Re: Anyone use Byetta?
Hi all, havnt been on for a while, just been getting on with life as it were. Had my final Byetta review last monday. Took a printout from my meter and showed it to the team. They were mildly impressed. For my part seeing all the other poor souls who were at various stages of getting into Byetta from insulin in a lot of cases made me just so glad that i crossed when i did and went low carb at the same time. I deliberately asked what the team advised for the "plate", the normal line about carbs was offered. I then told them that i was following the original low carb advice pre 1970s and had lost over 2 stone since April this year. i also threw in that i had never felt better in years. Several round the table looked at me as though i was mad. We then had a 1to 1 session where the spec nurse said that i should drop the Gliclazide down to 40mg ie half a tab once a day. To be honest i havnt taken it since and am still returning bs readings of 4-5 which must mean my pancreas is still working to some degree. I went to Opticians today for annual check up and he was very clued up on the Diabetic implications and even wanted to know if i had a retina photo.
As i see it there is only one draw back to all this healthyness and that is that i shall almost certainly need new trousers by Christmas, all my tops and tees are now nicely baggey.
Dave P
Hi all, havnt been on for a while, just been getting on with life as it were. Had my final Byetta review last monday. Took a printout from my meter and showed it to the team. They were mildly impressed. For my part seeing all the other poor souls who were at various stages of getting into Byetta from insulin in a lot of cases made me just so glad that i crossed when i did and went low carb at the same time. I deliberately asked what the team advised for the "plate", the normal line about carbs was offered. I then told them that i was following the original low carb advice pre 1970s and had lost over 2 stone since April this year. i also threw in that i had never felt better in years. Several round the table looked at me as though i was mad. We then had a 1to 1 session where the spec nurse said that i should drop the Gliclazide down to 40mg ie half a tab once a day. To be honest i havnt taken it since and am still returning bs readings of 4-5 which must mean my pancreas is still working to some degree. I went to Opticians today for annual check up and he was very clued up on the Diabetic implications and even wanted to know if i had a retina photo.
As i see it there is only one draw back to all this healthyness and that is that i shall almost certainly need new trousers by Christmas, all my tops and tees are now nicely baggey.
Dave P