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Just heard from my CDE and she agrees to up the dose and said to feel free to drop it back down if I can’t tolerate it.

So I’m on 20 units now.

Benefits so far:
It is definately making eating easier to control. I don’t feel hunger as often, and feel full more. I have been able to drop my calorie intake without feeling deprive.

I’m definately losing weight, though I’ve also upped my cardio this week.

Insulin usage is down.

Cons so far
Injections — one of the reasons I went to the pump. The pump manufactures need to find a way to deal with this.

Supplies — I have to carry syringes and another vial in my daily pack. I was carrying syringes before. I do try to keep the carrying weight down.

One more thing to keep up with.

Math — I have to remember to half the carbs when I do symlin.

For lots of good reasons, I stopped and had a fast food meal on the way to dog agility — I needed more calories, I was a bit low, I’d eaten healthy all day.

I did another dose of Symlin, and did fine with it. Still a bit high after meals, but I’m not on the full dose yet.

I’m certainly not having hunger problems I have had before.

This dose is fine. Absolutely no problems. Blood sugars are a tad higher right now, but I expect they will be better when I up the dose.

I just emailed my CDE to ask if I can go up to 20 units tomorrow.

This dose is fine. Absolutely no problems. Blood sugars are a tad higher right now, but I expect they will be better when I up the dose.

I just emailed my CDE to ask if I can go up to 20 units tomorrow.

This was probably the worst reaction I had. Today’s lunch is a tuna apple salad on a pita and has a lot of bulk to it. About halfway through I started feeling full and a bit off.

Not real bad though.

This was probably the worst reaction I had. Today’s lunch is a tuna apple salad on a pita and has a lot of bulk to it. About halfway through I started feeling full and a bit off.

Not real bad though.

Not sure if this is symlin related or not.

Was feeling a bit odd. Sure enough, I’d pull my set off. Not a huge problem, because it is set change day anyway. Blood sugar was at 112 which isn’t too bad for me.

Still had 40 units in the cartridge but decided to waste it, since only 20 units would be left after priming AND that cartridge, insulin, etc. had been in nasty dirt (I’d lain in the dog agility arena dirt twice).

I’m not sure if I had a low and pulled the set off — I have pulled off sets in the night before, and every time my blood sugar has been in the low to regular range so I think I pull sets off in my sleep when low.

Heading back to bed.

Not sure if this is symlin related or not.

Was feeling a bit odd. Sure enough, I’d pull my set off. Not a huge problem, because it is set change day anyway. Blood sugar was at 112 which isn’t too bad for me.

Still had 40 units in the cartridge but decided to waste it, since only 20 units would be left after priming AND that cartridge, insulin, etc. had been in nasty dirt (I’d lain in the dog agility arena dirt twice).

I’m not sure if I had a low and pulled the set off — I have pulled off sets in the night before, and every time my blood sugar has been in the low to regular range so I think I pull sets off in my sleep when low.

Heading back to bed.