| My insurance only covers 100 strips every 25 days for a non-insulin dependent T2.
If you want to test more, buy one of the "generic" type meters. Walmart has a Reli-On that's quite a bit less expensive.
Your doc can suggest when to test, but you ultimately decide when you do.
You may just want to test your fasting, then before and after a different meal each day and a random to see how things are going throughout the day.
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T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Metformin 500 mg twice daily
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets
Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (after dealing with shingles & bronchiti)
2/09: 5.5 | 
