Hi Susie.
Glad to hear things seem to have settled down. Just make sure you keep the levels away from the hypo zone (<4 mmol/l). Keep us posted if you have any more problems.
As for Daisy last night....what a girl !!
Jane.
Can I assume as we lose weight we are likely to need less of these drugs? One good thing I have noticed is that as I have lost weight my blood pressure has come down quite a bit almost always being about 120/80 now so I'm hoping that as time goes on I'll be able to reduce those meds too.
You sure can.......your Insulin resistance will reduce and whatever you produce naturally will then also work more efficiently. My weight loss of over 5 1/2 stone certainly helped as well as my reduced carbs, low GI/GL diet regime. That has shown in the fact that now my Byetta has even had to be reduced back down to a 5ug pen because I like, Susie was getting hypos all the time. I was plain and simple overmedicated.
One last question is, does anyone on Byetta take any supplements? I have never taken them as I feel I eat most things i need or at least I used to but now I eat such tiny amounts of food. I have also been reading that metformin users can be short of B12. I'm going to ask for a blood test in September when I have my hba1c to check but I do feel very tired much of the time not just a bit tired but very exhausted so I am considering a multivitamin. What do others think?
My feelings about supplements and Vitamin's are ......
make sure you need them before you either go wasting your money or worrying about whether to take them or not. There have been many discussions on the Forum about various supplements if you do a search with the 'keyword' you should find them.
As for Vitamin B12.....I was shown to be deficient in this and also Potassium after recent anti-Cancer treatment. I was prescribed a Banana and plenty of Coffee each day for the Potassium as they are both high in this and then a prescribed supplement for the B12 'Cyanocobalamin' tablets each day. You can have injections for this but I have had my fill of 'jabs' so opted for the tabs.
I don't like taking anything unless I HAVE to, so that is my view........my personal opinion.
Ken