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Honeymoon period?

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pinewood

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
I was diagnosed 9 months ago. In the past week or so I've drastically reduced my ratios and still find I'm still going hypo after meals.

For example, I now take 1.5 units for a 30g carbs porridge/coffee breakfast and end up around 4mmol or less by the time I get to work. I used to take 2.5 units, peak to 7mmol or so and then flatten out at 5.5mmol when I got to work. For a typical salad I'd have at work for lunch, 2 units did the trick and kept me steady at 5-6mmol but now even 1 unit is more than enough and can drop me too low. My dinners are more variable so it's harder to track a pattern but I've also noticed I've not needed half as much as I used to - I had a huge pizza last night and 2 units was enough to keep me steady! At first I thought my Libre was faulty but I've been finger pricking constantly and it's matching up and proving the Libre is accurate.

Does it sound like my pancreas is firing back up before it eventually turns off? How long can this typically go on for? Should I reduce my Lantus or just keep reducing my meal time ratios - I seem to stay steady overnight so assume my Lantus is at the right level?

I know people always talk about decreasing insulin sensitivity being linked with coming down with a virus - can the opposite apply if you are suddenly less insulin resistant, i.e. could I be coming down with something?

Grateful for any advice.
 
It definitely sounds like a honeymoon period, I used to have one unit for 60g of carb for breakfast (porridge with sultanas) but still needed a mid morning snack to stop me dropping before lunch. Have you increased your activity at all? It may be worth requesting a half unit pen from your gp too
 
Thanks. Yes, I have the Echo pen for half units. No change in activity, in fact I've been less active than usual.

Just seems strange that this is happening now, 9 months down the line.
 
I was diagnosed 10 months ago as T1 and put on mixed insulin straight away. Two weeks ago I switched over to MDI (Lantus/Novorapid) as I was tired of eating to my insulin. I was also beginning to have to reduce the mixed to avoid hypos and felt I'd have much better control with MDI. At the same time as the switch, I started to produce my own insulin.To come to the point, I have no need of any injected insulin at the moment as it's obvious my beta cells have either recovered or they are in their death throes !! I still monitor my bg levels just as frequently as I don't expect this new found freedom to last and I'm watching for the inevitable rise out of the normal range. At least this time I can act quickly and stop my levels heading for the mid 20s which is where they were when I was first diagnosed. Btw, I have checked with my DSN that it's ok to carry on like this.

Obviously I can't advise you regarding your MDI, that's something for you and your DSN to agree on.

So to sum up, I think you and I are enjoying a honeymoon from the never ending grind of Diabetes. Who knows how long it will last? Forever would be nice :)
 
pinewood said:
Thanks. Yes, I have the Echo pen for half units. No change in activity, in fact I've been less active than usual.

Just seems strange that this is happening now, 9 months down the line.
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Nowt as strange as type 1 diabetes @pinewood.

Just keep knocking half a unit off and see where your bg levels go, it doesn't matter how much insulin you inject as long as your bg levels are under control.
 
Similar for me but I would never have known about honeymoon or LCHF until I found this forum. Currently, I only take six units of lantus each evening to keep me stable throughout the day. Eating low carb and high fat has enabled this to remain the same for the past four weeks and being very active helps further. Hopefully this can continue...but when it finishes, it finishes. I know I can also bring my queries to here when that happens :)
 
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