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Will it make a difference if I take 15 minutes to eat a slice of white toast?
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<blockquote data-quote="tom58" data-source="post: 1673536" data-attributes="member: 49969"><p><em>No I haven't. Nurse, GP, even my husband all advise against it. I myself is not keen as I fear needles and blood, although understand that perhaps I should have one.</em></p><p></p><p>Is it your self stated fear of needles and blood that has caused everyone to advise you against getting a test meter? Otherwise it seems absolutely incredible that any responsible health professional could recommend never testing your own blood sugar. So if you really do have a genuine phobia about finger pricking you could consider trying Freestyle Libre. OK, it's a bit more than a forty pounds per month gym subscription but it's a truly pain free, only once every fourteen days, application and you can then carry out unlimited discrete tests and take full control of your diabetes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tom58, post: 1673536, member: 49969"] [I]No I haven't. Nurse, GP, even my husband all advise against it. I myself is not keen as I fear needles and blood, although understand that perhaps I should have one.[/I] [I][/I] Is it your self stated fear of needles and blood that has caused everyone to advise you against getting a test meter? Otherwise it seems absolutely incredible that any responsible health professional could recommend never testing your own blood sugar. So if you really do have a genuine phobia about finger pricking you could consider trying Freestyle Libre. OK, it's a bit more than a forty pounds per month gym subscription but it's a truly pain free, only once every fourteen days, application and you can then carry out unlimited discrete tests and take full control of your diabetes. [/QUOTE]
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