Pumper Sue said:
If my GP was delighted with results like that Then I would change GP.
Obviously you have been brainwashed into a sense of security regarding the not needing to test everyday.
Perhaps so you can enjoy many years to come do some research into managing your diabetes and ideal numbers to try and achieve 🙂
With respect Pumper Sue,
I think my GP will be very interested to hear you think I should dispense with his services, there is absolutely no question of that.
Indeed when I was lower than 5.8mmol/ltr around 3.3, I had sweats giddiness and shakes, this was caused by Gliclazide which I have now stopped taking. I'm not sure how low you think is acceptable, I know 3.3 is just too low for me
Perhaps you have had a bad experience with your GP, I'm not sure, but apart from my GP who I trust implicitly, the entire Diabetes support system has emphasised most strongly the need to NOT repeat NOT in the case of T2 Diabetes to measure too often.
They actually said I did not have to have a glucose meter at all, but I chose to get one and test every morning before food and the stored glucose levels on the software show my average to be in the blue zone which they say is normal too.
I could contend that perhaps you as a T1 Diabetes sufferer have been brainwashed into applying these principles of a T1 Diabetes sufferer across the board to those of us who are Type 2 I don't know.
I'm not an expert but to date, my hospital consultant, GP , the Diabetes community locally and my Roche Glucose tester all suggest the levels at which my diabetes is managed as a T2 sufferer are normal.
Indeed the consultant too, said HB1Ac of 51 is in the normal range.
Whilst I appreciate your comments, I think you should exercise perhaps a little more tact in your remarks, there may be others who unlike me, may draw wrong conclusions and become worried unnecesarily, your assumption that my GP is not doing his job properly are both unfounded and without foundation and do him a great disservice.
Kind Regards
Gary