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Does Anyone Who Uses A CGM Feel Unmotivated To Continue Testing Their Blood Glucose?
I keep wanting to log my bgs and meals and other health things in an app (I currently use Center Health) but I feel so unmotivated to test my bgs, especially before meals since my Dexcom autofills a blood sugar into my pump when I go to bolus. Does anyone else struggle with this and how do you keep yourself motivated?
You must trust your CGM more than I do. I have the opposite reaction. I test 6 x day as I am brittle and while the pump and CGM are wonderful they can fail in accuracy. Medtronic 770G and Guardian 3 CGM.
The finger sticks are crucial to my having any reasonable control in my opinion.
Using a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) can indeed change how someone feels about traditional blood glucose testing. Since a CGM provides real-time, continuous glucose readings and trends, it might reduce the need for frequent fingerstick tests, which some find cumbersome and demotivating. However, it's important to read more
This AI-generated response comes from myT1Dteam and other selected sources. It is not a substitute for medical advice. Always ask your doctor about specific health concerns.
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