Ever changing.....

[sharp00782]

Hi All,

Hope you are well. Just wanted to ask any of you if your diabetes (T1) changes on a regular basis? Just for example, I no longer require any basal insulin. Go to sleep at around 7 and wake up around 8. Stays stable all day, just need to bolus for food?

 

[nonethewiser]

Hi All,

Hope you are well. Just wanted to ask any of you if your diabetes (T1) changes on a regular basis? Just for example, I no longer require any basal insulin. Go to sleep at around 7 and wake up around 8. Stays stable all day, just need to bolus for food?

Former admin @Northerner is type 1 & no longer takes basal insulin, think he stopped some 8 years back from memory.

 

[Tdm]

Hi All,

Hope you are well. Just wanted to ask any of you if your diabetes (T1) changes on a regular basis? Just for example, I no longer require any basal insulin. Go to sleep at around 7 and wake up around 8. Stays stable all day, just need to bolus for food?

Yes. My basal does that sort of thing too...between zero and 4 units per 24 hours

 

[PhoebeC]

Mine changes every 2 weeks based on my menstrual cycle.
We all vary and yes I have heard of others who only need insulin for food.

 

[Northerner]

Hi All,

Hope you are well. Just wanted to ask any of you if your diabetes (T1) changes on a regular basis? Just for example, I no longer require any basal insulin. Go to sleep at around 7 and wake up around 8. Stays stable all day, just need to bolus for food?

Yes, that's me 🙂 I stopped needing basal insulin (lantus) about 4 years after diagnosis (well-remembered @nonethewiser 🙂 ) I started on 18 units, but over the years found I needed less and less. I reduced down to 2 units but was still waking in low 4s so decided to try without (told my consultant!) and haven't needed it since, now 12 years 🙂 I currently wake around 7.0. Have you had a C-peptide test? If not, ask your consultant for one. It measures how much of your own insulin you are producing. Most Type 1s produce some insulin still, but I produce more than 95% of them 🙂 We're all different, but it sounds like you may be similar to me 🙂 I still use novorapid for food, about 20 units a day 🙂

I have encountered maybe half a dozen other people on the forum over the years who do not need basal, it's rare, but perfectly possible and normal 🙂

 

[Tdm]

Yup, you need what you need