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by RHSeeger 397 days ago
I like to say that the CGM is, far an away, the biggest life improvement for diabetics since the invention of insulin. And this plays into one of the reasons

- You able to learn better about how your body responds to different foods

- You are more secure about your blood sugar dropping when you don't expect/realize it (sleeping, driving, etc)

- You better able to detect when your body isn't behaving the way you would normally expect it to (the point we're discussing here)

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She’s on closed loop and it has certainly changed her life - perimenopause was really difficult but the loop has meant she has much better control. The fact it cuts out when it drops has given her confidence to sleep better etc