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Thread: how many times a year to see the doc?

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02-05-2007, 02:19 PM

JediSkipdogg JediSkipdogg is offline

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Sep 2005

Location: Cincinnati, OH

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I go every 3-4 months, so 3-4 times a year. I don't mind going at all because I can get an A1C done to see how I'm doing. Besides the A1C, I really see no purpose in going because we just tweak my basal rates and carb ratios a tad each time which generally I already did the week before I went.

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