bad daily blood sugar levels but good A1C...?????

A few things might be happening.  If you changed your diet and started meds between your two A1c tests, your blood sugar average may have really come down, so you can imagine what it was before meds and the diet change.  7.8 is certainly better than 12.5 but it's not in the good range.  You need it to be lower.  Also, you might not be a type 2 after all.  You might be type 1 or 1.5 or in a transition stage.  In that case the metformin and glipizide might not be able to control the blood sugar because you need to be only on insulin.  Your doctor should order tests to confirm if you are really type 2.  Being on the meds you list, your blood sugar should be well-controlled.  Finally, you say that your diet isn't helping.  Why not?  If you're eating bread, potatoes, cereals, etc., then you can expect high blood sugar and you'll need more meds to bring it down.  If you truly go low-carb, your blood sugar will not spike and your meds should be reduced.  So, if I were you, I'd be true to myself and follow a healthy diet to control the blood sugar and go back to the doctor and question him/her about being tested to see if you have LADA (type 1.5) or if you are really type 1 - and I would ask to get off the BP medicine that has HCTZ.  This also causes high blood sugar as I've told you.  There are many BP meds available.  I know your doctor says it doesn't raise it a lot?  Raising it only a little is still too much in my opinion.  The bottom line is I suggest going back to the doctor because your blood sugar is all over the place.  I hope you are keeping a daily log of your blood sugar and what you're eating.  You need to show this to the doctor.

Thanks...you both have given me some great advice. I have asked my Dr. if he was sure that I was Type 2...He looked at me like I was nuts. How should I go about finding out? The only time my levels are decent is after I do a shot of Lantus. The meds don't seem to do much. The lowest I have been recently is 145...and I felt so BAD...I feel better when it's around 190. Is that crazy? My diet isn't as good as it should be, I do like my carbs... But I have turned over a new leaf. I'm hoping that when my levels go down...and stay down that my body will get used to it and react a little better. I can't handle it right now...I sweat, feel just yucky when it goes down. I need to get used to it because I cannot handle my feet being numb every morning...That isn't good!!! Plus with my back problems....Man I just don't know what to do.....I wish I just had one single problem to deal with...that would be great!!!

Me.

In case you do not know what your various diabetes medications are for:

Metformin: This drug works by reducing the amount of sugar created in your body.

Glipizide: This drug helps your pancreas create more insulin.

Lantus: This is one of the long acting insulins. Often called a basal insulin in the medical community. This type of insulin stays in the "background" and helps "level" your blood sugar throughout the day.

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Medications like Actos and Avandia work by reducing insulin resistance.....help your body use insulin better.

Then you have medium and fast acting insulins. The fast acting ones go to work quick and are done. These are typically used before every meal. Medium acting ones work fairly quickly but also keep working for a good part of the day. Sort of a combo effect between the fast and long, but not quite as fast or as long acting as the others.

Rhonda, do you read any of the answers to your posts?    Your blood sugar is haywire.  It goes dangerously high.  The meds are not controlling it.  You could possibly have LADA or be type 1.5.  You need to get another doctor if the present one doesn't know what to do to control your blood sugar.  Yes, an endocrinologist would be the specialist to see.  A family doctor would be fine, too, if he/she knew what to do and what tests to order for you.  The longer your blood sugar is uncontrolled, the more possibility you could suffer some damage to some internal organs.  The meds you're taking are not doing the job.  Only you can help yourself by 1) getting a doctor to treat your diabetes appropriately, and 2) making a drastic change in your diet.