honeymoon phase

Hi all, coming here in hope of some clarity - but not expecting any medical diagnosis. Approx. 2 years ago, I suddenly starting using the toilet alot, and was feeling very thirsty. Went for a blood test, HbA1C was at 109mmol/mol, so was diagnosed as T2. Immediately prescribed metformin (3x...

So as of a recent month or so my sugars have been super high, I've finally got them down to a good place gradually after having to increase my doses and ratios. I've had to double my ratio, now being on a 2:1 and my background was doubled from a 12 to about 22-24 depending on what's happening. I...

Hi all. I was hoping the community could tell me about some of their experiences of T1 during the honeymoon period. I've recently been diagnosed (Late June '22), and appear to be very much in the honeymoon phase - I'm presently injecting an average of 12 units as a daily total of basal and...

I was diagnosed with type 1 at the end of September, out of hospital and injecting insulin since early October. When I was diagnosed my BMI was slightly underweight, though I think by now it's back to being within the healthy range. My bolus ratio is currently 1 unit for 10g carbs (breakfast &...

Hello all, I am creating this thread as I thought maybe reaching out to the wider community may be able to answer some questions. I'll apologise in advance if it comes across as a rant and for giving you all half of my life story. I have been diagnosed as a Type 1 for around 2 months now, but...

I was diagnosed type 1 in June and started on 12U in the morning and 12U at night, with 6U of novorapid with each meal. This has gradually decreased. I’ve been low carb eating now for 11 days (against the advice of my DN) I haven’t taken any rapid insulin with food in 10 days and use 3U morning...

I was just wondering if you were in the 'honeymoon phase' after being diagnosed with T1, how long did that last for? Thanks

I have been diagnosed with type 1 about a year ago. For 1st 6 months, my pancreas was still pumping insulin, I use to take just basal (8 units) in the morning. Also, I did a bit of stretching and walked to work and back every day and to be honest I took more care of what I eat than in the...

Hi all, I don’t really post much on here but I’m just having one of those weeks where I feel like my diabetes is beating me and it’s been tough. I was diagnosed type 1 over three years ago. But after a couple of months of using novorapid & lantus I began having regular hypo’s. I had been...

Hi everyone, Thought it was about time I introduced myself, I’m Andrea. First and foremost, I’d like to thank all those who offer advice on this forum, it has been incredibly valuable to my journey so far. So my diabetes journey started in August 2018 when I had a blood test after having...

Hi, I was hoping someone could offer any insight into what type of diabetic they think I may be... I was diagnosed as a type 1 almost 3 years ago. I had an HbA1c of 83 and the typical symptoms (frequent thirst, urination and blurry vision), I did however have pneumonia at the time of...

My daughter, now 5, was diagnosed 7 months ago as T1. We are using Apidra before meals and Lantus before bedtime. Her weight is around 19kg and her daily dosage is totally around 3-4 units: 1 Lantus daily and Apidra 1/0.5/1 (breakfast/lunch/dinner). Using Freestyle Libre we've managed to control...

Hi everyone, I am a fairly new diabetic going on 7-8 months now and have managed to control my blood sugars quite well with a HBa1c of 46 my last blood test 2 weeks ago. However the past 3-4 days my blood sugars have been really hard to manage and is starting to rise and I've doubled my...

Hello! Bit of a long post! I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in September 2016, shortly afterwards I fell pregnant with my son. I had to really get a grasp quickly with the whole diabetes thing and get my blood sugars in control for the sake of my baby. Thankfully I did and there were no...

Hi guys I was diagnosed in September 2016, the hospital started me on 6 units of Lantus. As of today I’m currently on 16.5 units, I’m using a juniorstar lantus insulin pen. The thing is my Lantus doses are needing to be increased quite often, resulting in crazy high numbers. I’ve heard...

Hi, I was admitted to hospital exactly a year ago and was diagnosed as type 1. I was told I had DKA and began taking novo rapid throughout the day and lantus before bed. But i kept having a hypo, even when only injecting 1 unit. I came off of my injections altogether and haven't taken any...

Hi Everyone, When i was diagnosed, i was taking 70 unit insulin in 3 times. At that time, i was so much frustrated from taking 3 times injections. But i was not having other options. Luckily i found this forum, where i got huge good information "How to control the diabetic". I also get chance...

Not sure if this is the right place, I'm more seeking advice and reassurance than anything else. I'm new to the forums, but here goes. I'm recently diagnosed with Type 1 since the 3rd of November, and lately my blood sugar readings have been dropping lower and lower, with sometimes erratic...

Hello everyone! I'm very happy to find this forum and to be able to chat with people who have T1 diabetes. This thread is multipurpose: I want to introduce myself, to share with you my diagnosis story and to ask some questions . Ok, so my name is Andreea, I'm 29 years-old and the proud mother...

Hi, I'm diabetic for more then 6 months. For the last 2-3 weeks it seemed that i am coming out of diabetes honeymoon, as i started to need more and more insulin. Yesterday evening I took my usual Lantus amout and after one hour or so i started to see that my sugar level is going down more...