Clight,
Tony's shared good information with you. The recent stresses on your body could also have triggered your diabetes symptoms. Many folks who take steroids experience high blood sugar at least for a while.
I understand how frustrating and exhausting it can be to not trust your doctor(s). It's hard to move forward when we have a nagging feeling that a doc isn't listening completely or isn't responding completely.
For good help on Type 2 diabetes, you might contact the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org) and see if the local chapter can recommend some endocrinologists/diabetologists for you. They may have a list of folks who specialized in Type 2s near you.
To help you discover your own patterns, test as often as you can afford to. Fasting, pre-meals, 2 hours after meals. While you may not be able to afford to do all those tests everyday, a fellow I know stretches his budget by testing "intensively" like that for 1-2 days a week so he can focus on discovering the patterns and then -- try to repeat what works on the days he can't test.
Good luck with everything that's on your plate. I hope you find good medical care soon, too.
As far as "Good" sugar readings go .... 80 through 120 (though some doctors now say 70-110 are better) is good. 100 is perfect.
121 - is not bad at all, whatever you are doing is working.
Anything over 150 after 2/3 hours following a meal, is not good.
Diabetes can trigger all sorts of issues if not taken care of - Heart Disease and Kidney Failure are two of them.
Most of us eat low sodium things - cut back on the bacon, cut back on Atkins products (Atkins products may be low in carbs - but they use lots of Sodium to hold the product together in place of sugar - I wonder how many Atkins Dieters will in future develop heart disease ....), pass up on Diet Sodas that are not sodium free.
Totally confused,
I am terribly sorry to hear of all the trouble you have been having with your health. I can only imagine the stress that you are dealing with. You have been given good information already so the only thing I can do is reiterate the importance of getting with a good doctor who will listen and provide the help you need to get healthy. Good luck and keep us posted.