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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1893972" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>You having cgm is going to be answer to this. Many docs are still woefully behind the times - they look at a1c, reckon it's too low, so you then get a lot of grief about it.</p><p></p><p>I've been running libre with a blucon transmitter to xdrip+ for about a year now. A1c has dropped from about 40 to 28. </p><p></p><p>Docs said you must be hypoing lots.So I then say to them you've got a number and you're drawing inadequate conclusions from that, and then I show them the AGP graph, which gives a much fuller picture. </p><p></p><p>The picture shows that the decent a1c isn't because I'm hypoing all the time, it's because I'm using cgm in a useful way to avoid going above ten.</p><p></p><p>Docs still need education in this. We have a huge amount of experience with cgm - I've been wired up for about 2 yrs with it. They've read a bit about it in books, so they're really not going to be as clued up as we are.</p><p></p><p>It's frustrating at the moment, but take a bit of time to explain to them what an AGP graph is, and how to drill down into the daily graphs for a deeper check. My docs have been really into it (although, having done this for 3 decades, I don't give a flying f**k what they think!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1893972, member: 374531"] You having cgm is going to be answer to this. Many docs are still woefully behind the times - they look at a1c, reckon it's too low, so you then get a lot of grief about it. I've been running libre with a blucon transmitter to xdrip+ for about a year now. A1c has dropped from about 40 to 28. Docs said you must be hypoing lots.So I then say to them you've got a number and you're drawing inadequate conclusions from that, and then I show them the AGP graph, which gives a much fuller picture. The picture shows that the decent a1c isn't because I'm hypoing all the time, it's because I'm using cgm in a useful way to avoid going above ten. Docs still need education in this. We have a huge amount of experience with cgm - I've been wired up for about 2 yrs with it. They've read a bit about it in books, so they're really not going to be as clued up as we are. It's frustrating at the moment, but take a bit of time to explain to them what an AGP graph is, and how to drill down into the daily graphs for a deeper check. My docs have been really into it (although, having done this for 3 decades, I don't give a flying f**k what they think!). [/QUOTE]
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