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Permalink Reply by SatansValet on August 14, 2012 at 11:51am

I've been a type 1 for 2 years and on the pump for 9 months, my basal was .6 of Humalog an hour, which just recently went up to .65 an hour. My last blood work showed my insulin production to be juuuuust outside normal range (on the low side, of course) so it looks like my honeymoon period will be ending sooner rather than later.

I'll say this, I'm glad I started on injections because it hammers home the skills you need to learn to control blood sugar successfully. Going onto the insulin pump after that was a breeze for me.

Permalink Reply by Kristin on August 14, 2012 at 12:33pm

I think that the length of the honeymoon partly depends on how you were diagnosed (and probably on a lot of other factors). I was diagnosed in the ER, probably after almost a year of having high blood sugars and not realizing it. So my honeymoon only lasted 3 months. Then my insulin needs doubled (pretty suddenly). I think that my honeymoon would have been longer if I had been diagnosed earlier in the process (i.e. before my immune system killed off most of the insulin production).

I think getting insulin (from injection or pump) does help prolong the honeymoon period compared to people who don't get any insulin in that time.

Permalink Reply by Kate's Mom on August 14, 2012 at 12:46pm

My daughter was dx's Dec. 2010 and we have not been told that she is out of her honeymoon stage. She's been on the pump since May 2011. Her basal rates are 1 unit or less throughout the day.

Pump and cgm have definitely helped!

Permalink Reply by Kristin on August 14, 2012 at 12:54pm

It's hard to compare basal rates as it is so different from person to person before and after the honeymoon phase. My rates are still less that 1 unit per hour throughout the day, but they used to be a lot lower during the honeymoon phase. I have been diabetic for 9 years.

Permalink Reply by M on August 20, 2012 at 11:23am

diagnosed in February this year.
on a pump/CGM since April.
honeymooning in a very sporadic way, good/bad days, difficult to tell them apart.
in the DiaPep277 study... so, who knows?
basal .175 u/h

but i use about 1/3 - 1/2 of the insulin as i did with the MDI
the CGM (as much of a pain in the ass as it is) has caught 6 overnight lows

Permalink Reply by Mike S. on August 25, 2012 at 8:54am

sounds like you are on target. you have four months of data stored and you should see some trends now. sure beats mdi, eh?