Type-2-diabetes

Everyone needs to test, using fingers or forearm. Not everyone WILL test, but everyone needs to. How else will you know what to eat, whether or not your meds are working, how exercise is affecting you, if you're doing okay or not? I know I will be screamed at, but frequent testing is a waste of resources for many Type 2s. I am now testing several times a day since I started shooting insulin. However, when I was on Metformin, I tested infrequently after initial testing established the optimal dose and a good carb policy. The patient on Metformin monotherapy will almost never go hypo, and unless tolerance develops, BG will be reasonably stable. I hate to admit it, but for years, I tested once or twice a week, and consistently had A1C readings in the sixes. This is not good policy if you are on insulin, or one of the other oral anti-glycemics (the sulsa derivative drugs can cause hypo episodes for instance). Now donning flame proof coveralls...

I actually agree with you. As long as I eat about the same foods, day in and day out, meat and veggies and little else, my numbers stay pretty much the same. good.
I tested a lot the first few months as I was checking which foods I needed to stay away from, which I could have once in a while, etc...If I encounter a new food, I'll test often. But we all get into eating ruts and sometimes that's not such a bad thing. btw, I am on no meds yet. Obviously, the testing frequency would change if something changes there.