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Wait. You can survive with T1 for two years without insulin, 50% chance? Your pancreas must be still working, but when it totally stops producing insulin, I'd g
by pimeys 3y ago
Wait. You can survive with T1 for two years without insulin, 50% chance? Your pancreas must be still working, but when it totally stops producing insulin, I'd give you maybe a week before going to a coma.
If I unplug my insulin pump, I will feel very sick after 24 hours and probably go to a coma from ketoacidosis after a few days.
- dur-randir 3y agoThat's data from early 20th century, so take it with some grain of salt. Nobody would redo proper double-blinded trials nowdays :) Maybe it was measured from the onset, when you still had some b-cells active? Furthermore, people live with 20-30 mmol/L, so it might be not a week even with zero production - our body's adaptability is huge.