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Type2 and non-insulin, how many times a day do you *want* to test?

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There's a question out there about how many times someone type2 but not on insulin should want to test or need to test. Of course that still covers a wide range of situations, which is kind of the point.

In a better world than this perhaps we'd all have noninvasive and cheap continuous glucose monitoring and this question wouldn't even come up!

But right now, the "standard" is once a day, but for example me, I still feel a need to test three times a day. My numbers are good, barely into pre-diabetic now - although they were entirely hideous for a few weeks just a year ago.

But my numbers vary now and then, if I catch a cold, or if I take more blood pressure meds like beta blockers or hctz, or drive a long way (!?), or sometimes for no apparent reason. It's good to know that, and I can cut the carbs on my next meal, or take more of a natural BG treatment (like green tea).

What do you think?

What do you do?

Thanks.

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