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I do not want to start insulin. My friend who started insulin now has to stay on it forever.
This is true to all patients with type 1 diabetes and partially true to certain people with type 2 diabetes. For patients with type 1 diabetes, the body does not produce insulin and so will need     more
Question Posted:
2010-09-27 10:22
Question: 
How often am I supposed to check my blood? I don't want to check often, is it ok if I check once a day? Do you recommend specific time of the day?
Answer: 

The answer to your question is highly dependent on your unique clinical situation. Monitoring glucose has many advantages: it can help adjust your medication and alert you to high or low blood glucose. Even for people not on medications for diabetes, monitoring glucose can help you understand how your blood glucose levels respond to food and physical activities.

To learn your own body's response, it's best to check your blood glucose 2 hours after meals or after physical activities and compare them to glucose levels before. It may be helpful to see glucose monitoring as a useful tool to learn about your body rather than a test by which your effort is judged.

Answered by: William Hsu, M.D.