and strips. It was a diabetic specialist nurse who took the course and she re-iterated loads of times throughout that there is [b]no need [/b]for T2s to test. Her quotes included "it is cheaper to provide metformin than strips" and "people make holes in their fingers 8 or 9 times a day for nothing" and "in the past people found it distressing when not achieving good readings" and "the hb1ac reading provides all the information that is needed" and "where's the point of testing if you can't do anything about the result". I tried to argue the points about being in control and good management etc etc but she was more confident than me and gave a good talk. She sounded plausible and nobody else seemed to disagree with her so, me being me, gave in :oops: Maybe once I have more knowledge and confidence then I will try again to argue the case for testing. In the meantime I will just have to buy my own strips and in her words "make holes in my fingers for nothing" :? [/QUOTE]
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