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Message: <blockquote data-quote="emmay" data-source="post: 1850250" data-attributes="member: 291695">Hi, when I was first diagnosed I was told that I didn’t have dawn phenomenon, however like you when I wake in the morning I take my BG reading and within 15mins my sugars are 2/3 higher 15mins after that there another 2/3 by the time I get downstairs to have brekky they can have risen by 6-8, and like you say they tend to rise higher when I wake with a good reading.So as soon as I wake up regardless of my BG reading (which was a bit scary at first) I take 1unit of insulin and it works a treat haven’t gone high since and that was a month ago..Spoke with my consultant and she said it’s just your body waking up and releasing some glucose to get up out of bed.Hope ur gum experiment works well</blockquote>

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