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Emily Kwong

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1430 total appearances

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Hey, Ping.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Hey, Emily.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

We want to invite you on the show to talk about your experience with a continuous glucose monitor.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Mm-hmm.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

CGM, what prompted you to start wearing one?

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Yeah, and I know that prediabetes is really common in the U.S.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Around one in three adults have it, but not everybody knows they're prediabetic.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

This is Sarah Kim.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

She's a diabetologist and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

I see you pounding away at your keyboard.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Those glucose levels just go doot, doot, doot, doot.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

How does your CGM help you manage prediabetes?

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Oh.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Oh, OK.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

So you're watching your numbers.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Like how and how is it reading your levels?

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Yeah.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

I mean, in addition to revealing your current blood glucose level,

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

Sarah told me that CGMs can also show how your blood glucose is trending.

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Who Should Track Their Blood Sugar?

The decision to use a CGM is totally something you should talk to your doctor about.