If You Wear A CGM (Libre, Dexcom Or Medtronic) Have You Heard The (phrase) AGP Or Ambulatory Glucose Profile (say That Fast A Few Times)?? | DiabetesTeam

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If You Wear A CGM (Libre, Dexcom Or Medtronic) Have You Heard The (phrase) AGP Or Ambulatory Glucose Profile (say That Fast A Few Times)??
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One of the most significant changes to Glucose Management in the past 100 years (Insulin was discovered 103 years back) is the development and use of CGM's or Continuous Glucose Monitors

There is two basic types of the device - the "continuous" models like Dexcom that are "always" tracking your blood sugar number, measured in the interstitial fluid around your cells and the "intermittently scanned" models like Libre - the Libre 2 now records a reading on a graph once a minute (if you use the… read more

posted January 23 (edited)
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A DiabetesTeam Member

AGP is equivalent to daily patterns on libre 2 reader.-but easier to follow.I am 93% in range at the moment..........and have been able to reduce my short term insulin

posted January 23
A DiabetesTeam Member

I love my Dexcom for all the reasons that Graham mentions and I also pay close attention to the Standard Deviation. I go for my 3 month a1c test in about a week and expect it to be 6 or lower as per my Dexcom. Thanks Graham.

posted January 23
A DiabetesTeam Member

PS - this is what the (graph) looks like on the Libre2 APP

I strung together 3 different graphs showing my 7, 30 and 90 day TITR readings during a period last summer

My A1C that equated to these graphs was 5.6%

posted January 23
A DiabetesTeam Member

Great information and my Libre2 does start beeping at 69 or above 239. But because that is the reason my a1c is at 6.3, thanks Graham

posted January 23
A DiabetesTeam Member

I still do it with lancets and test strips, so I can’t help you. 😕

posted January 23

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