Monitoring your blood glucose is an essential part of your diabetes treatment and management. Based on diabetic readings, from a fasting plasma glucose test (FPG) or a hemoglobin A1C tests your doctor is able to diagnose diabetes and develop an individual treatment plan. At home it is also important to monitor your blood glucose. Daily meter readings paired with optional at home A1C testing should be a part of your maintenance plan. The Amercian Diabetes Association (ADA) suggests people on insulin or diabetes medications, intensive insulin therapy, have difficulty controlling blood glucose, suffer from hypoglycemia or ketoacidosis, have unusual drops in blood glucose, or women who are pregnant should monitor their blood sugar several times a day, keeping a log book. While your doctor is able to interpret lab results for you, it is important that you understand what your diabetic readings mean. Diabetic blood sugar readings will depend …