reece: i m heading to the location of my gig, the ibiza rocks hotel. but after a good old catch up the night before and having more alcohol than normal, i m feeling a little worse for wear. after the lack of sleep, i m riding on adrenaline. this 45 minute dj set sees me supporting some of the biggest names in the european dance music scene, so i have to be on top of my game. so, we re about to go out on stage, we ve literally got five minutes until the start of the set. just checked my levels and. ..11.7. .. ..which is pretty high. but the risk is if you inject yourself now, there s a high chance it could go too low during the set, i d have to down all of thatjuice. it isn t the end of the world, i m not going to die, but, yeah, just in the
and receptive crowd. but when bbc radio 1xtra dj reece parkinson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, he wondered how he would manage it on his travels. so we went with him to find out. reece: i m heading to the location of my gig, the ibiza rocks hotel. but after a good old catch of the night before and having more alcohol than normal, i m feeling a little worse for wear. after the lack of sleep, i m riding on adrenaline. this 45 minute dj set sees me supporting some of the biggest names in the european dance music scene, so i have to be on top of my game. so we re about to go out on stage, we ve literally got five minutes until the start of the set. i ll check my levels and. ..11.7. which is pretty high.
the location of my gig, the ibiza rocks hotel. but after a good old catch up the night before and having more alcohol than normal, i m feeling a little worse for wear. after the lack of sleep, i m riding on adrenaline. this 45 minute dj set sees me supporting some of the biggest names in the european dance music scene, so i have to be on top of my game. so, we re about to go out on stage, we ve literally got five minutes until the start of the set. i ll check my levels and. just checked my levels and. ..11.7. ..which is pretty high. but the risk is if you inject yourself now there s a high yourself now, there s a high chance it could go too low during the set, i d have to down all of thatjuice. it isn t the end of the world, i m not going to die, but, yeah, just in the
supporting some of the biggest names in the european dance music scene, so i have to be on top of my game. so we re about to go out on stage, we ve literally got five minutes until the start of the set. i ll check my levels and. ..11.7. which is pretty high. but the risk is if you inject yourself now there s a high chance it could go too low during the set and then i would have to down all of thatjuice. it isn t the end of the world, i m not going to die, but, yeah, just in the perspective of always being in control of it, this is one of those moments where it s got control of me. my name is reece parkinson, bbc radio 1xtra. the gig begins and i am loving it. dance music plays. but my levels are slowly
of the night before and having more alcohol than normal, i m feeling a little worse for wear. after the lack of sleep, i m riding on adrenaline. this 45 minute dj set sees me supporting some of the biggest names in the european dance music scene, so i have to be on top of my game. so we re about to go out on stage, we ve literally got five minutes until the start of the set. i ll check my levels and. ..11.7. which is pretty high. but the risk is if you inject yourself now there s a high chance it could go too low during the set and then i would have to down all of thatjuice. it isn t the end of the world, i m not going to die, but, yeah, just in the perspective of always being in control of it, this is one of those moments where it s got control of me. my name is reece parkinson, bbc radio 1xtra. the gig begins