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Honeymoon

I’m a 43 year old male, diagnosed five months ago with type 1. I appear to have some residual islet cell function at this time and have many questions.

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My one year old son, diagnosed with neonatal diabetes, is using an insulin pump and the amount of insulin he needs daily is small (less than 0.25 unit per kilo). The nurse in the endocrine unit says he’s having long honeymoon. I thought honeymoon is typical only for type I diabetes, but he was tested and doesn’t antibodies. Is a honeymoon possible in neonatal diabetes?

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Since my daughter (type 1 diabetes diagnosed with about three months ago) has been on insulin, her blood sugar levels are always either normal or too low. Very rarely do they go too high, and even then it’s only slightly. Is it possible that she was misdiagnosed?

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Do all type 1 diabetics go through a honeymoon period?

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How much insulin should my 14 year old, 128 pound, son be taking when his honeymoon is over? How do we know when the honeymoon is over? What is the average amount of insulin he should be taking? Should his pre-diagnosis tests be repeated?

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Nine months after his diagnosis with type 1, my son had a viral illness, after which his insulin requirements dropped significantly. Coupled with three negative antibody tests, could my son have type 1B or be treated with an oral medication? Or, is it just his honeymoon?

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Diagnosed 19 months ago, my daughter has excellent control so the doctor suggested we stop insulin. Her blood sugars are still in range, but is this stressing her pancreas? Do positive autoimmune antibodies confirm this as type 1?

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My son was diagnosed with type 1 with a high blood sugar. He was negative for all antibodies tested and his fasting blood sugars are mostly below 100 mg/dl [5.6 mmol/L]. Is he just honeymooning? Are there additional tests to determine if he has some other type of diabetes?

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Could my son still be in his honeymoon after three years? He has been taking the same amount of fast-acting insulin since diagnosis.

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When my son was diagnosed with diabetes, I was told it would take a few weeks to get it under control. It’s been four months and he has many ups and downs. Am I doing something wrong? How can I achieve better control?

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