Hi Tam,
You ordered a glucose test and not an A1c - which is fine. An A1c gives you an average of what your blood glucose has been for aprox. 3 months. A glucose meter gives you a measurement of your blood sugar (aka glucose) at the time of testing. However, what you ordered only has two tests.
I personally think a better choice would be to purchase a glucose meter. Actually, your doctor would give you one for free and then prescribe the lancets (those are the little needles) and the test trips which go in the machine to test your blood. If you don't have insurance, here is a much less expensive meter and strips:
Maxima Gucometer
I have an accucheck ultra mini meter which I got free (it costs around $15-20) and my test strips are a buck a strip w/o insurance. The strips for the glucometer I posted above are around .36 cents per strips - as you can see a much less expensive alternative.
Now, why do I think you should get a glucometer as opposed to the 2 tests? Well, if you take your blood sugar in the morning it may say 85 which would be a good number and within nondiabetic range - however, if you take your blood sugar two hours after your meal and it says 190 it would mean you may be a diabetic or insulin resistant. That wouldn't be an ideal number but, you wouldn't know that by just taking your fasting blood sugar in the morning. You'll get a better idea of how you respond to food with a glucose meter and testing frequently for a week or so.
When I first got my meter I tested my fasting blood sugar in the morning, before a meal, two hours after a meal and before bed. There were times I checked it one and three hour post meal as well. This taught me where I was getting high numbers and what I needed to do to improve. If I eat a bagel I will get high numbers after the meal. If I eat maybe 10 grams of carbs (a low carb wrap or very high fiber bread) I get normal readings. If my husband eats a bagel he still gets good readings after a meal because he is a nondiabetic - not that I think bagels are the healthy thing to eat for anyone but, it shows the difference between a diabetic and a nondiabetic. His body recovers quickly from carbs. Every person in order to lose weight needs to keeps their blood sugars stable. Diabetics just need to be particularly careful because it can eventually become life threatening.
I hope that wasn't confusing?
~Danielle