Ping Huang

I mean, being prediabetic basically means clinically that a person's glucose levels are higher than people without diabetes.

Mm-hmm.

but not quite in the diabetic range.

Yeah.

And a lot of what she's saying actually matches the experience that I've been having.

So my levels spike after meals, especially if they're super carb heavy or

if I'm basically just sitting around for most of the day.

Which sometimes journalism is like that.

Yep.

Sitting for hours.

So what that continuous glucose monitor is actually doing is that it's measuring the glucose levels just under your skin in the interstitial fluid, which is basically the fluid between your cells.

Oh, cool.

And then that glucose level in that fluid is then converted to a number that shows your blood glucose.

Yeah.

So it's like this little plastic gray circle that's embedded into the side of my upper arm with a tiny needle.

It lasts for about two weeks each time and it's connected to my phone so that I can use an app to track my levels throughout the day.

Yeah, for sure.

I mean, you know, when I see a reading, it'll tell me that it's at a certain level and it's either rising or steady or falling.

Yeah, it's been really useful for me personally.

I've learned a couple things about how my body responds to carbs, for instance.