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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UK T1" data-source="post: 2270371" data-attributes="member: 503751">Hi, just read your other thread re honeymoon and insulin doses. It isn't really something anyone on here can answer, other than sharing their experience, but then diabetes is very very different for different people. I have no idea re your weight loss and diagnosis. When I was diagnosed I hadn't lost weight (eating enough for a rugby team saw to that, as my mother so kindly reminds me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":joyful:" title="Joyful    :joyful:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":joyful:" /> but I was admitted to HDU for about a week with DKA. My HbA1c was one of the highest my clinic said they'd seen, and so they thought I'd had it for at least 10+months. As such, I did not seem to have any honeymoon phase. I don't know whether I would have done if I had been diagnosed earlier. Re insulin doses, I take a different basal from you, but at roughly the same mass as you, I take a total of 14u levemir a day. This is not an indication of my insulin production (tests say this is non existent). It will partly depend on your exercise levels, other conditions and diet. Everyone is different so has to manage their diabetes differently. While there are average guidelines for doses, there will always be people who need more, or less than those guidelines. I do a fair bit of exercise which makes you more sensitive to the insulin you inject. I also don't have any other conditions which might increase insulin resistance. Hearing some stories on here about people who have followed their diabetes team's advice and really struggled to get stable bloods, it sounds like I've been fairly lucky in mostly having expected responses to my meds! The early months will be a steep learning curve, finding the right balance for you. Most people have hypos and hypers galore while they're trying to figure out how their body reacts to different aspects of their lifestyle. While hypos feel horrible, it is also fairly usual, so I would say not conclusive evidence you're in a honeymoon period. Have you got a blood test booked in?</blockquote>

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