Recent Content by jpg

Just read this interesting review of a new book on obesity: eskeptic.com/eskeptic/11-01-05/ (scroll down a bit to find the article) Overturns conventional wisdom - seems to support my own anecdotal findings. jpg

It's some while since I posted here but glad to report that the doc thinks I have probably lost enough weight, so he has put me back on the 5mcg dose. I am now at 80 kg from a start of 104 kg last April. My BMI is still a bit high for my liking (28kg/m²) and the weight loss has flattened over...

Nearly 5 months on Byetta now and I still have the slight underlying nausea, mainly in the morning. It's not that bad that it affects me too much and I have only actually thrown up twice. My tastes have changed,; food I used to love such as eggs, bacon, Marmite I just can't face in the...

The Byetta PIL states that the two daily Byetta doses should be taken with 60 minutes before the two main meals of the day and at least 6 hours apart. I have recently been getting what can only be called morning sickness. I feel slightly queasy when I wake up and don’t feel much like...

I'm guessing that some of the £70 cost of the Byetta pen should be factored in - I know weight loss is a side-effect but we all know that some medicos prescribe Byetta as much for its appettite suppressant as its antidiabetic properties. jpg

I was a first timer about 12 weeks ago after being on Lantus and Novorapid for some years. I have now kicked the insulin and have numbers almost entirely between 4.5 and 7.0 and I have no hypos. Best of all, I have lost nearly 2 stone down from 16st 6lb to 14st 9lb. My BMI is just about to...

Re: VICTOZA Jackie, I don't know about you but with waking values like 3.9 I would be diving into the glucose tablet store pretty smartish. Values of 5ish to 7ish sound more like "normal" - at least similar to my normal waking values. Obviously, if you are at all concerned, please contact...

My Byetta pen has the usual bubble - not a problem - but it also has a number of particles floating in it. The Byetta is otherwise clear and it appears to be working ok. Do you think I should let the diabetic clinic know about this?

There's a lot wwrong with nutrition labelling and not just from the POV of diabetics. Why just put (simple) sugars on the front of packaging, when all carbohydrates are sugars and all will end up as glucose in your body anyway, even non-diabetics looking after their weight would want to know...

Does tissue damage occur with sustained high values, or or can accumulated shorter periods of high blood glucose be just as hazardous? If the latter, the duration of accumulated high BG could be mathematically calculated from the average and SD. I agree with Ken that frequent testing is...

I am electrical engineer and occasionally have need to use statistical tools in the course of my work. Apart from the generally well understood stats concepts such as the mean (average) of a set of readings, there is also the standard deviation (SD). I don't want to bore people with a load of...

My nurse specialist at the hospital prescribed Byetta for me even though officially the only criterion I met was the BMI of 35 Kg/m². I have to thank her for that as I can honestly say that this drug is the best thing since not having diabetes. Thanks also to my GP who finally got the...

Absolutely no need to, Ken. I think we just get our information from different sources and have different experiences, and there is not a consensus even amongst the professionals in some cases - carb/low carb is a case in point. Maybe I have been lucky. I guess entrusting valuable medications...

Sorry Ken, I have to disagree with you there. I'm pretty certain that nowadays commercial aircraft holds are heated - not to the same extent as the passenger cabin but enough to stop liquids freezing. If there are live animals in the hold the heating will be somewhat more. The problem with...

jane22 I travel a lot on business and I'm hoping that Byetta will be easier to handle when changing time zones than the insulin I was on previously. Also don't forget to get a doctor's letter stating that you need to carry needles on to the plane, although I guess depending on the flight you...