| If you buy a cheap drugstore-brand for a backup, or find a freebie somewhere, should be fine. My husband has picked up FIVE drugstore meters. If only he tested more often, now!
For T2 or preD, though ... I know some who NEVER test. (I think they NEED to, but my point is you really could go for days without testing, once you know how much of which foods work).
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5% 
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. | 
