It is toatlly normal for diabetics to have that kind of range in sugars, especially after meals. The 225 was way too high after your meal, and I do think you had too many carbs in that meal for your meds to cover. If you have just started on oral meds, I understand they take awhile to nomalize your sugars, I am on insulin and it is much faster acting. Try to really low carb it in the beginning, your numbers will be much better if you do that. If you had normal white bread and that orange that would be enough to give me a spike even with insulin. The balance between the right amount of meds you take and the amount and kind of food you eat is a balancing act that you have to regulate yourself by trial and error, but I strongly urge you to follow a really low carb diet, especially in the beginning, if that doesn,t help perhaps your doctor will increase your medication. Good luck, sharon