I don't want to rain on your parade(feel free to throw tomatos
) , Tony, but I think it's best to veer on the side of caution in this situation. I can see how not needing insuln or meds is possible for a type 2 who eats an extremely healthy diet and who exercises regularly. However, if you were diagonesed as Type 1, the probability of you never needing insulin again is very, very slim. Type 1s are insulin dependent...we cannot live w/o administering insulin, via injection, to ourselves
. Eventually, a type 1 will go into DKA, a coma, and die.
I don't know how to explain what is going on
. It could be that you are still honeymooning and there might be a bit more insulin being produced, but I think usually this does come to an end and you will need to start back up on insulin eventually. I don't know if you have spoken to your medical doctor about this
, but I would not make any drastic changes w/o discussing things with him or her. I've heard other peoples' expereiences where they wanted to stop or didn't think that they needed to take insulin during the honeymoon period, but the advice given them was that it was not recommended
:. They found that the people who stopped insulin eventually did need it again and when they did, their diabetes was even harder to control
.
I think it would be truly awesome if you were one of the few, but lucky, who never have to return to insulin injections again in life. I would be very happy for you
. I certainly hope that's the case, but I think we do have to be realistic and careful as well
.
I hope you will keep us posted. Take care of yourself
!
