After my adventure with apparent hypoglycemia, my Dr. fitted me with a Dexcom7 continuous glucose monitor.

[NNadir]

I'm on ozempic; I've lost weight and got my a1c under control. I've been diagnosed with borderline type 2 diabetes. (It killed one of my grandfathers and it is genetic.)

My doctor kept me on other type II diabetes medicines.

I woke up on Thursday extremely dizzy, almost unable to walk, so I worked from home and went to the doctor. She put me through a series of tests, and then suggested I put on a sample Dexcom7 continuous glucose monitor that gives continuous readings to my cell phone.

Using it, I self-diagnosed - I'm sure the doctor would agree - what was going on as hypoglycemia. I discontinued one of the other diabetes medicines I was using pioglitazone. Anyway, I've left the thing on, and will use it until the battery dies.

It's pretty cool though; I have to say I'm fascinated. If you drink something sweet, it shows up as a spike, lasting about a half an hour. You can see how foods affect you. So far, I've only gone out of range for less than 1% of the time, without taking the pioglitazone.

I don't need this device permanently, but I'm enjoying seeing how foods effect me. I might have behaved better if I'd had it earlier.

[1WorldHope]

1. That is interesting. Having a glucose monitor would change my habits.

When you notice your glucose low now do you ontake something sweet, or will dropping that db med take care of it?

[NNadir]

2. I haven't actually approached a hypoglycemic state since connecting to the thing, although I was close when it started.

I ate some yogurt and fruit - my normal lunch in any case - and got a spike that approached, but did not exceed, the normal range, and which settled into a mid point.

[k55f5r]

3. I've been wearing a Libre Freestyle monitor

for 1 1/2 years now.
I've lost 30 lbs and my alarm rarely goes off ( after the first 6 mths.) It totally changed my eating habits by seeing in realtime what foods that I had considered "safe" were actually doing to my A1C.
Medicare covers it completely.

[NNadir]

4. I can see how that would work out to modify your eating habits.

I don't think I'll ask for script for one of these, but I can definitely see the value.

Most of the stuff I eat doesn't drive it all that much from what I can see. I'll take the lessons from this exercise, but there are probably people who can benefit by having one better than I.

I'm just glad I can eliminate one drug from my system.

The weight loss has reduced my requirements for a blood pressure medicine as well. I still take valsartan, but am on a much lower dose.