Weird, my waking numbers have been in the 3.5 to 4 range all week. This is a bit lower than normal for me, as I would usually be in the 5s, but I'm starting to understand the pattern, I think.
I've been receiving chemotherapy for the last 4 months. One of the side effects is that my white blood cells become severely depleted about 12 days after each chemo session, for around a week. The most thoroughly "bashed" of these blood cells are my lymphocytes (which control the immune system) and these fall to almost zero.
I am still in the diabetes honeymoon period (just about) so I wonder if my low white blood cell count after chemo could mean that my immune system is less able to attack the islet cells in my pancreas? This would explain my low numbers, as my pancreas would have had time to recover slightly, and might be experiencing a kind of mini-honeymoon all of its own.
Hmm... chemo as a treatment for T1, it may work, but I wouldn't recommend it :|