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 Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 1:33 pm
So yesterday during third bell I went to the nurse. She told me not to come down anymore during third bell because I'm "wasting" test strips. Well she wasn't the one who bought them and ethier was the school my sister was(she's my guardain cause my parents died). When there's this one girl with type 2 diabetes whos not on insulin and she goes down there like every period and the nurse never says anything to her and she tests way more then I do and she never gets yelled at by the nurse and I did. She even goes down there when she doesn't need to and the nurse doesn't even care. She'll just sit there and do nothing a full period and I get yelled at for "wasting" test strips. Can the nurse even do that? Do you think I'll get in trouble if I go down during second bell again? What should I do?
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 11:43 pm
Unless she actually forces you not to come down there when you need to test, then I'm don't think there's much that you can do. If she starts to do that, then she should be reported, because you can't not test. I've had some nurses tell me I test too much, when I just test my normal amount. I simply smile at them and continue you on with my regular checking routine. I suppose they make think you're over-testing and they think they're helping you save money by informing you that, but the reality is only you know when your testing too much. People have off days where they need to test more frequently or off weeks for that matter if they're getting over a cold.
I say, keep going down there like you normally do. There's nothing wrong with going down there when you need to and if that's the place you feel most comfortable handling your insulin/blood checks.
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:48 pm
The way my doctor told me to tell others why I test when I do is to tell them that you want to maintain an accurate record of your numbers and that testing at that time is needed to keep your blood sugars from rising. I check at that time because it is a few hours after a meal and it allows me time to adjust a sugar if it is high. The nurse CANNOT keep you from testing. So do as Sai said and just smile and test as usual.
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