Continuous Glucose Monitor

[JTS11]

Curious if any of you all use one, and what your experience with it has been. I was gifted a few (each with a 2 week life span), and just popped one on tonight and got my first readings.

Just looking to see of other's experiences to see if I'll continue with it after these freebies run out.

 

[pilot_throwaway]

What are you using them for? A nutrisense type application out of curiosity or to manage diabetes? Does yours have an alarm or just the old style freestyle units that you have to manually scan?

My family member tried one to monitor glucose and I tried the scan ones out of curiosity. It was annoying when I missed a six hour mark and I lost all of the data. It was interesting seeing trends throughout the day. Definitely a lot of false lows at night due to compression from sleeping on my side.

That was the most annoying part about my partner’s as well - hers had an alarm that couldn’t be turned off so if she rolled onto her arm it would go off within a couple minutes (Dexcom G7).

 

[JTS11]

What are you using them for? A nutrisense type application out of curiosity or to manage diabetes? Does yours have an alarm or just the old style freestyle units that you have to manually scan?

My family member tried one to monitor glucose and I tried the scan ones out of curiosity. It was annoying when I missed a six hour mark and I lost all of the data. It was interesting seeing trends throughout the day. Definitely a lot of false lows at night due to compression from sleeping on my side.

That was the most annoying part about my partner’s as well - hers had an alarm that couldn’t be turned off so if she rolled onto her arm it would go off within a couple minutes (Dexcom G7).

I'm in the pre-diabetic range, so that's why I decided to give it a shot. The one I'm using is made by Dexcom and is labeled as Stelo on the box, but not sure if that's the exact model name.

Again, I just put it on tonight, so not an expert. There's no manual scans. It's connected to an App on your phone via Bluetooth, so it's pretty seamless as far as I can tell. I don't believe it has an alarm on it.

 

[ChuckMK23]

I'm curious how CGM can be used to change diet or lifestyle as someone who is also in pre diabetic range on hb1ac...how do you turn the info from CGM into a better you?

 

[JTS11]

I'm curious how CGM can be used to change diet or lifestyle as someone who is also in pre diabetic range on hb1ac...how do you turn the info from CGM into a better you?

The CGM gives you a read out every 15 mind, and plots it on a graph on your phone with a lower/upper range of where you should be. I guess you can see what types of foods cause your glucose to spike outside the upper range, and then adjust your diet accordingly. Also, there's a lot of good reference info on the app.

 

[jmcquate]

I'm a T1 Diabetic and have been using one for about 2 years. It integrates with my insulin pump to calculate precise doses. The technology was a life changer. For just monitoring levels, you would have to weigh the cost vs just getting a meter and test strips. If your insurance covers it get one.