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Daily life is different when you’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…

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) measures glucose levels between cells, giving people with diabetes up-to-the-minute information on whether their blood glucose is above, below, or within range. In the quarter-century since its FDA approval, it has undergone a form of “mission creep.” What began largely as a supplement to finger-stick testing for people with Type 1…