CGM
Memory Foam and Blood Sugar Readings
What could a mattress possibly have to do with a glucose sensor? A Shabbaton talk introduced me to "compression lows" — and sent me on a curious trail straight to my own bed.
CGM
What could a mattress possibly have to do with a glucose sensor? A Shabbaton talk introduced me to "compression lows" — and sent me on a curious trail straight to my own bed.
Diabetes Technology
Our critical-emergency-alerts guide is finally done — and finishing it left me with one quiet question: how long will it stay accurate? A reflection on the diabetes tools I've already outlived, the ones coming next, and the one thing on the whole list that never goes obsolete.
אונדזער וועגווײַזער וועגן קריטישע עמערדזשענסי-אַלערטן איז ענדלעך פֿאַרטיק — און דאָס פֿאַרטיקן האָט מיר געלאָזט מיט איין שטילער פֿראַגע: ווי לאַנג וועט עס בלײַבן פּינקטלעך? אַ רעפֿלעקציע איבער די מכשירים וואָס איך האָב שוין איבערלעבט, די וואָס קומען נאָך, און בלייבט אייביג.
אַ קורצער, קלארער איבערבליק וויאַזוי אַן עמערדזשענסי אַלערט קען אָנקומען צו אַ פֿליפ-פאון ווען אַ קינד'ס צוקער פֿאַלט צו נידעריג — מיט אַ פֿאַרבעטונג צו לייענען די פֿולע ענגלישע ווערסיע פֿאַר אַלע פּרטים.
Frum community
The hands-on half of our guide — which systems, which phones, which apps, and exactly how to get an urgent-low text to land on a parent's flip phone, including whether a smartwatch can cover school hours on its own.
CGM
I wore a Dexcom G7, a FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus, and a Medtronic Simplera at the same time — and they almost never showed the same number. Here's why the differences are normal, what a rigorous independent study found, and why you can still trust the sensor you wear.
איך האב געטראגן א Dexcom G7, א FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus, און א Medtronic Simplera אין איינעם — און זיי האבן כמעט קיינמאל נישט געוויזן דעם זעלבן נומער. דא איז פארוואס די חילוקים זענען נארמאל/
Friday Feedback Forum
More on last week's pump conversation — including a detailed Medtronic success story — alongside heartfelt responses to our question about who will manage our diabetes as we grow older.
Weekly Digest
All of this week's posts in one place, in full — the Shabbaton drasha and awards, a reader's question on aging with diabetes, the start of our emergency-alert guide, a behind-the-scenes testing update, and Friday's Feedback Forum.
CGM
Part 2 of our emergency-alert guide is almost here. First, a peek at how far we're going to make sure it's right — three sensors at once, tested on my own arm.