Doctors follow "treatment guidelines" when determining your treatment program

Clinically if your A1C is at least half decent and you are not taking Sulfonylurea class drugs or Insulin, both of which can cause a deadly low blood sugar condition, there is no "clinical value" in YOU testing your blood sugar as far as the doctor is concerned - if your blood sugar gets a little more out of hand, they will get out the prescription pad because "that is what their job is" and their treatment decisions are based on Lab Tests not your home log book

Most of us here do test our blood sugar and some, like myself, wear a CGM Sensor (which I wear even though I don't take ANY anti-diabetic medication)

I use my blood sugar readings to manage when/what I eat, use the results to alter my diet or access some "new food" and what it will do to me

All that is "great for me" but of ZERO Value to my Doctor

So from YOUR Doctors perspective they can't see a reason for you to "test for Them" but if you want to test for yourself then discuss that with your Doctor - typically if you can give them a good reason "You" want to test they will generally prescribe testing for you so if you have insurance you can possibly get some of your test materials covered

I'm in clinical remission (A1C below 6.0 without using meds) and convinced MY Doc that if I wear a CGM Sensor that will allow me to continue to manage "without meds" which is healthier for me and will put less stress on the medical system - She agreed and wrote the prescription for the Libre sensor's I wear AND my insurance company agreed with the prescription and pay 85% - the alternative to a couple hundred bucks worth of sensors a month could be $1000/month for Ozempic or the like - cheaper to prevent then treat....

@ GrayhamLamb hugs tor above comments Happy midweek

@ GrayhamLamb one thing my doctor failed to tell me at start it's that diabetes is not easy to control in the beginning no natter how hard you try. But with the passiing years you try to learn by your mistakes with different food choices and try to make amends as you go along.