Category: Current Status

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I’ve lost two more pounds which I didn’t really think would happen this week because my appetite was almost out of control this weekend. Also my insulin level was higher, because most of what I was craving was high in carbs.

I feel really good about the weight loss I’ve experienced so far on the Symlin, because it is fairly slow — 2 pounds in a week is a lot for me, but I can definately say that starvation was not involved this time.

Also, the changes I’ve made in my life are definately sustainable.

I’ve been meeting some other goals — last night I was able to do 30 minutes on the treadmill without stopping. And it was at 2.7 mph.

I’ve been having to break up workouts due to either leg or foot pain, and will often do as little as 2 1/2 minutes at a time to get a workout down — In fact did that on Saturday, but primarily because I was trying to increase my speed to 3.0.

I’m off all next week, so in addition to getting all my medical issues dealt with — I’m seeing the surgeon, my CDE, and getting a Depo shot, I’m going to try to double my cardio workouts.

I see the surgeon next week.

I ran the following past my principal and he was cool with it — I’m seeing a surgeon next week and I am planning to get an operation over the break, is it okay with you, if I do it exam week — that will give me an extra week to recover. He said he was sure he could get anyone to give a test. I do need to spend some time and come up with a decent exam for the ELI kiddos,

I’ve also run this past the husband.

Here’s the deal. Every time I work out, I have problems with heartburn. Almost every single night it wakes me up. It’s not as bad as it was with the expired Nexxium — that was the utter worse I’ve seen in ages. But I am still waking up. Most of the time I can roll over and go back to sleep but a lot of times I go ahead and get up, or have to get up and deal with it.

I was having chest pains after lunch today. I’m 99% sure it was GERD. This is really sucking.

Basically, the last time I was able to get rid of the GERD sympthoms, I was on Propulsid (sp), and had lost about 50 more pounds than I’ve lost so far. Well, the Propulsid isn’t available, and it’s going to be another year before I see 50 more pounds.

Sigh.

Well, at least I have my ducks in a row.

I see the surgeon next week.

I ran the following past my principal and he was cool with it — I’m seeing a surgeon next week and I am planning to get an operation over the break, is it okay with you, if I do it exam week — that will give me an extra week to recover. He said he was sure he could get anyone to give a test. I do need to spend some time and come up with a decent exam for the ELI kiddos,

I’ve also run this past the husband.

Here’s the deal. Every time I work out, I have problems with heartburn. Almost every single night it wakes me up. It’s not as bad as it was with the expired Nexxium — that was the utter worse I’ve seen in ages. But I am still waking up. Most of the time I can roll over and go back to sleep but a lot of times I go ahead and get up, or have to get up and deal with it.

I was having chest pains after lunch today. I’m 99% sure it was GERD. This is really sucking.

Basically, the last time I was able to get rid of the GERD sympthoms, I was on Propulsid (sp), and had lost about 50 more pounds than I’ve lost so far. Well, the Propulsid isn’t available, and it’s going to be another year before I see 50 more pounds.

Sigh.

Well, at least I have my ducks in a row.

Byetta will probably be a bigger money maker for Amylin since there is potential more patients for Byetta than Symlin (Symlin is for insuiln users, Byetta is being tested with oral medications).

BYETTA Shown to Reduce Blood Sugar Levels When Added to Patients Treated With TZDs

A1C, a measure of glucose control over the previous three months, improved by approximately 0.9 percentage points at the end of the 16-week study for subjects receiving twice daily 10 microgram subcutaneous injections of BYETTA in addition to their usual TZD or TZD plus metformin regimen, compared to those on their prior oral medications receiving placebo. At the beginning of the study, the average A1C of study participants was approximately 7.9 percent. Sixty-two percent of subjects receiving BYETTA who entered the study with an A1C greater than 7 percent achieved an A1C of 7 percent or less compared to sixteen percent of similar subjects on placebo. The American Diabetes Association recommends a target A1C of less than 7 percent.

Byetta will probably be a bigger money maker for Amylin since there is potential more patients for Byetta than Symlin (Symlin is for insuiln users, Byetta is being tested with oral medications).

BYETTA Shown to Reduce Blood Sugar Levels When Added to Patients Treated With TZDs

A1C, a measure of glucose control over the previous three months, improved by approximately 0.9 percentage points at the end of the 16-week study for subjects receiving twice daily 10 microgram subcutaneous injections of BYETTA in addition to their usual TZD or TZD plus metformin regimen, compared to those on their prior oral medications receiving placebo. At the beginning of the study, the average A1C of study participants was approximately 7.9 percent. Sixty-two percent of subjects receiving BYETTA who entered the study with an A1C greater than 7 percent achieved an A1C of 7 percent or less compared to sixteen percent of similar subjects on placebo. The American Diabetes Association recommends a target A1C of less than 7 percent.

First thing was to put Multiclick lancing devices in all my testing kits (3). No excuses now.

Second thing was to put new batteries in all my meters. I figure the batteries in them are over a year old, maybe older. It’s a little silly in my opinion to try to prolong battery life — they are what, $4.00 a set of batteries, when I am affecting my health.

My next goal is to get all the new Diet Gourmet food in my database so I’ll log food better.

I took a good look at my logs today and tweaked my bolus ratios. Hopefully that will help.

Today is World Diabetes Day (it’s the anniversary of Banting’s birth, I think), and was very surprised we weren’t doing “official” d-blogging today and someone picked a different day.

To mark World Diabetes Day, I urge everyone to take a moment and access their diabetes care and see if there is something you could be doing different to get better control. I know I can find something I can do better.

At the same time, plan your Thankgiving dinner in advance. My husband and I go out to dinner each year, usually Steak and Ale, and I know what I am going to eat and what I need to do to minimize the damage. It really does help.

My blood sugar is 110 so I did get the high fixed. I took some Sonata to help me sleep, as I often have trouble getting to sleep on Sunday nights and last night was no exception. I did wake up before 4:00, went to the bathroom and went almost right back to sleep, but my throat was burning.

Never did wake up enough to test my blood sugar.

Here’s to hoping I’m preventing the high tonight.