My sister came to visit last weekend. She's 63, diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2 over 15 yrs ago.

She takes 2 meds....Metformin and another (dang I can't remember the name!)....and she takes 2 pills for each, one 2 in the AM, the other 1 in AM and 1 just before dinner. Basically one is to increase sensitivity to insulin, the other stimulates the pancrease to produce insulin. She's also on Lipitor, high BP meds (2), arthritis meds.

She is NOT following LC, even tho her husband is....and adds potato, fruit, etc to her portion of meals because she's not on LC and "has to get her carbs". She's been to a dietician and was warned NOT to go LC because "it could damage my kidneys"

OK....first off, her doc told her to only check her BS "a few times a week" so she "won't get hung up on it". She goes to the MD twice a year and has lipids, BS, etc checked by the lab. The doc has checked her meter against her lab work and it's exact.

Her fasting BS has been running 140-160's. Pre-meal BS (later in the day) are running high 150's to low 180's! Her A1C was 6.8 on her last check.

I am very upset about these numbers. I'm a nurse and have worked with her doc and always held him in high regard.....I chose him for my dad when we had to replace his doc.

Her average day:
Breakfast:
Cereal....usually Cheerios with blueberries in season, a banana when blueberries aren't available. She uses 1% milk on her cereal. "once or twice a week" she will have oatmeal instead of the cheerios.....the "instant" oatmeal, but plain.

Lunch: Meat and cheese sandwich. Occasionally has a salad with meat. LF dsg on salad. (she sticks with LF everything)

Dinner: Meat or fish (hubby's a fisherman, they eat a lot of fish).
Salad plus one other veggie (according to hubby's LC plan). For herself she also adds a small potato, small amount of pasta or bread.

She rarely eats after dinner....but when she does it's usually a banana, sm am't of ice cream, maybe some crackers with cheese or peanut butter.

She does NOT have a big appetite. Seemed to me to have trouble finishing every meal. She's very active but doesn't have any "regular" exercise routine. She's overweight by at least 30#....and has been for many years. Weight doesn't seem to have changed much over the years, before or after diabetes diagnosis. She carries ALL her weight in her abdomen and bust. (she has the skinniest arms and legs! Always has)

I feel her numbers are too high and she should be checking her bs more frequently. Oh yea....her BP is also too high, running around 140+/80+.

What would your docs say about these numbers? Are they in fact "acceptable" for diabetics?