Of course, since Byetta, I have been eating fruits 2-3 per day.
Pre-Byetta I dared not touch fruit. Other little things like a cookie
once
in a while. The hi bs is still a little alarming. Dr said if the
numbers don’t go down drastically in a couple of weeks he wants to put
me on insulin.
This I am not happy about at all.

Is it possible that you were eating high sugar foods and not really accounting
for it because of the Byetta usage? I find that I can enjoy a muffin, for
example, which I stayed away from without the Byetta because of the carb content
and how it reacted on my sugars.

Also, with the pen, in the paperwork I got, it specifically said to not leave
the needle in the pen for two reasons:

1 that it could cause the pen to leak and 2 the needles are so fine that using
them more than once could cause damage to your skin because the sharpness is
lost after the first use.

Melodie

Haven’t written in a while but I just had an issue with Byetta and
wanted comments from you all fine folks.
For those who do not remember me, I am a 54 yo, been type 2 for 7
years. I went on Byetta in December 05 when
I could not control my numbers when they reached 260-280. The Byetta
was a life saver and for over one year my
A1c was between 5.8-6.9, pretty controlled for me. I lost some weight
(around 14 pounds) and had few if none gastro
issues.

My last two pens were acting strange, but I thought it was my
imagination. One pen lasted 2 weeks longer than a
month, that should have been a clue. Yesterday I went to my endo and 1
1/2 after my Byetta I had a bs number of 351.
I never ever had a number like that, and thinking back the last two
weeks I have been extremely fatigued. I then suspected my
latest pen was leaking. Doc gave me 5mcg pens temporarily and I went
home and sure enough when I inspected the pen, the
plunger was 1/8" above the liquid and the case was very wet. I called
Lilly, they are sending me a voucher for new pen, they also
told me not to keep the needle of the pen, because this probably caused
it to leak. I have been on Byetta for 15 months and have
always kept the needle on (for reuse) and it has yet to leak. Has
anyone experienced this?

Today I used the temp pen endo gave me and the Byetta is working again.
I have been more nauseous than I have even been before
and could barely eat. Does anyone have a clue why my numbers were so
high without the Byetta? How long do you think it will be before
my numbers come down again?

Thanks in advance.

Pam in NYC