Diabetes & Byetta

so at 10 pm i was at 194 took 40 units of lantus and ate an orange
at 2 am i was 200
at 6:30 am this morning i was at 152

my lantus dose is now at 50% of what is was pre byetta. not any difference
from just taking 60 units yesterday. the only real change is that i took
lantus at bedtime rather than 5 pm like usual.

not great numbers yet but i suspect that they will go down even more today.
i can’t believe that i still have no appetite!!! it looks like the only bad
thing is being tired. i was ready for another nap after i shot the supper
dose but the baby was coming so i stayed up till 11 last night.

i am wondering about the glucophage i take though. it’s 1500 mg at breakfast
and 1000 at supper. since lantus is supposed to have a peak at about 6 hours
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Hopefully others will follow suit to help with medical costs!
Ruby

In Diabetes Today
23-APR-2006
University Will Cut Drug Costs in 2-year Test

DETROIT - Beginning July 1, at least 2,100 diabetic University of
Michigan employees and dependents will receive many of their essential
medicines for free as part of a two-year pilot program.

The university in Ann Arbor, Mich., will waive co-pays for certain
generic prescription drugs that control blood sugar, blood pressure,
cholesterol and depression and reduce the risk of heart and kidney
problems. It will reduce co-pays 25 percent to 50 percent for
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I wish I could quit you

And you would just go away

Someday there WILL be a sure

Oh what a day!

No more pills

No more shots or HbA1

No more finger poking

Won’t that be fun?
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Hello old friend

It’s been awhile

I’m not glad to see you

So forgive me if I forget to smile!

I am not happy to see you at all

Or happy you are back in my life once more I thought that once I told you to
get lost I would never have to deal with you like I did before

I don’t know why things went from suddenly being fabulous To going wrong
like they did All I know is something was not right And my numbers hit the
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Ode to Islets of Langerhans

You are in the pancreas

But for some reason you don’t want to work I’ve got close to a million This
is where the diabetes monster lurks

Discovered in 1869 by the German pathological anatomist Paul Langerhans They
are 1 to 2% of the mass of the pancreas And when they don’t work right They
can be a pain in the ass

So it is to you Islets of Langerhans

That I write this little ditty

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WOW! you go!!!

Congrats on your weight loss.

Dale

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Thanks Andrew

I guess we all are learning somewhat to take control of diabetes and
not let diabetes take control over us. Geez…..I sound like the TV
commercial…am I getting brainwashed….:)

Dale

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Thanks, everyone

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I love twizzlers too. They just came out with the sugar free
strawberry ones. I know we have to watch it with sugar free too. Bu
they were really good for sugar free.

Dale

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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the
Diabetes_And_Byetta group:

How long after starting the 5 mcg did the nausea stop?

o Never had nausea, or had very little.
o 2-4 weeks
o 1-2 months
o more than 3 months
o excuse me, I have to make a run for it

Thanks!