A glucose monitor is how we know when we are obeying the health care plan effectively. The developing world is seeing a rapid increase in this Type II Diabetes and the Center for Disease Control has already called diabetes type II an epidemic, which must be tackled. There are support groups in place, which can extremely helpful if you were just diagnosed or even if you have had it for a while and need the guidance. The groups can be helpful if you need insight into the natural attempts at curing, they can be very helpful to you if you want to learn about food plans and options. There are entire cookbooks devoted to diabetes. But, you can learn what works for people of similar living styles as you through support groups. You can learn how to calculate your carbohydrate exchanges. You can learn about what foods help you better get to your goals. There will be others there who have completed the stage you are at now no matter where you currently are. You need to learn how to control the various sugars you eat. You can learn from the groups what controls your sugars better. The goal is to use the support group to better get at your feelings and get the advice and questions you need answered. The experience is there. You need them to help change your lifestyle. They will tell you what glucose monitors work best too just be sure to bring the one you got for free from your physician for them to look at.