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In the past I've had trouble with test strips, but I always get what I need in the end.

One GP told me it was "extreme" to be testing 7 times a day, and that once per day was normal for someone with diabetes.
If ever I was going to turn into the Hulk...
😡

I'm going to go back in to see another doctor at the surgery and hopefully they'll be better. I'm planning on changing to a different meter, so that will just cause more drama probably!
 
Hello and welcome. I used to live in Newcastle and I went to the clinic at the General and they were fab, from the day I got diagnosed and sat there crying on the nurse, consultant and dietician, to when I did the Great North Run, lots of education classes in between, couldn't fault them. Hope you enjoy living in the toon - have been away 3 years now and I still miss the accents and the quayside etc, although it's quite nice to be able to wear a coat without shame when it's cold!
 
Aww thanks Pigeon, that makes me feel a lot less worried!

I've been on the clinic's website and stuff but you can't properly tell what a place is like until you go.

What type of education classes? DAFNE etc?
 
Hi Melissa, I agree with pigeon I was diagnosed 8 years ago in the toon and also went to the general and they were amazing and brilliant. When I was there they did do a variation of the Dafne course basically just called something different 🙂 I've been left nearly 4 years now and still miss it 🙂 hopefully the team at the general are still there for you I couldn't have coped without them all 🙂 x
 
I went on a course called SNACCS... Specialist kNowledge About Carbohydrate Counting for Self-management, or something tenuous like that! Also a course for newly diagnosed people before that, and a few randome top up courses on carb counting and exercise. I used to go to the Tuesday afternoon clinic, my consultant was the one whose name sounds like a hedge and she was lovely.
 
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