Comments on: Byetta and too sick to eat? http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/ Byetta is an Incretin Mimetic, blog for diabetics! Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:33:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Neva Marjory http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25195 Neva Marjory Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:46:44 +0000 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25195 The symptoms you mentioned sound soooo familiar to me..though the gallbladder was the first thing i thought of as well another thought was Pancreatitis. I started belching and having a dull pain aroung the sternum, ribcage area for three days, thought it was stress...then on the 4th day the pain was more severe and i was extremely nausous(sp)and actually started vomitting. I got a little clammy then when i couldn't take the pain anymore (3hrs) I went to the ER and was told i was having a pancreas attack. I described it like having a gallbladder attack, but i had already had it removed. I stayed in the hospital for 6days, no food or drink only iv's and pain med. Mr. Dr believes my tryglicerides were too high, I constantly have over a 2000 reading. Currently i have 2292 and normal is below 200. Well that was my 2cents. Hope you feel better!! The symptoms you mentioned sound soooo familiar to me..though the
gallbladder was the first thing i thought of as well another thought
was Pancreatitis. I started belching and having a dull pain aroung
the sternum, ribcage area for three days, thought it was
stress…then on the 4th day the pain was more severe and i was
extremely nausous(sp)and actually started vomitting. I got a little
clammy then when i couldn’t take the pain anymore (3hrs) I went to
the ER and was told i was having a pancreas attack. I described it
like having a gallbladder attack, but i had already had it removed.
I stayed in the hospital for 6days, no food or drink only iv’s and
pain med. Mr. Dr believes my tryglicerides were too high, I
constantly have over a 2000 reading. Currently i have 2292 and normal
is below 200. Well that was my 2cents. Hope you feel better!!

]]> By: beverley90 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25183 beverley90 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:13:36 +0000 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25183 I read a book in June that dealt just with the inflammation issue. It is an area that I am working to address.* I read a book in June that dealt just with the inflammation issue. It is
an area that I am working to address.*

]]> By: beverley90 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25182 beverley90 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:37:44 +0000 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25182 Yikes, I have darn serious belly fat too. I'm trying to lose weight but it is so *hard*. And of course keeping it off is harder! I've probably lost 1000 pounds over the last 25 years since I first began to gain weight after knee surgery. :-) Hi Debbie: Didn't mean to scare you; just the opposite. I wanted to let you know that the pain you were describing could be caused by a fairly benign thing. What I get is a kind of arthritis that occurs beneath the ribs and the breast bone. It hurts but isn't life threatening...the belly fat can be very destructive but the good news is that we don't have to be thin. sometimes just 20 to 30 Yikes, I have darn serious belly fat too. I’m trying to lose weight but it
is so *hard*. And of course keeping it off is harder! I’ve probably lost
1000 pounds over the last 25 years since I first began to gain weight after
knee surgery. :-)
Hi Debbie:

Didn’t mean to scare you; just the opposite. I wanted to let you know that
the pain you were describing could be caused by a fairly benign thing. What I
get is a kind of arthritis that occurs beneath the ribs and the breast bone.
It hurts but isn’t life threatening…the belly fat can be very destructive
but the good news is that we don’t have to be thin. sometimes just 20 to 30

]]> By: Kraig Caren http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25180 Kraig Caren Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:52:36 +0000 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25180 << I've been doing a lot of reading about inflamation and how it is at the root of so many of our illnesses. >> *I read a book in June that dealt just with the inflammation issue. It is an area that I am working to address.* << I’ve been doing a lot of reading about inflamation and how it is at
the root of so many of our illnesses. >>

*I read a book in June that dealt just with the inflammation issue. It is
an area that I am working to address.*

]]> By: Leanna Treva http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25178 Leanna Treva Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:47:08 +0000 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25178 Hmm, never heard of it! That's the darn trouble. So many possible things out there, and we don't know about many of them until they hit us. Like, my dad who had surgery for NPH last year. Never heard of it until *his* case. I'm always glad to get additional ideas. Yikes, I have darn serious belly fat too. I'm trying to lose weight but it is so *hard*. And of course keeping it off is harder! I've probably lost 1000 pounds over the last 25 years since I first began to gain weight after knee surgery. :-) Don't know if this helps or is true fro > you but it's something to think about. Yes indeed, and I really appreciate that. Hmm, never heard of it! That’s the darn trouble. So many possible things out
there, and we don’t know about many of them until they hit us. Like, my dad
who had surgery for NPH last year. Never heard of it until *his* case. I’m
always glad to get additional ideas.

