And I agree that many newly-diagnosed T2 patients have a tendency to go overboard and think like a T1 patient - wanting to know at all times how their blood glucose is doing and panicking if it's a tad high. I know I certainly did.

Time and experience in managing T2 teaches that it's not necessary to constantly monitor your glucose, and you become very good at managing your diet in a sensible way, limiting the 'bad' elements and using the 'good' food-types in a sensible way. It takes time and a little will-power, but it's very do-able. It's a lifestyle-changing condition but, approached sensibly and intelligently, it's not Armageddon.