In this episode of Defining Diabetes, Jenny Smith and I are going to define honeymooning.

Yes, that odd and unpredictable time in Type 1 diabetes.

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to always consult a physician before becoming bold with insulin or making any changes to your medical plan. Can you please define honeymooning?

That's a good one.

So honeymooning is essentially the time period after diagnosis for people with type 1 diabetes.

When the pancreas is still really able to produce an amount of insulin, which decreases

your overall insulin need in that early phase after diagnosis.

And early phase could be defined by two months.

It could be defined as maybe even up to a year.

Some people may honeymoon.

Essentially you have lower insulin needs,

you respond to insulin better.

Some people also find that with better upfront glucose control after diagnosis, honeymoon lasts longer because the pancreatic beta cells are not stressed with the injected or pumped insulin so they don't have as much

work to do to keep blood sugar down and respond. You may honeymoon longer the

better control you have post diagnosis.

Okay.

Now for those of you who are married, I think the reason honeymooning has been applied to the

part of diabetes when you're, you know, pancreas is still helping out a little bit and giving you a break

is it's not so much that you can call it a honeymoon which obviously is defined

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