Mine was creeping towards 8 when they agreed to let me try it. Insurance will approve it. They just want to make sure peeps aren't using it solely for weightloss. Scotz the main thing was I began to have energy and feel better. The first time I saw a 78 I cried. It was so nice to be feeling like I did before diabetes.

8, ouch! I've always heard that anything below 7 is acceptable for a diabetic, below 6 for a non-diabetic. That's why I'm on the fence about it, my doc may not wanna mess up an acceptable situation. OTOH, I know from experience that getting the weight down could reduce my need for all meds...

Energy & feeling better...now that's something I haven't known since long before the diabetes jumped me...

Update: I did ask Doc about Byetta, but I didn't press the issue. He seems to feel that it's usually the last step before going to insulin for most peeps, tho' he did say he had one patient who lost #40 on it (extreme case, of course). My insurance concerns are less about approval than about the co-pay issues, our prescription plan *blows* when in comes to non-generics. Got the results on my blood work today, he wants me to triple my metformin dosage (A1C was 6.9!), & he's still not happy with my HDL levels - but the only med I really hate taking is Niaspan, the hot flashes feel like my head is gonna burst into flames :weg: :banghead:

Well I'm back on the juice! I stepped up to the 10mcg and am dealing with the side effects pretty well. So far I have lost 20# in 3 mos. 2 of those on the juice and 1 off. The good news is that with a dinner of Chick-Fil-A nuggets and a coke (the real thing) my blood sugar is 88 :D During the day I eat mainly fruits and veggies but at night I crave meat.

Whose meat, Lilith?

Carnivores aren't usually picky about meat.

<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~prickivore :bite:

Phallophage.

*News*
 

OK so I'm sharing some personal stuff but I want you guys to really understand how life altering this med has been.

These are my lab # in September (after 3 mos. of intense kickboxing) and now.
9/08
A1C- 7.4
FBG- 167
Cholesterol- 141

12/08
A1C- 5.9
FBG- 125
Cholesterol- 123

I've only been on the highest dosage of the "juice" for 3 weeks. I've lost 10 pounds in 6 weeks. This was over the holidays bith Thanksgiving and Christmas. I've been diabetic and on oral meds for a very long time for a *choke* 40 year old. For the first time I have hope.

Just wanted to share...

Lilith,

The changes in those numbers are quite positive. If you will excuse me for prying, how serious are the accompanying side effects you mentioned?

In the beginning I got a strange headache that sat right on the top of my head. I felt queasy, extremely bloated, lethargic, almost flu-like for less than a week as the chemical changes began taking place. Because digestion is slowed you can not really take an over the counter drug to ease these symptoms. I then figured out a schedule and when I could eat comfortably. The side effects for me calmed to the point I can tolerate them. If I over eat I will feel bad later when the drug really kicks in. So I don't over eat. Once it kicks in I am not hungry for hours and am never starved. Previously I felt starved often due to my high glucose level.

It is said that some people throw up daily. I have not had that occur at all. The medicine has a half life so I can always see that an end is in sight when I have felt queasy.

Lilth,

TY!