This is the point where looking after your glucose has a consequence you can see. Cognia helps with the daily part: what you eat, how your glucose responds and what your check-ups say.
Log your readings and see them on a line with their range. It is the figure your ophthalmologist and endocrinologist look at, and having it ordered saves half the appointment.
And if your profile also has hypertension or kidney disease, the app checks the food against all of them at once and flags it when one says yes and another says take care. That is the usual situation here, and where the real decision sits.
A retinal exam is easy to postpone because nothing hurts. Schedules and reminders so it does not slip by.