So have you ever had what they call a hypo, hypoglycaemia, when your blood sugar drops a lot? Have you ever had something like that?

Only once has it gone down to 2. That's it. It became 2 just once.

So then what symptoms did you have, how did it feel?

Like shaking. And I got very sweaty. And I couldn't stand up. So then I knew that it's very low. So then, you know milk, I put 2 or 3 spoonfuls of sugar so then I drank that. And after 5 minutes, I was okay. So, if that ever happens to me, I know that my sugar must be low. Sometimes I test it too, when it's low then I do test it, sometimes 3 or 4.

And so how often do you test your sugar normally?

I test it after every 2 weeks.

You don't test everyday?

No. Sometimes, it happens, sometimes, I do it after 3 or 4 days, otherwise every 2 weeks I definitely do it.

And what has your doctor advised you?

The doctor says that, 'Everyday you should test your sugar'. But I don't do that. He does it, he's also given me a book to write in. In the morning, before eating you should test your sugar. Then after food, after two hours, two hours, you have to check again [laughs]. It's too much for me. So I stopped it. I just test it myself sometimes, test myself. So when I test myself, nowadays it's usually 6 or 7. Roughly till about 9. It's never higher than that.

So the doctor asked you to test everyday, why don't you do it everyday?

Huh…Lazy. I am too lazy.

Does it cause discomfort to test yourself, is that why?

No, it's not that it causes discomfort, just like that, you know. What's the discomfort, it's just a machine, it doesn't take any time to test. You stick the needle in, and you just check it. That's it. Easy, it's easy to check you know. So just that, I'm lazy.

No but if you imagine that a doctor might listen to this recording, and the doctor is trying to understand why you don't test your blood, so what would you say to them?

The doctor will say to me, 'Why have you come here for?'. That's what the doctor will say to me. Doctors do say that, if sometime you don't check your blood, 'Why have you come here for?'.

So what would you say?

Huh. What is to say in that case? I'd just say, 'Can't help it'.

So if the doctor did really want you to test your sugar everyday, then what would need to happen that you start doing it?

If he said to me, 'If you don't test your blood everyday, then you don't come here anymore. I'll take your name off the list'. Then I'll have to do it. Then I'll have to do it.