Fortune March 11, 2023
Erin Prater

If you’re relying on reads from your CGM, be wary of extended time in the water—that’s one lesson I’ve learned from over a decade of CGM-wearing. Here are a few others. GETTY IMAGES

A woman rises slinkily from a hot tub—her long, wet hair glistening in the sunlight, a picturesque sunrise before her—and a continuous glucose monitor perfectly centered on the back of her flawless right arm.

It’s a scene from an ad for one of those trendy continuous glucose monitors (also known as a CGM) that recently popped up in my social feed.

It doesn’t even slightly resemble my life with a CGM—and I should know what that life is like. I’ve been a type 1 diabetic for...

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