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Thanks phoenix i knew i was a mess and needed to do something with my lifestyle but when you end up in an ambulance on xmas eve 2007 and wake up in intensive care three days later to be told your diabetic and had technically died twice and was within 30 minutes of a full on diabetic coma which...

I dont low carb as when i was diagnosed it was not mentioned to me i was told to just eat more healthy and exercise which is what i did.I cut out all the **** ie sweets crisps,fry ups,chips fizzy drinks etc.I also have a breakfast something i never had and i went from 21.5 stone to 12.5 stone...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Thanks for the link lads appreciated.

Re: Anyone use Byetta? I have been on Byetta now since i was diagnosed christmas eve 2007 i also take 3 1000mg of metformin to go with it,i have to say i have had no real problems or side effects with it and all my readings are good,i was with my endocrinoligist about a month ago and he is...

Re: our own success stories As someone who has followed a basically balanced diet, when diagnosed a little over 18 months ago i weighed 21.5 stone on admission to hospital my blood sugars were 96.4 and to put it bluntly i was a mess (i came round three days later in intensive care to be told i...

I get a bar in aldi its 85% cocoa and not too bad either also it comes in five individually wrapped bars.

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi i have been on byetta since i was first diagnosed 24/12/07,not quite two years but not far off of it as you can see by the date not a great christmas :cry: as i came round three days later in intensive care to be told i had died at one stage and also had about...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? I am slightly confused by some of the information on here regarding lo carb diets,when i was diagnosed the dietician and my consultant endocrinologist told me to eat pasta and wholegrain bread and plenty of fruit and veg fish and potatoes and if i'm having chips only oven...

I did not realise you have to pay for test strips,diabetes is classed as a long term illness here in ireland and all my drugs and paraphenalia are free including test strips lancets etc.I would have thought the uk is the same.

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Thanks for the welcome Dennis i dont think my reading is any sort of record but it is scary,my consultant told me he had a patient in London at 150 seven times he had to be resuscitated.Although when i was told my blood sugars were 96.4 i was thinking that body...

Re: Anyone use Byetta? Hi i am from Waterford in Ireland and was diagnosed type 2 on Christmas Eve 2007.I did not know anything about it until i came round in intensive care three days later to be told that i had died but got me back (obviously as i am still here) there worry was i had about 30...