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Honeymooning

big c

big c

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Thought id say hi... im all new to this.
Was diagnosed with type 2 on feb this year and within 4 weeks i ended up in hospital and im now honeymooning over to type 1.... im on 6 insulin injections daily... levimir & novorapid..doing not too bad with the injections..... but this eating malarkey when your not hungry but need to for your insulin is driving me crazzzzy lol
 
It sounds like you were misdiagnosed as type 2 and now you're correctly (I hope) diagnosed as type 1. "Honeymooning" would be something completely unrelated.

I'm on the same insulin types myself and hopefully they're working as well for you as they are for me.

As far as eating when you're not hungry...that may be something temporary your doctors have implemented for you, but long-term you're certainly not required to do that.
 
Hi @big c , the term "honeymooning" isn't really a proper medical term with a definition, but it's usually used to refer to a type 1 (or 1.5 or LADA) who is still producing some of their own insulin, either because a bit of exogenous insulin has given the dying beta cells a bit of a final wind or because their beta cells are dying off very slowly. I've never heard it used to refer to a transition from type 2 to type 1 (possibly because that's not a thing). Would you be able to clarify what you mean? I'm guessing either you were misdiagnosed as type 2 initially & have now been diagnosed type 1 or you are an insulin dependent type 2.

Either way, sounds like you have been put on a basal bolus regime. The main bonus of this is that it is supposed to be flexible & you aren't supposed to have to "eat to your insulin". It could be that you are finding yourself in this position because you are on fixed doses if you are new on insulin so you should talk to you DSN about how frustrating you are finding this - it sounds like you need less insulin, but do discuss with your nurse. & you should ask about carb counting, which should help to illustrate how flexible basal bolus can be.
 
Hi. Sounds like you are a mis-diagnosed LADA like I was. It's not unusual for new starters on Basal/Bolus to be started on a fixed Bolus regime. To be honest I'm not quite sure why as it's very easy to do carb-counting. This means adjusting the amount of insulin to the carbs in the meal. Talk to your nurse and ask to start carb-counting. My nurse started me from Day1 but she knew I was a bit of a nerd.
 
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