Monitoring
Checking your blood glucose gives you important information you need to manage your diabetes on a daily basis. Keeping blood glucose as close to normal as possible can help to reduce your risk of diabetes-related complications.
You and your diabetes-care team will decide how often you'll need to check your blood glucose and when. People who take insulin may need to check more often, at least 3 or more times each day. Common times to check could be before and 1 to 2 hours after meals, before and after exercise, when you wake and go to sleep. This information can help determine if your diabetes-care plan is working for you.
Ask your healthcare provider when you should call the office with your blood glucose results. For example, he or she might say you should call if your blood glucose is over 250 mg/dL, you have ketones, or your blood glucose levels are above your goal for 3 days and you do not know why. This table shows you suggested blood glucose goals.
