I do test often, though not as often as the doctor suggests. The weird thing about that is that I can test and get one result, test immediately and get another result that is as much as 10 points one way or the other. Given that 10 points is enough to merit a label of diabetic or not diabetic, how can anybody be sure of anything?
My A1C has never been over the top so, the whole thing drives me nuts.
For one thing, the meters are not all that accurate. People at the ADA forums state that the meters can be off as much as 10%. That makes quite a difference!
Honestly, the best thing you can do is to try to move around as much as you can - this means more than just daily exercise. Sitting for long periouds of time seems to be the worst thing you can do. Now, I am the original “couch slug”, so I know it’s easier said than done.
There is still no proof that lowering blood sugars with drugs does anything other than just lower the numbers.
I have posted this link before here at FR, but if you haven’t seen it: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=3232247&page=1
God bless, I hope all goes well for you. Diabetes is a terrible scourge.