For extra insights around these decisions, glucose sensors can be incredibly helpful. In addition to seeing your current glucose number, a glucose sensor will show you a graph of where your glucose has been, and trend arrows to give you an idea where your glucose is headed.
Monitoring
Continuous glucose monitoring: seeing is believing
Can you guess the exact weight of something without a scale? The same applies to guessing what your glucose (sugar) level might be at any given time of the day. However, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices make the invisible, visible.
What’s the difference between A1C and blood sugar?
The terms A1C and blood sugar are frequently used when talking about diabetes. But what is the difference between A1C and blood sugar, and how do they relate?
Is your blood glucose monitor accurate? How do you know?
Every day, people living with diabetes use their blood glucose monitoring results to make self-management decisions. How accurate should your blood glucose monitor be? What do you need to know about blood glucose monitor accuracy?
Blood glucose monitoring: to check and when to check? That is the question!
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has been around for over 50 years. In fact, I think sometimes it may be taken for granted.
Overcoming barriers to blood glucose monitoring
As someone living closely with diabetes, you have heard the diabetes healthcare team talk about the importance of blood glucose monitoring.
