I used my renter's glucometer and my BS reading was much lower! I think it is because of taking so much ALA. They said that in order to have a PETscan, my BS reading had to be below 200 and I made it with room to spare! Yay! (Haven't had the scan yet, but good start!) (I wish you could see all the test results.)  I have been pooping out on the exercise, though, but am going to start up again. I was basically unable to walk for awhile, though. It was Hell, the pain. My life was just geared toward pain removal for awhile.