[HelenM]

Three years ago when i was diagnosed I was taking about 40 units TDD.
I gradually reduced it, exercising a bit more. I have never reduced carbs (varies 90-160) a day . By April this year, I was taking 30-32 units (16 lantus), which is about .5u per Kg bodyweight. I was also getting daily hypos (sometimes several a day)(HBA1c 4.9%)
Since April on a pump with Apidra I've continued cutting back now its an average of just under 24 a day. Yesterday I forgot to bolus at lunchtime (45 carbs) but by dinner BS was at 55 mg/dl so yesterday I only took 19u. with BS under 100 all day. I'm doing a lfair amount of exercise at the moment but I did the same last year with a third more insulin.

When I originally had diabetic symtoms (weight loss, drinking
etc) I ignored them and was able to function for 3 years with fluctuating mild symptoms followed by second bout of weight loss ending with hospitlisation with high BS and ketones . Even so my HBA1c on diagnosis was only 7.6% but my C peptide test showed almost no insulin.

I sometimes wonder if my body has some sort of cycle of losing islet cells,followed by regeneration and then the cycle starts again. Is tis reallly possible, could it continue indefinitely?