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I hate to think what my printout wouls say :D Probably lay off the big macs lol
 
Northerner said:
To be honest, it's fairly clear I'm getting a 'helping hand'. My basal insulin is currently 4 units, which is around 14% of my total daily dose. The average (I think) for Type 1s is that 40-50% of your total daily dose is basal insulin, so I must be getting a fair whack from my own pancreas. This probably helps smooth the upper levels quite a lot, and I suspect that it is also what keeps me rock-steady overnight.

So, it's part of me, but not within my control! I'm going to ask the consultant about it tomorrow. 🙂
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Alan, sorry I have to ask as I am soooo confused...I thought T1 was when your pancreas doesn't work at all.....isn't it???
 
imtrying said:
Alan, sorry I have to ask as I am soooo confused...I thought T1 was when your pancreas doesn't work at all.....isn't it???
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Indeed it is. I was diagnosed when I ended up in hospital with DKA. However, it is thought that I was a LADA/slow-onset Type 1 and it would appear that I gradually began to recover some beta cell function. When diagnosed I was on 20 units of lantus - now I'm on 4. I was also on about 40 units of novorapid - now I'm on about 24. So it looks like my pancreas has managed to recover a bit and I'm still effectively a slow-onset. None of this has been proven, it's just supposition - I'd probably need a C-peptide test to see if I have any home-grown insulin still.

Actually, there is a study in the US of long-term Type 1s who have lived with diabetes for over 50 years with no complications and it has been found that some of them (not all) are still producing small amounts of insulin.
 
Well done Northerner. Fantastic numbers. They will be so pleased with you tomorrow.
 
Very well done Northerner 🙂

Gill
 
Northerner said:
I hope people don't mind me showing off a bit, I know lots have real problems with their BG control and I'm aware I have a much easier time of it 😱

I have my 6 monthly review tomorrow so I printed off my meter report for the past 14 days for the consultant:

My target range is 3.9 mmol/l-7.8 mmol/l
I tested 80 times (5.7 per day average)
1 test was above range (an 8.0 mmol/l)
4 tests were below range (lowest 3.2 mmol/l)
93.8% of tests were in target range
Standard Deviation is - 0.9 😱

Think he'll be pleased! :D
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Serious question here, do you think you could still be in the honeymoon period after 3 years?

Other than that those numbers are really good northerner🙂
 
toby said:
Serious question here, do you think you could still be in the honeymoon period after 3 years?

Other than that those numbers are really good northerner🙂
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Seems unlikely as it's 3.5 years now and things seem to have been improving rather than gradually declining. I would also have thought that a honeymoon period would be more likely to lead to erratic and unpredictable results if my pancreas was 'spluttering'.

I guess I'm just weird! :D
 
Great results Alan, you're doing something - or several things - right!

Richard
 
Great results.... So what do u eat and how do u manage to be so good?
 
Northerner said:
Seems unlikely as it's 3.5 years now and things seem to have been improving rather than gradually declining. I would also have thought that a honeymoon period would be more likely to lead to erratic and unpredictable results if my pancreas was 'spluttering'.

I guess I'm just weird! :D
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Probably not then. The reason I asked was because a lady in her 20's on the dafne course I attended had very low insulin levels and rarely went into double figures, the nurse thought even after 2 years she could be in an extended honeymoon period saying it is known for some to go as long as 4 years.

Your certainly not weird and most of us would love control like that🙂
 
Congratulation Alan!

(she said bitterly through gritted teeth as she slunk off to find the cat so she could kick it .....)



(Joke, before you report me to the RSPCA :D)
 
Northerner said:
Indeed it is. I was diagnosed when I ended up in hospital with DKA. However, it is thought that I was a LADA/slow-onset Type 1 and it would appear that I gradually began to recover some beta cell function. When diagnosed I was on 20 units of lantus - now I'm on 4. I was also on about 40 units of novorapid - now I'm on about 24. So it looks like my pancreas has managed to recover a bit and I'm still effectively a slow-onset. None of this has been proven, it's just supposition - I'd probably need a C-peptide test to see if I have any home-grown insulin still.

Actually, there is a study in the US of long-term Type 1s who have lived with diabetes for over 50 years with no complications and it has been found that some of them (not all) are still producing small amounts of insulin.
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oh thanks for explaining Alan...sorry, I didn't mean to intrude into the details though! I was just struggling with the whole pancreas working thing & wondered if there was yet more that I didn't understand/know!!
 
imtrying said:
oh thanks for explaining Alan...sorry, I didn't mean to intrude into the details though! I was just struggling with the whole pancreas working thing & wondered if there was yet more that I didn't understand/know!!
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Don't worry - even my consultant isn't surprised by hearing new things about diabetes these days! 🙂
 
well done alan x
 
imtrying said:
so, does that mean you're type 1.5?? or were? or will be??? :confused: or we can't say T1 means your pancreas doesn't work at all??!
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I think it's one of those things where the huge complexity of human beings means that there are very few clear-cut cases, with some very unusual and unexpected ones at the fringes. I guess you might say that I am Type 1.5 with a semi-functioning pancreas (although even that hasn't been proven - I may not be producing any natural insulin at all, don;t know without the tests). Fortunately for me though my consultant is happy for me to stay on the insulin as it clearly works so well for me. He did say that some people in my situation might have been put on insulin at diagnosis, but then taken off it when it became clear that I had some recovery - something he thought to be a bad idea. The alternative for me might have been to take me off insulin and put me on suphonylureas to squeeze more insulin out of my beta cells - which would probably have meant much worse control and the eventual complete failure of my pancreas.
 
Absolutely fantastic results! I wonder if your consulyant makes any use of your 'tactics; to pass on to other patients?

I have tried the '15 minutes before eating' tactic, but its a bit variable, certainly if I'm below 5.5 I would prabably hypo, but I always do if I'm high, so it's a useful tip

Keep up the good work!
 
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