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<blockquote data-quote="saz1" data-source="post: 55668" data-attributes="member: 13621"><p>Hi Douglas,</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed about 6 weeks ago and found the same response. |Extra stress and worry for testing so I won't get a meter and strips. I went online and got myself strips, lancets and a friend gave me a meter. I find it astounding that we don't generally get prescriptions for meters so will carry on myself until the policy changes.</p><p></p><p>Testting has proved so useful since I started at 16.3 and really needed to know that my sugars were coming down since I felt so ****. I chose t restrict my carb intake so eliminated pasta, potatoes, rice, bread and all flour/grain based peoducts from my diet. It wasn't easy since I'm a proper carboholic and was eating huge amounts of carbs over the day. Within a week my numbers were 6-8.5 and another week later, 4-6.9 most of the time and still carry on with restricted carb intake. </p><p></p><p>If you have such high numbers perhaps you could try restricting your carb intake severely since carbs all convert into glucose in your blood and once levels are in safe limits,you can start testing how you react to different carbs. For instance I have found that I'm ok with one slice of burgens soya and linseed bread, 1 normal tortilla and minute amount of potatoes. And the testing continues....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saz1, post: 55668, member: 13621"] Hi Douglas, I was diagnosed about 6 weeks ago and found the same response. |Extra stress and worry for testing so I won't get a meter and strips. I went online and got myself strips, lancets and a friend gave me a meter. I find it astounding that we don't generally get prescriptions for meters so will carry on myself until the policy changes. Testting has proved so useful since I started at 16.3 and really needed to know that my sugars were coming down since I felt so ****. I chose t restrict my carb intake so eliminated pasta, potatoes, rice, bread and all flour/grain based peoducts from my diet. It wasn't easy since I'm a proper carboholic and was eating huge amounts of carbs over the day. Within a week my numbers were 6-8.5 and another week later, 4-6.9 most of the time and still carry on with restricted carb intake. If you have such high numbers perhaps you could try restricting your carb intake severely since carbs all convert into glucose in your blood and once levels are in safe limits,you can start testing how you react to different carbs. For instance I have found that I'm ok with one slice of burgens soya and linseed bread, 1 normal tortilla and minute amount of potatoes. And the testing continues.... [/QUOTE]
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