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Old 08-15-19, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Was the thing calibrated?
I am confident the thing is accurate. My fasting glucose tends to run 105-113, which USED to be considered normal but now is considered pre-diabetes/impaired fasting glucose. My A1C of 6.0% is consistent with these.

For now I am going to try to cut back on my evening carbs and monitor labs annually. My dad has Type 2 Diabetes and I have clearly inherited the tendency. It's possible my pancreas will crap out in the future and I will have to take some stupid medicine (metformin) for sugar. Sad.
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