Recent Content by jane22

Hi Kurvez I hope you do well on your medication. I am stunned that you were given Byetta so soon after diagnosis. I use it but from the time that the surgery nurse suggested it might be a good idea until I actually got it was about 7 months. I had to see a consultant and then wait for a training...

How long have you been diagnosed? I too take Metformin and Byetta and also Gliclazide. I'm hoping that before long I can come right off the gliclazide, it has been reduced by half and I do get hypos fairly often. However doc wants me to stay on it until I have lost another couple of stone. One...

I can't see the point in using 2 pens either. Just go for it. I had a couple of weeks of nausea but you already know you have to reduce portions and that helps along with things like ginger tea. Also your pen is set to deliver 60 doses over a 30 day period, yes there is a little left at the end...

My GP prescribes 2 pens at a time to last me 60 days. They are expensive and so to have 2 going at once is wasteful and abusing the NHS. Obviously you haven't done that on purpose. Each time when I take in the script to the chemist I take 1 and then he orders the other a month later when I need it.

If I think it's going to be warm I keep my pen in a Frio pouch and find it very good. I spend quite a lot of time in hot countries and either use the frio or pop it in the fridge. I don't have any problem with injecting it cold.

Don't be despondant GC because I'm sure they will be able to help you. I had a really bad patch and felt dreadful although my BG's were in the teens so goodness knows how you must be feeling in the 20's. You do have to help yourself as well though and that isn't easy when you feel like you do...

Hi Gingercat, good luck with your appointment on Wednesday. I was feeling like you too but am much better now my meds are sorted and I am once again in control. I take Metformin and have Glucophage SR. Glucophage is I believe the original medicine and all the others are copies and therefore...

Hi, I use Byetta and have had a few hypos. I manage it now by having small mid morning and afternoon snacks, Either a piece of fruit and/or an oatcake with a small cube of cheese. It helps me avoid them. When I was first prescribed Byetta my consultant said to reduce the gliclazide and not the...

Sorry to hear you feel so fed up. I'm sure someone will come along who is much more knowledgable about food than me but I really think you should be eating 3 meals a day even if they are small ones. If you don't eat breakfast your BG will most probably go up. For me jacket potatoes are...

Hi, I agree you need to get back to your doc or DSN. I see you have a sweet tooth (and me) but what about all the other carbs you eat. If you post your diet for a day here there are some knowledgable folk who may be able to suggest some changes which would help you. Many seem to find that when...

If you telephone the hospital and ask to speak to the consultants secretary she/he will be able to give you an idea. If you are in the position to accept a last minute/short notice cancellation you could also make that known to the secretary.

Hi. I can't help wondering if injecting after a meal is hindering the way Byetta works and could possibly be why your levels are not coming down. I was told to inject up to an hour before food and absolutely not during or after a meal, it works I am told when it detects a rise in blood glucose...

Hi Wirral, have you reduced the carbs you eat? My BG dropped dramatically almost as soon as I started Byetta but at the same time I used the reduction in appetite to drastically rethink my menus and cut out most of the carbs I eat. I have read and was told that you need a few to make the Byetta...

I'm glad you are feeling better, has the pain in your feet gone? I didn't get any ringing in my ears, best to read through the patient information leaflet and see if it mentions it. The trouble is it's very easy to blame everything on a drug! :?

My son is a fit, healthy young man and has regularly given blood for a few years. At the moment he is living in Switzerland and tried to give blood there, however he was turned away because he lived in UK between certain dates. I think it was 1990 -96. He was told there was a risk anyone living...