• Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
  • Screening for type 1 diabetes: We now have a new forum section which is for parents who, after having their child screened for type 1, have received a positive result that at some stage their child will be diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Where possible, please do offer your support and experiences of having a child diagnosed. https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/forums/screening-for-type-1-community-chat.59/
  • We seem to be having technical difficulties with new user accounts. If you are trying to register please check your Spam or Junk folder for your confirmation email. If you still haven't received a confirmation email, please reach out to our support inbox: support.forum@diabetes.org.uk

Coming out of Honeymoon

Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
A

Adrasteia

Active Member
Relationship to Diabetes
Parent of person with diabetes
Hi All,

Based on his recent, pretty abysmal, numbers and rising insulin requirements our consultant thinks Adam is coming out of honeymoon.

How long does it normally take for things to settle back down? At the moment we don't seem to be able to keep up with his ratio changes and his basal needs have almost tripled.

Thanks,

Michelle
 
I don't think there ever was an obvious moment when my daughter stopped honeymooning, her insulin requirements have just risen gradually all the time. Don't worry, just keep working on it, it's mighty frustrating sometimes I know! Are you able to make dose adjustments yourself or do you have to refer to your medical team all the time? If you're doing them yourself then it's just a case of keep slowly adjusting I'm afraid. And as children are continually growing it's a constant battle!
 
Good luck Michelle and Adam 🙂 I suspect it's one of those 'length of a piece of string' things, particularly in a young, growing child - hope you can get some sort of stability and happy medium soon, especially given how active he is! My 'honeymoon' went in reverse, with declining insulin requirements, but I am obviously very different.

The DF has asked me to issue a disclaimer and says she has nothing to do with it! 😱 😉
 
Thanks Sally, yep we can just adjust ourselves but previously we've just had to make minor mods to ratios, not big basal changes. We've been told only half a unit at a time and wait a couple of days for any changes to bed in but that's tricky when he's in the high teens all night and the basal change seems to make no difference. We're correcting all the time! It's like a seesaw - the nights improve and the days go to pot! :D

Northerner - you tell that fairy she'd better stay south of the border for a while...
 
South of the Equator wouldn't be far enough away for me!😛
 
Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
Back
Top