hello all am hoping someone may be able to help me
I am 3 months post diagnosis of type 1 and thought I was getting there..however over last few days I have noticed a change in that I am experiencing Spikes of blood sugar. I have two questions: what are peoples experience of the honeymoon period ending (is it a gradual thing or a quick thing?)
also are we aiming for blood never to spike above 10 (for example) or is it more about how long it takes to come back in range? any advice would be helpful x
Hi there, it is different for everyone of course but I think either of the things you mention can be a sign. Also I think it's when you gradually start to use more units of insulin for the same amount of carbs/meals and when your own insulin production gets lower (hard to establish that as they rarely do a C Peptide test after diagnosis). I am 3 years into a type 1 diagnosis and think that I am still in my honeymoon because I use 6 units of basal which has been the same all through and am on the same insulin/carb rate.
If that amount was no longer keeping my fasting numbers in range and I had to up it as I went along, then again that *may* be a sign. The problem is it's all very unpredictable especially when you are at the start of it all, what spikes are you seeing and can you give us a typical days food & figures? That really helps us to tell you if we've experienced the same and what we did or didn't do. Overall a few days probably isn't a long enough pattern as you could easily be back to your current 'normal' next week!
Speaking for myself, aiming
never to spike above 10 may be a good target but virtually impossible to achieve 100%. You made me smile with the term 'getting there' because honestly, it's a journey that you never get to the end of, glucose levels can be impacted by a multitude of things, exercise, weight, stress, doing the hoovering, argument with your partner, some woman at the bus stop being a pain, just about anything. x