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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2290947" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi Rose, obviously you would need to test, test, test but don't be afraid of the thought of hypo's. I was, at the start to the extent that I didn't even go to work for a month because I thought I would drop to the floor at any moment, I rushed to the shop & back out of fear I would fall into Sainsbury's fridge freezer, etc. I laugh about it now (3 years later). I do go lower than 4 sometimes but usually feel it and correct and even when I don't feel it quickly enough I have noticed that when it drops into the 3s it actually goes up a point on its own, meaning my body is still able to react to a low by releasing glucose. I do not rely on this of course because a low can be dangerous and so I do treat it BUT I no longer let it rule my every move and when I calculate my insulin dose I do it to try and keep my levels within range rather than worry about going too low. You will get to a stage where you are confident in how your body reacts and will probably find your body actually works to an extent in slightly adjusting glucose levels especially if you are in the honeymoon period. My experience is that if I take too much insulin my body still releases glucose to combat it and if I don't take enough I am convinced it uses whatever insulin I still produce to level it up. Others are different but this is just to give you more confidence that the chances are you won't drop to the floor immediately the second you drop into the 3s. Obviously your requirements re insulin and the honeymoon period will change at some point but at the start of my diagnosis, the honeymoon period did help me to regulate my levels and to worry less about hypos whilst managing and gaining an understanding of what was going on. x</p></blockquote><p></p>

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