Like a number of new contributors I have read all of the pages on this thread. Perhaps as long term Type 2 diabetics we have a tendency towards obsession?
My thanks to the providers of the site (who are they by the way?) and all the contributors it’s been very helpful.
I am new to Byetta having just started my first10mg pen.
I am 65 and recently retired. I was first diagnosed 20 years ago and managed 12 years or so with diet control. Once this began to fail it was on to tablets and of course after some time these began to fail to achieve good control as well. Unfortunately, Metformin didn’t work for me.
Currently I just take Gliclazide and the Byetta.
For a few years before Byetta was tried my results ran rather high with HbA1c of between 9 and 10.
In some ways I seem to live in a somewhat different world from many of you.
My results on the 5mg pen only dropped BG from an average of 15 to an average of 12 with a weight loss of only 1K in the month. The worst of the nausea lasted about 10 days (started again now of course)
At least part of the problem is that whilst my diet is generally very good there is one exception and that is Beer, not alcohol in general, but beer. According to all medical opinion, and I’m sure that they are right; I drink too much, a lot too much. It didn’t stop me holding down a professional job all my adult life but there we are.
I am not going to reduce my drinking except to the extent that Byetta reduces my ability to or to enjoy a drink, so far about 4 units a day.
I fully accept that alcohol can and does damage people but also that I have been lucky in this respect.
Clearly my drinking means that real low carbs diet is not an option for me. Because of this I think that my consultant sees putting me on Byetta as a trail run really.
So far the service that I have received has been efficient and cheerful but the advice seems to be totally different from the experience of most of you. The frequency of home blood testing has been described as “once a week to show the trend will do” and the idea that some people actually test for hypos a few hours after eating was virtually laughed at.
Anyway I don’t know why I’m rabbiting on. Many thanks for such a useful board.
My thanks to the providers of the site (who are they by the way?) and all the contributors it’s been very helpful.
I am new to Byetta having just started my first10mg pen.
I am 65 and recently retired. I was first diagnosed 20 years ago and managed 12 years or so with diet control. Once this began to fail it was on to tablets and of course after some time these began to fail to achieve good control as well. Unfortunately, Metformin didn’t work for me.
Currently I just take Gliclazide and the Byetta.
For a few years before Byetta was tried my results ran rather high with HbA1c of between 9 and 10.
In some ways I seem to live in a somewhat different world from many of you.
My results on the 5mg pen only dropped BG from an average of 15 to an average of 12 with a weight loss of only 1K in the month. The worst of the nausea lasted about 10 days (started again now of course)
At least part of the problem is that whilst my diet is generally very good there is one exception and that is Beer, not alcohol in general, but beer. According to all medical opinion, and I’m sure that they are right; I drink too much, a lot too much. It didn’t stop me holding down a professional job all my adult life but there we are.
I am not going to reduce my drinking except to the extent that Byetta reduces my ability to or to enjoy a drink, so far about 4 units a day.
I fully accept that alcohol can and does damage people but also that I have been lucky in this respect.
Clearly my drinking means that real low carbs diet is not an option for me. Because of this I think that my consultant sees putting me on Byetta as a trail run really.
So far the service that I have received has been efficient and cheerful but the advice seems to be totally different from the experience of most of you. The frequency of home blood testing has been described as “once a week to show the trend will do” and the idea that some people actually test for hypos a few hours after eating was virtually laughed at.
Anyway I don’t know why I’m rabbiting on. Many thanks for such a useful board.
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