| Hi Eliza,
In answer to your testing question: Is the cost of test strips a concern? If not, keep a food journal and test before and 2 hours after first bite of each meal. This will give you information on what foods your body can handle (everyone is different). If cost is a concern, try testing around breakfast one day, lunch the next, supper the next and so on. Your goals should be about 80 to 110 before a meal and under 140 2 hours after. Remember to keep a record to show to your doctors. This will give them a good starting point for treatment, and will impress them with your diligence. Your fasting number is great, but your A1C isn't. If you look on the right hand side of the screen, you will see under diabetesforums, the word converters. According to the converter, your average bg level is 150 which is too high. Many people do have higher than expected A1C's, it is not always accurate, but is probably why your doctor has you monitoring. Good luck and let us know how you make out.
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Susan
DX Dec4/08 FBG 19(342)
Dec4 /08 A1C 10.9
Feb.4/09 A1C 7.6
may4 /09 A1C 5.2 
Sept 4/09 A1C 5.4
Dec 7/09 A1C 5.2
March 8/10 A1C 5.2
Current meds: 21/2x 500g metformin, 5 mg ramipril, multivitamins, Ca, 500g alpha lipoic acid
Low carb- started at < 50 , now can handle 100
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