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  1. Hazza1989

    Constantly waking up around 6-7am with low blood sugar

    Not religiously, probably between 22:00 to 23:30
  2. Hazza1989

    Constantly waking up around 6-7am with low blood sugar

    Thanks for all your suggestions guys, in terms of my diabetes team that would be just be my GP i stopped going to see my Mr Diabetes at my local hospital as he rubbed me up the wrong way... Pain in the backside really as that wasn't the first time i walked away from going to hospital to see a...
  3. Hazza1989

    Constantly waking up around 6-7am with low blood sugar

    Low can be anywhere between 3.8 and the reader displaying low. I don't always wake which is the biggest problem i have, and when i'm most at risk as there have been times where i have slept in and then had a hypo and needed help to get up and come round. I did try Levermir a few years back when...
  4. Hazza1989

    Depression and diabetes.

    Definitely agree with what Martin has put about DAFNE course, as i was definitely in the same shoes about 2 years ago. In 2014 i took a DAFNE course and honestly i haven't looked back since. The chance to meet other diabetics who go through the same struggles you face everyday and being able to...
  5. Hazza1989

    Constantly waking up around 6-7am with low blood sugar

    Hey all, I'm a Type 1 diabetic who for the past 4-5 years have been fighting a constant battle with the before bed BG and the waking up BG. I'm currently on Lantus and take 18 units which has been reduced since i was first diagnosed 12 years ago. The issue i have if i go to bed with a BG of say...
  6. Hazza1989

    Type 1: Tiredness

    As others have said from their own experiences, i feel tired if my blood sugar is over probably 15 for a prolonged amount of time say a couple of hours. When you are at work do you find that you sweat a lot during points of your shift? I used to have a much more physical job and found it...
  7. Hazza1989

    What age were you diagnosed?

    Aged 10 now 27 :):)
  8. Hazza1989

    Petition for Freestyle Libre on NHS

    Some of these comments are really interesting and i must side with the people who have said how life changing the libre is. The biggest thing that i find is so helpful is the fact is so easy to check your blood sugar, the amount of times my partner has had to deal with me having a hypo and being...
  9. Hazza1989

    Diabetic Retinopathy.

    Hi Kathy, I was in the same boat as yourself, i was uncontrolled for a good 4 years and then managed to get myself under control. Thankfully since doing that i have been able to reverse the majority of damage i had done!! :) Cheers Harry
  10. Hazza1989

    Staying positive

    It's always tricky when you have a condition like ours, i look at the positives to when i was first diagnosed back in 1999 and how treatment, education, information and the general awareness has changed. I think it's fantastic that alongside things like Cancer etc conditions like ours have had...