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The good news is that you can be back at normal BG levels within a matter of months. A meter is how you know what foods (ie carbs) affect your system and how much. People vary and what raises my BG unacceptably might have a different effect on yours. It's not one size fits all. You'll also see from day to day (with luck) that your blood glucose levels are falling, which they should with a low-carb lifestyle. I'd strongly recommend you get a meter, test directly before eating and two hours after finishing, and record your results and what you ate. You might also want to test in the mornings first thing, but maybe not so important to begin with.
Cereal is something I no longer go near. It is carbs to begin with and often has sugar added, sometimes in the form of "healthy fruit". One of the big challenges to a newly diagnosed T2 is accepting that almost all the "healthy eating" advice we've been used to getting all our lives is wrong and dangerous for T2 diabetics like me. Unfortunately I liked eating fruit, bread, pasta, rice, cereals, porridge, all that stuff that the media constantly says is healthy for all of us but is what took me to diabetic levels. It was either stop eating it or accept that my symptoms were only going to get worse.
Good luck.