Diabetic Living Australia

DYNAMIC DUO conquering DIABETES TYPE 1

Seven years ago, at the age of 22, Drew Harrisberg became constantly hungry and thirsty, and found himself waking up multiple times throughout the night to go to the toilet. “I was exhausted to the point of falling asleep driving, napping every afternoon, and I even fell asleep in a job interview,” he explains. As someone who had always been a health-conscious and sports-loving guy, Drew began to realise something wasn’t quite right. A blood test revealed abnormally high glycaemic and autoimmune biomarkers, which led Drew to a diabetes educator who pricked his finger. The results for his blood glucose levels came back

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