Recent Content by n-g

Not sure if you'll see this as it's late, but anyway... Sadly I just moved away from Durham so can't meet up. But there are a number of others who have tried the uni diabetes thing. Didn't work that well for me, but for others it did. Diabetes UK is currently looking into this (I am a part of...

Also, about waking up higher than 6 if you go to bed less than 6. How much higher are you talking about? If it's a lot, then you may want to consider that you're experiencing night-time hypos. Google 'somogyi rebound' for details.

This is quite common. I was actually speaking to a leading diabetologist last about this at a meeting. Essentially, every almost type 1 will be 'insulin resistant' in the morning. Current research indicates that this because of something called the 'dawn phenomenon', but the evidence is not...