Who's on First? What's on Second? I don't know is on Third (confusing CGM numbers)

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You’re right! Hand washing is a healthy habit and one that makes for less sticks in the long run!

We had a chat about this in the past that you might find interesting:

Fingerstick and Handwashing

The Dexcom G5 wanted a calibration and it was going into nighttime as well as the cgm data showed straight and level so it seemed a good time to calibrate. Using our Contour Next One we did a fingerstick as normal. The resulting number on the meter seemed surprisingly high. Not crazy high but enough that it made us do a double take. As well, the calibrations are usually very close between the meter and the cgm but this was off by quite a bit. On the other hand, this cgm graph was showing a …