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Continuous glucose monitoring

scarboroughjohn
over 5 years ago

The Fenix 6 is such an all measuring device, the only thing missing now is continuous glucose monitoring. I think it would be useful to know what your blood sugar levels are doing during exercise and help guide nutrition. The cheapest would be the Abbott sensor, $80-90 for 2 weeks, down side is it doesn't broadcast to your phone or , one day, the watch. Would have to wave the watch over it to dpwnload the glucose readings, much like the swim HR monitor. Other companies have much more expensive devices that broadcast continuously to your phone. I think it has to happen soon.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 5135968
    5135968 said:
    If you sell something that doesn't work, and as you say yourself, will be useless, doesn't that make it something of a scam?

    Exactly my point, but this didnt stop them before. Puls oximeter is scam because doesnt work it is just random number generator. And WHR is the same. Pace and istant speed is not working for more than 70% users, but here we are...

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    I'm a type 1 diabetic and have been using the Abbott Freestyle Libre 1 and latterly Libre 2 for a couple of years now. As mentioned, with the addition of a third party transmitter (in my case MiaoMiao 2), a suitable watch face, data field and smartphone app such as xDrip+ you can get your blood glucose to you Garmin and even record and display it graphically in Garmin Connect. (There are other methods too).

    With Libre 2, if you you have a compatible smartphone you can eliminate the third party transmitter and connect the sensor directly to your phone. 

    There are some caveats though:
    - If you are in the USA and Canada you are going to hit problems as Abbott apply heavy encryption to the data from the Libre. I believe this has been cracked for Libre 1 but I don't think so for Libre 2 yet.
    - You need to carry your smartphone to relay the data to your garmin. Not a problem for me as I use the Freestyle Libre app to scan the sensor anyway (I get them free on NHS prescription but one of the conditions is that I scan ~8 times a day so my clinical team can review the data).

    On the subject of Samsung and Apple introducing blood glucose measuring into future smartwatches. Well, I'll believe when I see it. As it will inevitably be non invasive (Libre and Dexcom sensors both use a subcutaneous filament) I will also be amazed if it is anything approaching accurate enough to be useful for anything with the technology you could practically fit on a watch. 

     

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Here are some of the smartwatches with Continuous Glucose monitoring feature. You can check it here.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 3600707

    All of those watches mentioned need an additional invasive sensor. Most of the rely on the additional Dexcom G6 sensor. The K'Watch Glucose all has its own 7 day replaceable patch. Curiously they include the Fenix 6 Pro but don't specify how, presumably the Supersapiens solution which rely on the Abbott Freestyle libre sensor.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 3600707

    Did you actually read this?