#241 Defining Diabetes: Honeymooning
Scott Benner
Defining Diabetes: HoneyMooning
Scott and Jenny Smith, CDE define the terms at the center of your type 1 diabetes care
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Scott Benner 0:00
In this episode of defining diabetes, Jenny Smith and I are going to define honeymooning. Yes, that odd and unpredictable time in type one diabetes. Defining diabetes is made possible by dexcom on the pod and dancing for diabetes, hang out for just a couple moments after Jenny and I define bazel and find out more about them all. Please remember that nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast should be considered advice medical or otherwise, the Always consult a physician before becoming bold with insulin or making any changes to your medical plan. Can you please define honeymooning?
Jennifer Smith, CDE 0:37
That's a good one. So honeymooning is essentially the time period after diagnosis. For people with type one 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 means 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 breath 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.
Scott Benner 1:43
Now, for those of you who are married, I think the reason honeymooning has been applied to the part of diabetes when your 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 online as a vacation spent together by a newly married couple. But it's because it's so that you can one day say the honeymoon is over. That's That's why we I think why we call honeymooning in diabetes. So it's so that one day you can make that statement and really feel the weight of it. For those who have been married for a very long time, I feel like you already understand what I'm saying. But for those of you who are still young and hopeful and excited or newly married, you know there will be a time when it'll be exciting to see your husband get tired and fall asleep before you keep like Oh thank God that guy's gonna leave me alone tonight. Right like like that's when you know the honeymoons over? We think a vacation is you know, just taking a day off from work and not going anywhere and sitting around you don't care anymore. I heard somebody say once when you're buying your underwear at a big box store, you know you've been married for quite some time. So I think that is the idea and it is important to to realize that in the beginning you know we always say you need to be a little more careful with insulin because it's possible you could give yourself insulin during the honeymoon period and then your pancreas could like wake up and go hey here Did you need some insulin? right and and that makes honeymooning difficult I often tell people I as crazy as it sounds, it's gonna get easier when the honeymoons over, because at least there's stability that you can that you can expect. Get. Unknown. Yeah, right. It's the unknown. So why? Yeah, because right. So, again, if you're disappointed that your husband forgot your birthday, your honeymoon is over. When you come to expect that he's gonna forget your birthday. That's when you're cruising along with diabetes Berry. That's easy. I like that. You don't want to miss the diabetes pro tip series that Jenny and I did recently. It begins back in Episode 210. with diabetes pro tip newly diagnosed starting over after that it's Episode 211. All About MDI Episode 212. All About insulin. In Episode 217. We talked about Pre-Bolus Singh in 218 Temp Basal in 219. Insulin pumping into 24. Or mastering your CGM into 25. bumping and nudging into 26. The perfect Bolus and into 31. We talked about variables. The latest installment just went up a few days ago, and it's about setting your basal rates. Defining diabetes on the Juicebox Podcast is brought to you by Dexcom on the pod and dancing for diabetes, there are links in the show notes and Juicebox podcast.com to all the wonderful sponsors. But if you want to find out more about getting a free, no obligation demos the AMI pod you can go to my omnipod.com forward slash juice box to get started on the dexcom g six continuous glucose monitor dexcom.com forward slash juice box and to learn about the goods that's being done at dancing for diabetes, go to dancing the number four diabetes.com Thanks Checking out the finding diabetes. Come back every Friday as Jenny and I break down a new word or phrase that is impacting your life with type one diabetes.
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