There are a lot of opinions on different things here - best pump, best basal insulin, best rapid insulin, etc. Lots of debate.
But I think this meter is the one thing that is almost universally accepted as being the best meter. I haven’t really even heard anyone debate it. The strips are cheap, the meter is very small, and you get incredibly tight grouping on tests.
Lots of posts on it, but you can check it out here. Best Meter on the Planet
Yes, this all takes time. We’ll be around here on FUD whenever you have a question.
Also, when you want to run some stuff and you have questions, feel free to tag my name with an @.