Diabetes – How Frequently Should You Test?
My primary care physician and I went around and around on this, and I finally solved the problem by going to a endo who is a pump expert.
If you look at my logs, I tend to test 6-12 times a day. The 6 is on the way low side. I’m having a bad day if I am testing 12.
Here’s my schedule.
I always test first thing in the morning. That’s going to tell me how I did the day before, and tell me how today is going to go. If I am high, I screwed up yesterday. Also, I’ll have high blood sugars all day.
I test 2 hours after each meal, that way, I can adjust any dosage that I was off on, and I often test before my meals — that’s often 2 hours after the last correction.
I tend to test if I am driving and I haven’t eaten recently — that’s usually right after school. I also try to test before I go to bed.
If I haven’t eaten recently, I will also test during exercise, and sometimes after, just to make sure I’m not going too low.
I’m sure my phamarcy service would prefer I tested less, but they haven’t given me a problem over it.