Re: Just got back from the Doc

I would like to worn you, and not to change your testing or medication
regimen on advice
from people you don't know. This "test eight times a day" theory is
"home made" and
recommended to you by people who have no medical education and no clue.
It is based on
"testimonials" of less then dozen people, some of them with
complications of diabetes, that
may or may not be true, and, even when true, may depend on other
factors, like genetic make
up, type of diabetes, age of onset and so on, and was never proven or
even assessed by
medical professionals.
This is just their opinion and in now way is supported by medical
establishment.
In contrary, American Diabetic Association (ADA) recommends lower
number of testing, one-two
or less, for stable diabetics on pills and 3-4 for diabetics on
insulin. This numbers will
be followed by your doctor and adjusted according to your condition,
diabetic medication
you take, other medications you take and laboratory results.
Till new, "noninvasive" Glucometers, be available, you will be using
invasive procedure to
check your blood sugar. And, though, it is very important to test and
be informed about your
blood sugar levels, testing is not save or harmless. As any invasive
procedure it has it's
risks, like infection, bleeding and, by repeating stress, inducing
neuropathy, with bleeding
(bruising) more common, but infection much more dangerous.
Numbers of testing, recommended by ADA are not just "dreamed up", but
based on scientific
research and balance of benefits and risks of testing.
Before you even think about changing your testing and/or medication
regimen on advice from
"somebody from Internet", please, please, check with your doctor or
Diabetes Educator and
read this:
1)Frequent testing do not improve blood sugars.
"the frequency of self-monitoring was not related to glycemic control"
http://tinyurl.com/9ds79
2)"Tight control of diabetes" in not the same as "testing eight times a
day", as some will
try to confuse you. Tight control is about diet, exercise and your
medication.
http://tinyurl.com/9k84p
3)As a diabetic, you prone to infections, of skin, among others. Every
time you penetrate
your skin, you risk contamination.
"Diabetes Sets Stage For Heightened Risk Of Infections"
http://tinyurl.com/cvjco
4)There are many instances of infection, even when people don't test
unreasonably often.(by
increasing number of test 4 to 8 times, you increasing probability of
infection 4 to 8
times,respectively).
"Japanese Doctors Warn of Dangers of Blood Sampling from Fingers"
http://tinyurl.com/ay34g
5)People have been hurt following ignorant and irresponsible advice
from this board.
http://tinyurl.com/bj3je
6)You don't need and can't make your "personal" "Clycemic Index"
charts. They exist, easily
available, and you can't do them better then they done, for example, at
laboratories of
Sydney University. And if you go to the extreme,as some suggest here,
of stabbing your
finger of more then thirty imes, do all tests right, for each food item
(14.000 on Sydney
University chart), you will get numbers that will correlate with
"university" chart. Duh!
http://tinyurl.com/9ab6u
I would recommend you to go to American Diabetes Association web site,
where you can get
information that you can trust.
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
There is, also, message board, endorsed by ADA and moderated by health
professionals, so all
"get rid of diabetes quick, easy and for sure" schemes are weeded out.
If you have
questions, you can ask there.
http://tinyurl.com/7vtuy
You are up for a long haul. Choose your advisers carefully.
Good luck.

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