jeanoappleseed<p>For decades, I ate Grape Nuts for breakfast. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eggs</span></a> were off limits due to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HighCholesterol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighCholesterol</span></a>. When I discovered I had <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ElevatedGlucose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElevatedGlucose</span></a>, I had to cut carbs. No Grape Nuts in 6 months now!</p><p>I easily eat 18 eggs a weeks!! And my cholesterol is the best it's ever been! I’m gobsmacked. It's like my glucose issues (though barely scratching the surface) were affecting my cholesterol. And my glucose is too under control.</p><p>But the insurance no longer wants to pay for the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CGM</span></a> (<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ContinuousGlucoseMonitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContinuousGlucoseMonitor</span></a>) which is the tool that has allowed me to get my blood in such perfect condition - overall BEST TESTS in about 30 years. They don't want to pay because I'm not diabetic. At least not technically. Though I've never done an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.</p><p>However, certain foods I must avoid completely or my glucose spikes and start going like a roller coaster. And they haven't told me what that is. To me, it sounds like, you know… diabetes… </p><p>But the A1C test is now normal (was pre-diabetic). But it's normal because the CGM shows me when I don't eat the right things/quantities/combinations. And it's allowing me to learn. Could it be that I am beginning to be diabetic but able to manage it because of the sensor? </p><p>And the endocrinologist I had gone to see has quit. Not that she was that useful. So checking again with my doctor</p>