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Yes, we do follow on your advice, having said that like you it is nearly 14 years since original diagnosis, where I rapidly lost 25 Kilos weight in 2 months, and at christmas too. The advice I remember at that time was to have plenty of carbs, and advised to avoid the obvious sugary foods (not...

Cugila thats a fair question. On diet I am really lucky, my wife is a qualified dietician, although no longer practising. We are not strict on diet per se, having said that I avoid the obvious things that I should and dont drink. If Im guilty of anything it may be too much carb, something I...

Jane, your comments about the beta cells are interesting, nobody has mentioned that to me in the entire trial, although I did read something about it a couple of weeks ago. The way the doctor described the issue with Byetta/Insulin is that it is uncharted territory, and the longer term impact of...

The hospital control was the disappointing part of the trial, it was noticed that my Hba1 was slipping at my last (early July) appointment, however I was advised to continue with the Byetta trial. By August I was getting consistently high bg levels so went to my GP for advice, who referred me...

Im one of the fortunate few who was on an insulin/byetta trial through (Name of Hospital removed) hospital. Its important to note that Byetta is still NOT licensed for use with insulin in the UK. For first month I started on 5Microgramme doses, with long lasting insulin (insulatard), and found...