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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2082104" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>Yes, it's very tricky at first. In the honeymoon phase you are still producing insulin until you're not. So you have to go easy at first because insulin forces your blood sugar down and too much, you will drop too low and it can be dangerous. So you have to learn what works and it will keep changing over some period of time.</p><p></p><p>You can get an emergency glycogen shot to keep on hand in case of a really bad low.</p><p></p><p>In a child generally it develops over weeks to months, in an adult it takes months to years. Generally it's a gene we inherit that makes us susceptible to type 1. As an adult when we get it, it is usually called LADA and is a much slower developing type 1. We are often misdiagnosed as type 2's because it isn't so obvious. I am saying this because I would be watchful of your husbands diagnosis as a type 2. Type 1 and type 2 are different conditions, type 2 is insulin resistant and type 1 is autoimmune.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2082104, member: 475037"] Yes, it's very tricky at first. In the honeymoon phase you are still producing insulin until you're not. So you have to go easy at first because insulin forces your blood sugar down and too much, you will drop too low and it can be dangerous. So you have to learn what works and it will keep changing over some period of time. You can get an emergency glycogen shot to keep on hand in case of a really bad low. In a child generally it develops over weeks to months, in an adult it takes months to years. Generally it's a gene we inherit that makes us susceptible to type 1. As an adult when we get it, it is usually called LADA and is a much slower developing type 1. We are often misdiagnosed as type 2's because it isn't so obvious. I am saying this because I would be watchful of your husbands diagnosis as a type 2. Type 1 and type 2 are different conditions, type 2 is insulin resistant and type 1 is autoimmune. [/QUOTE]
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