{"id":495,"date":"2026-04-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=495"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:00:00","slug":"continuous-glucose-monitoring-made-me-continuously-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=495","title":{"rendered":"Continuous glucose monitoring made me continuously crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Back view of senior reviewer Victoria Song\u2019s arm while wearing the Abbott Lingo CGM. There are shadows from a window\" data-caption=\"Continuous glucose monitors \u2014 also referred to as glucose biosensors \u2014 aren\u2019t just for diabetics anymore.\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/268422_Victoria_CGM_continuous_Glucose_Monitor_AKrales_0127.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tContinuous glucose monitors \u2014 also referred to as glucose biosensors \u2014 aren\u2019t just for diabetics anymore.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">Daily life is different when you&#8217;re tracking glucose. A little over a year ago, I was on my way to a conference. My bags were packed, the Uber was on its way, but there was one last thing to do before I could head to the airport. Tearing open a small isopropyl alcohol wipe, I cleaned the skin on the back of my arm. After that, I applied a small applicator to the clean skin, doing my best to ignore the visible needle inside. I squeezed my eyes shut and pressed a button. It made a ka-thunk. I repeated the process on the other arm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In my right arm, I now had a Dexcom Stelo. In the left, an Abbott Lingo. Both were over-the-counter continuous g \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/features\/907359\/cgms-optimizing-metabolism-dexcom-abbott-wearables-health-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuous glucose monitors \u2014 also referred to as glucose biosensors \u2014 aren\u2019t just for diabetics anymore. Daily life is different<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}