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

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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.