Welcome Lucynda
The whole point of testing for a T2 who is not using insulin or other meds that can cause low blood sugar.
Is to gain information that helps you understand how to alter your diet to avoid high blood sugar levels.
Your information is a little confusing because it lists you as insulin dependant T2, being treated by tablets.
The advice to just test twice a day, once before bed only makes any sense if you are on insulin or some other drug that can cause hypo's, it would be to check that your levels are not falling too low
If you are just taking the metformin which is not known for causing low levels, testing as your nurse suggested is a waste of time and test strips, you may as well just stick a pin in your finger and not bother with the meter, because you will learn nothing.
As you mentioned, test before you eat and again around 2hrs later, it is the difference between the two results that tell you how you handled that meal.
If the 2nd test is more than 2mmol above the 1st, then there were too many carbohydrates in that meal. Armed with that info you can then rethink that meal.
Well done on scoring a meter, most of us are forced to fund our own testing
Have a look at the link for the Nutritional thingy at the bottom of my post. It will give you a few pointers on how you can manage your T2.
