Why is everyone wearing glucose monitors?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just another example of pharma marketing run amok. The company that makes them has found insurance will pay so they’re pushing them hard, even if borderline cases. It’s as simple as that.

Medical devices and pharma are totally different industries.

I wouldn’t say that. Numerous drugs have application specific delivery devices, for example. They all operate very similarly.

The approval requirements for drugs vs devices is actually quite different.

Fake news boo

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Anonymous wrote:CGMs get a lot of buzz on podcasts about longevity, fasting for health, nutrition and weight, etc. I would love to try one -- seems like it would yield really useful data about how one's body responds to certain foods. For example, I recently heard someone using a CGM discuss how surprised she was that an orange spiked her blood sugar as much as a candy bar. That isn't really intuitive, imo.

You may be seeing more of them because there's a Silicon Valley startup (Levels) that recently made them more affordable and accessible for those without the medical conditions to get a prescription and insurance coverage.

In Canada, where no prescription is required and the devices are cheaper, they've been trending for a while.

The thing is, some foods spike the blood sugar and then it goes back down. That's fine. Totally fine.

The only issue is when your blood sugar is high (above 200) for hours and hours. And endocrinologists don't really care about that either if it comes down eventually. You're diabetic at that point but not medically treatable. So they don't want to see you.

So does getting a monitor help? I wonder if getting a patch to monitor how food impacts levels could be helpful for my:
DD with PCOS
DH with pre-diabetes
MIL with diabetes

My dad has T2 and uses a Dexcom (started on Libre). He was not managing it AT ALL and hadn't been taking bg readings and was just randomly giving himself insulin. We kind of strong armed him into getting one and it's been so much better for him. He actually understands what he should be doing and what his bs level means. He also has zero body awareness so he would go really low and not even know. Until he passed out.

Honestly I would not have pushed for this, but one of my kids is T1 and uses a Dexcom so I knew it could help him.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just another example of pharma marketing run amok. The company that makes them has found insurance will pay so they’re pushing them hard, even if borderline cases. It’s as simple as that.

Medical devices and pharma are totally different industries.

I wouldn’t say that. Numerous drugs have application specific delivery devices, for example. They all operate very similarly.

The approval requirements for drugs vs devices is actually quite different.

Fake news boo

Wrong and childish. Stick to mommying. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21321283/

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I wore one for 3 months to better understand how my body handles sugar. For instance coffee (I drink it with only milk) makes my sugar spike like crazy. Ice cream does not.

I learned how my body reacts to different foods and different times of day (everyone is different). I was able to really improve my rating and my vitals. Oddly enough the changes I made where not common modern day diet advice. I lost 20lbs in the process gave lowered my cholesterol, BP and A1c.

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There are a number of people with prediabetes. I think this is a good thing to monitor and understand that but his reaction to sugars. Perhaps they can and minimize the risk for being full on diabetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Geez, the last thing I would do is broadcast my Type 2 diabetes to the general public.

+1. I don't get this thing. I wear one (T1) but the last thing I want is to show it in public. Crazy sh*t people do I suppose.

My child proudly wears his even as a teenager. There is nothing wrong with having medical devices. It's ok to be different.

trying too hard

….. to not go into diabetic ketoacidosis?