Victoria Song

And I'm perfect.

Amazing.

So a year later, when the over-the-counter devices came out, I was like, okay, I know what to expect going in here.

I'll test it for two weeks, see how this works and what the differences are between what I tested in 2023 and what I test it now in 2024.

And oh, no.

it was different.

I was even more dialed in at that point in 2024 too, because I was like, I have somehow gained 25 pounds doing nothing different, which is a hallmark of PCOS.

And what was happening was I would test the Dexcom Stello and the Abbott Lingo, and I would wake up with glucose levels

at 110, 115 milligrams per deciliter.

And what they say is you should be waking up under 100, like 99 and lower is what it's supposed to be.

Because my dad had type 2 diabetes, I was aware of something called the dawn phenomenon, which when you wake up, you tend to have an increase in glucose because it's your liver going, hey girl, wake up, time to wake up, time to have energy for the day.

So I was like, oh my God.

And it wasn't a one-off.

It was multiple of these CGMs

over a period of several weeks, and I freaked out.

I was like, oh, my genetics.

I've been done in.

I have prediabetes.

I have to go to the doctor.

So I went to a doctor, and all of my labs came back normal for blood glucose because I went, and I said, look at this data.