Yikes, I have darn serious belly fat too. I’m trying to lose weight but it
is so *hard*. And of course keeping it off is harder! I’ve probably lost
1000 pounds over the last 25 years since I first began to gain weight after
knee surgery. :-)
Don’t know if this helps or is true fro
> you but it’s something to think about.

Yes indeed, and I really appreciate that.

]]> By: Bertram Lashonda http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25177 Bertram Lashonda Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:13:19 +0000 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25177 Try a cup of ginger tea? Or eat something light and bland - dry carbs; toast etc? Yeah, I do know what you mean - Lin numbers. But what to do when it's time for your dose and you don't feel up to eating? Try a cup of ginger tea? Or eat something light and bland - dry carbs;
toast etc?
Yeah, I do know what you mean -

Lin

numbers. But what to do when it’s time for your dose and you don’t feel up
to eating?

]]> By: beverley90 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25174 beverley90 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:56:19 +0000 http://www.diabetes-blog.wichy-girl.com/2007/07/25/byetta-and-too-sick-to-eat/#comment-25174 Seems like I have fallen apart in the last couple months! LOL, first it was pneumonia. Then when I got over that I began having a bunch of other symptoms - nausea, lots of belching, pain in my upper right abdomen just under the rib cage, when severe radiating around my side and ribcage and up my back to just below the right shoulder blade. The pain comes and goes, though lately seems to be coming more than going. The doctor feels the symptoms sound like gallbladder, but so far I've had blood tests, CT scan, ultrasound, gastroscopy, colonoscopy - and nothing showing anything conclusive. This week I have to have a test called a HIDA-scan. Debbie: I used to get the kind of pain you describe under my rib cage and my upper back and after a lot of tests and one useless hospitalization ( it mimics heart disease) I was diagnosed with cosochondritis. It's caused by inflamation <!--more--> between the ribs and breast bone and it can get infected or flare up just like arthritis does and then disappear at other times. It also causes inflamation in the upper chest and can trigger asthma and difficulty breathing. I suspect that in my case it was also caused by belly fat interfering with my colon and the postion of my inner organs. That's why I am so determined to keep losing the weight....it's a killer... Don't know if this helps or is true fro you but it's something to think about. I've been doing a lot of reading about inflamation and how it is at the root of so many of our illnesses. Hope you feel better and get some answers. Suzanne Seems like I have fallen apart in the last couple months! LOL, first it was
pneumonia. Then when I got over that I began having a bunch of other
symptoms - nausea, lots of belching, pain in my upper right abdomen just
under the rib cage, when severe radiating around my side and ribcage and up
my back to just below the right shoulder blade. The pain comes and goes,
though lately seems to be coming more than going. The doctor feels the
symptoms sound like gallbladder, but so far I’ve had blood tests, CT scan,
ultrasound, gastroscopy, colonoscopy - and nothing showing anything
conclusive. This week I have to have a test called a HIDA-scan.

Debbie:

I used to get the kind of pain you describe under my rib cage and my upper
back and after a lot of tests and one useless hospitalization ( it mimics heart
disease) I was diagnosed with cosochondritis. It’s caused by inflamation

between the ribs and breast bone and it can get infected or flare up just
like arthritis does and then disappear at other times. It also causes
inflamation in the upper chest and can trigger asthma and difficulty breathing.
I
suspect that in my case it was also caused by belly fat interfering with my
colon and the postion of my inner organs. That’s why I am so determined to keep
losing the weight….it’s a killer… Don’t know if this helps or is true fro
you but it’s something to think about. I’ve been doing a lot of reading
about inflamation and how it is at the root of so many of our illnesses. Hope
you feel better and get some answers. Suzanne

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