My doctor suggested of the mornings, and I night. If I am feeling off I check it then also.
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If your A1C is controlled, and yours is, then twice a day is more than enough
I try always to test my FBS (important number that can be missed in an A1C test if it starts creeping higher) and then I usually do a 2 hour post meal just to make sure I'm not "straying"
That's my finger stick routine, which I am using again - didn't see the need to wear the Libra2's anymore and the new ones were coming out, so just went back to the lance and don't mind it that much
If you are taking insulin before and after every meal
Im not sure i was checking so much I ran out of strips because they never told me only gave me 100 strips . Now I do wake up and post breakfast
Only thing I would add to the AI post is to check before driving!
I curently fingerstick less than the 12x a day that I did while using the 200 units a day of insulin. With no insulin, I'm not afraid of overdosing on insulin any more.
I am experimenting with fruit now, so I do more fingersticks than most diabetics now. But I am doing it to track what I can eat now, with Jardiance. Even though I am titrating down my Jardiance.
Good luck all you Warriors.
Praying for each of you.