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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 527103" data-source="post: 2540438">Maybe we have a different definition of "honeymoon" but just because you are now on insulin does not mean the "honeymoon period" is over. This is the period during which your body produces some insulin before the insulin producing cells all die off. I have heard that taking insulin can protect some of these cells and prolong their lives so I am surprised when doctors hold back on starting insulin. I was diagnosed with Type 1 in my mid 30s. According to some definitions, this was LADA. I was given insulin from the start and found that my injected insulin dose rose slowly over 8 years as more of those cells died off. After 8 years, my insulin needs remain the same. I cannot comment on using type 2 drugs as I never had any. However, with regard to weight gain, this is something that I have not experienced in nearly 20 years of injecting insulin. This is no surprise as my understanding is that it is excess insulin which causes weight gain and not experiencing any insulin resistance means I have no excess insulin. I realise some people do experience weight gain and insulin resistance. I guess this is another case of "we are all different".  But Metfomin and Trulicity are not required by many of us with Type 1 diabetes even if we were diagnosed as adults.</blockquote>

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