Honeymoon Period

Beth, I don't understand the question. Please be a bit more specific.

Best wishes - L.

 

Im not sure if Im still in honeymoon period or Ive never had any :think: I was diagnosed 2 years ago and I cant see any changes. my ratio is 1:10 from the beggining. Hope it wont get worse...

 

I think mine was about 6 months.

I remember them saying that I had to go on to long acting (isophane) insulin because I made no more of my own.

 

Hey BethR!

I have LADA and I still produce some basal insulin even after 3 and a half years - I produce no first phase insulin at all. My insulin production has diminshed greatly from what I produced on diagnosis, but it is still there and stronger some days than others, which makes control a tad interesting! Mine has diminished gradually and I have just had to notice that my BGs were creeping up a bit and adjust treatment/doses accorgingly. Many people have said that their's came to a sudden end after an illness (the first cold they had after diagnosis etc) and they needed to adjust to a much higher dose of insulin immediately. I guess it's just different for different people and for different forms of diabetes.

Smidge

 

It's hard to say when exactly the honeymoon phase ends but as long as you keep adjusting your insulin doses as usual you should be fine - mine lasted 6months ish; I started on 1u:8g, had to stop taking QA insulin entirely after about 4 months (1u:120g rounded down) and has since then come back to mostly normal 1u:20g - but I'm not quite sure since there are a few odd exceptions (like only needing 0.5u for a 50g Costa sandwich + coffee)

 

If you are having hypos all the time, you need to reduce your insulin doses.

Humulin comes in different types (quick acting, mixed, etc) so it's not possible to comment on those doses without knowing the type.

Your work out your carb ratio by counting the carbs in your food, injecting insulin according to your ratio and adjusting the ratio if the resulting BG is too high/low. DAFNE is just very sophisticated trial and error.

If you cannot go on a DAFNE course then Bournemouth has a decent (if a bit basic) resource on carb counting.

In simpler terms, I started out on 8-10u of Humalog for a typical meal, had to stop taking it entirely at the peak of my honeymoon period (or have 1u with 4 wheat biscuits and 2 scones to avoid a hypo) and am now back to 3-4u.