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Originally Posted by REDLAN  Hi, LarryTango, some questions.
Do you drive? Do you experience hypoglycemia from taking Metformin?
These 2 issues alone may be enough to convince your doctor that you need to continue testing.
Another strategy you could adopt is to explain how you use your testing to control your diabetes. For instance do you use testing to adjust metformin dose? Do you use testing to adjust your food intake? Do you use testing to assess the impact of a new food?
If you are doing any of the above then these are good reasons for your doctor to reinstate your prescription. |
I dont drive and i have never really felt ill from the effects of blood sugar being low or high (when i was original diagnosed at level of 55 i felt fine and a few times my meter has told me i am 3.5 and i felt fine) but i have just said a few times i have been 3.5 and since i am not accually feeling any different when my sugar goes up or down without the meter i just wouldnt know. i was put on 4 x 500mg of metformin 6 month ago by the hospital when my levels were high, i have wondering about going on less medication but then i have the full 'make an appointment with my doctor' problem again
i dont test as much as i used too obviously because im better with my control than i used to be but thats not the point in my eyes, for instance (as shown on another post) i was a little naughty and ate a caramel chocolate bar that someone stupidly got me for easter lol and so i checked myself 4 times in space of 3 hours to see how much it rose and how quickly etc and i like the fact i can try new things (granted maybe not chocolate lol) and then know if its safe for me to eat again etc
a1c is a good average of what i have been like 3 montshs ago , how does that help me on what i am like now?
at first i thought this was a letter to me because my a1c was good , kinda saying well ur doing ok so u dont need to test (which i would still moan about) but its not its a letter i assume been sent out to everyone in this practice who is not on insulin and im sure they are people who are doing worse than me (not trying to sound big headed or anything) and who need to test alot more
i realise this strips are expensive, during xmas i ran out and needed to buy some and was going to cost me £27 for 50 strips (so i bought a new meter that was on sale for £7 with strips included lol) but money is money and life is life and all that lol
tango x
ps thnx for the reply guys
