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Yikes - is this the end of the honeymoon period?
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<blockquote data-quote="AJB_81" data-source="post: 1696990" data-attributes="member: 395521"><p>Hi sololite, this is really interesting! First thing to say is I hope this isn't the end of your honeymoon! </p><p>I'm currently a fellow honeymooner and have been managing my condition for about a year now too. Rather than have high basal I've been having fast acting insulin with every meal and only a small amount of long lasting. Not sure I quite get this LADA and 1.5 diabetes stuff. If at diagnosis you've got the dreaded antibodies it's just a matter of time until the beta cells are not destroyed. My c-peptide levels at diagnosis were at the bottom end of normal so I started insulin when in a daily food pancreas. My philosophy has been to maintain a good fasting BG, so basically in range when I wake up, and back in range 2 hrs after food - I always try and avoid peaking over 10 mmol/l. The ratio I work with is 1 unit for 25g carbs. So far so good with this philosophy. I have 2 units Levemir in the morning and 2 at night. Generally, depending on carbs at meal times, I end up having about 8 units fast acting. I do run quite a lot too, average ~ 20 miles a week.</p><p>Sorry for the waffle, I just find it fascinating that diabetic experts can give advice for one person to have only long lasting and for another person to work with both?!? You would think there would be text book answers. Prolonging the honeymoon is a funny thing too, nobody really provides guidance on how to do this, only advice I found is the Dr Bairnstain guy. I find his ideas great but I'm still not convinced about the long term effects of LCHF and fueling our bodies on fat as opposed to glucose...</p><p>Anyway best of luck with things, hope you get a bit longer from the honeymoon! I love it! My wife of 10 years is a T1Der, since 4yo, so I know exactly what's coming!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJB_81, post: 1696990, member: 395521"] Hi sololite, this is really interesting! First thing to say is I hope this isn't the end of your honeymoon! I'm currently a fellow honeymooner and have been managing my condition for about a year now too. Rather than have high basal I've been having fast acting insulin with every meal and only a small amount of long lasting. Not sure I quite get this LADA and 1.5 diabetes stuff. If at diagnosis you've got the dreaded antibodies it's just a matter of time until the beta cells are not destroyed. My c-peptide levels at diagnosis were at the bottom end of normal so I started insulin when in a daily food pancreas. My philosophy has been to maintain a good fasting BG, so basically in range when I wake up, and back in range 2 hrs after food - I always try and avoid peaking over 10 mmol/l. The ratio I work with is 1 unit for 25g carbs. So far so good with this philosophy. I have 2 units Levemir in the morning and 2 at night. Generally, depending on carbs at meal times, I end up having about 8 units fast acting. I do run quite a lot too, average ~ 20 miles a week. Sorry for the waffle, I just find it fascinating that diabetic experts can give advice for one person to have only long lasting and for another person to work with both?!? You would think there would be text book answers. Prolonging the honeymoon is a funny thing too, nobody really provides guidance on how to do this, only advice I found is the Dr Bairnstain guy. I find his ideas great but I'm still not convinced about the long term effects of LCHF and fueling our bodies on fat as opposed to glucose... Anyway best of luck with things, hope you get a bit longer from the honeymoon! I love it! My wife of 10 years is a T1Der, since 4yo, so I know exactly what's coming! [/QUOTE]
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