If you do monitor your own sugar levels via a monitor i would possibly discuss it with your middie and she can tell you when to take it - has to be generally 2 hrs after meals in a type 2 diabetic and at what levels the range should be in. It's a pin ***** on your finger that draws blood out and you put it on the strip and the strip is put into the monitor and gives you a reading. You can buy them from chemists and make sure the strips aren't out of date or you won't get a correct reading either.