Talk to your Dr. about getting a prescription for a Freestyle Libre 2 or Dexcom setup. Even if your insurance doesn't cover it. This is a total gamechanger when it comes to monitoring your blood glucose. You can essentially eliminate finger sticks and can check your glucose every 5 minutes if you so desire. I've helped numerous patients implement it over the last few years and all saw an amazing turnaround in their A1C because they were better able to monitor how different foods were affecting their glucose levels.
This is great advice. These devices allow you to track your blood sugar without finger sticks. This allows you to see how whatever interventions you're doing are effecting your sugars. It is truly a gamechanger for most. Unfortunately, insurances do not usually cover unless you're on insulin therapy.
All DM -II is totally curable with diet/exercise/weight loss. However, most of the time people need meds to assist them in getting their BS under control. Once on meds, I tell my patients that they will always be on meds -- until they do those things that they need to do to control their BS. Meds don't cure the disease they help you manage your BS. Unless you change your behaviors, as soon as you stop your meds - your BS will return to pre treatment levels. We have lots of meds in our toolbox to help manage BS. Every organization that makes treatment algorithms for the treatment of DM II recommends metformin as first line treatment but there are other options depending on your situation. Diabetes education is critical and you can get lots of info. online. Get in with a doctor and allow yourself 3-6 month of working on diet/exercise as long as you can monitor your BS. If you're not heading in the right direction, get on meds with a goal of working yourself off of them.
