Diabetes & Byetta

Hello everyone, I’ve been reading some posts and I’d like to fill
you all in on my history and I’d love any advice anyone feels like
sending my way. I was 1st diagnosed at 18, back in 1972. It was so
much different then. Dr. Attkins had just wrote his first book and
pretty much everyone thought he was crazy. I was assured that carbs
had absolutely no effect on blood sugars. I pretty much ignored
things as I wasn’t too bad until my 3rd child was born in 1989, at
that time I was put on insulin. I got off it for a few years and
have been on it pretty much ever since. I’m now 52, happily married
w/3 grandchildren. My sugars have been pretty much out of control
for the past few years. I’m very insulin resistant. Before byetta
I’ve been taking 120 lantis twice daily and about 50 units of
novolog 3x’s daily, 5mg glyburide 2x daily and 850 of metformin
3x’s daily. Before byetta till I can’t remember the last time I had
a fasting BG under 360 and usually I hit 500 at least once a day and
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Anyone getting headaches from Byetta? I am just starting to use it at
5mcg dose. I have been on it about a week now. I am taking it about
one hour before I eat and have no other symptoms other than a mild
headache. It seems to be working to control my BG levels well.
Hopefully, the 10mcg will do even better. However, I hope the
headaches will not increase in intensity. Hopefully, the headaches
will go away.

I take Metformin and Glyburide about an hour before Byetta and breakfast.
My evening Metformin/Glyburide I take about an hour before evening meal.

My logic is that if Byetta slows the digestive tract, I want my oral meds to
have time to be absorbed before things "slow".

Of course my logic has gotten me into a whole mess of trouble over 59
years….

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On the diabetes page of the above byetta is 99.99, they also have free
shipping.

Anyone who must buy their own meds for any prescription will find
uniformly lower prices then the local drug store.

Regarding taking pills, this is what my day usually looks like,
although it does change a little now and then:

8am - Byetta shot and breakfast

11am - snack & pills

1pm - lunch

3pm - snack

6:30pm - Byetta and dinner

9pm - snack & evening pills

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I appreciate the replys to my question regarding blood at injection
sites. It really eased my mind.

I also have lots of ugly bruises all over my abdomen. I am glad
someone mentioned that, as well. Guess I am pretty "normal",
whatever "normal" is! LOL

could someone answer my pills question because it is kind of important to
me….thank -you…..baz

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Okay. I went to the Endo yesterday and she upped me to 10 pen. I have been
so lax lately with my 5 pen that i don’t remember my shots and have gone
days without taking it. Well, of course today i have had nausea. But i
talked with her and she told me…that it was my body, that if i wasn’t
going to take care of it, she had other patients she could see that were
interested in helping themselves. OUCH! Well, i’ve thought about it and
she is absolutely right. It was just the butt kickin’ in needed to get into
gear and take care of ME.

Well, do you remember about 2 months ago or something like that, there was a
thread where someone said that when they used LONGER needles the spit seemed
to work better? Well…I thought since i’m going to be trying harder, i’ll
just ask for the bigger needles as well and get the most benefit…. This
morning, when i got ready for my first 10 shot…I got the needle out and
opened it up and OMG! It looked huge! but i thought well if it’s going to
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how far apart do you take your pills before or after the byetta? 2 or 3
hours?….thanks…baz

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Hello everyone, Just found out my insurance won’t cover Byetta. The
local pharmacies are between $230-260..Does anyone know of a website to
order from? Are they reliable? any cheaper? and how long does it take
to get to you…i have less than a 2wk supply left. Thanks