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So why do you test?

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JayBay said:
Believe it or not this was the question asked by the nurse at my annual review, she said it was not practice policy for T2 not taking meds to test. I asked how I control my BG levels without testing and went into a bit of a rant about cutting out stuff that sent my levels high. Her response was “I don’t intent to argue about this, but there is no point to T2 testing”. My response was simply look at my HBa1c and tell me it is not worth doing. Anyway thanks to this forum I know what I am doing and feel confident to stand my ground with the nurse.
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Aaaaaagh!!
 
I can't believe my luck. I was given my testing kit and strips by the receptionist at our doctors surgery. And she always sends through more to my collection point when I ask for them. I wonder if she thinks I am Type 1?
 
I feel quite lucky as I was prescribed one and my DSN was keen to see my diary last visit with my diet and BG readings. Post code lottery I suppose 🙄
 
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