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I'll consider it, definitely. At the moment I have my trusty thermometers, and they have proved reliable guides. But it is actually quite tricky to take a reliable temperature, especially with the modern digital things (ironically because they are so speedy and sensitive). I had to practise lots, so I can quite see how they fool people.
I think the old mercury ones were a bit of a pain, but on the other hand, they force you to do it right, and it's much less easy to bugger up armpit temperature than mouth temperature, which is why Barnes was keen.
In his book he speculates that the reason that all the other doctors hate the idea is that they can't charge patients for taking their own readings! He really did think it was much better than anything else.
It's especially tricky to take a temperature with a thermometer while you sleep .
There's certainly economic pressure for a doctor to order a blood test and the test getting written into standard care guidelines but not for costant self-measurement of temperature.