This is Liz's story of living with Type 2 Diabetes. Here she discusses her experience with having to monitor her blood glucose levels.
She also offers some comforting words for those who are new to monitoring their blood glucose levels.
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I do have to monitor prior to each meal a finger prick and that could be a bit sore at times because if your glucose has dropped to a low level then you would have to take extra glucose and build it up again, which causes for extra tests, but it's not something to be worried about in the sense that you think the end of the world has happened. It becomes part and parcel of what you're, this is how you look after yourself. And I'm able to adjust my I am in sin according to what I'm eating. So that in itself, it's something that you do have to learn. You do have to pay attention and get your carbs and things sorted out in your mind. But today there are quite a lot of apps that you can use that helps you to know what it is you're eating, how many carbs you've eaten and that sort of thing. But this is not something for everyone to get worried about and think, oh, I have diabetes and the next thing I'm going to have to have insulin. It doesn't always work out that way. I just happen to be unfortunate that it's all happened into my lap. But a lot of people have got type two diabetes and live to a very old age without having to take insulin. And if you do have to take insulin, it's because your pancreas is unable to make any more insulin to help you. so you need the outside help. And it soon become a way of life. You don't even think about it. You know, you have to take insulin, you have to test it before and take your insulin and you soon get into the routine. It's not something to be afraid of.
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