Type 2 and prick tests

If you don't test your blood sugars, I'm afraid you won't know what your blood sugars are.

It's entirely up to you whether or not you test, but if you don't , then you won't get important information about your glucose levels that will help you manage your diabetes.

You might like to look at the Freestyle Libre (see: http://www.freestylelibre.co.uk/), which is expensive to use on a regular basis as you'd need to pay for it yourself, but you'd never need to see any blood.

Robbity

Testing my BG throughout the day helped me realise how different foods affect me. Honestly found I just got used to it quite quickly. Many people use the SD Codefree as it's strips are reasonably priced.