It is lizard spit.
ANTHONY HOLKO!!
SHAME ON YOU!!! You naughty little boy!! I don’t even wanna know what you think insulin is!
Lois La Rose
No the byetta was invented based on Gila monster split.
No, Lois. He’s serious. laughs Here’s the link to Byetta on Wikipedia.
Hey, we learn from mistakes. Bet your co-workers were more than happy to help you.
Yep, you crashed from the combo. Lows feel even worse when they’re preceeded by a high.
Please test before meals.
I’m not a person given to being systematic. My husband says I’ll always be a rebellious kid at heart. The only way I can manage diabetes is to be rigid about what I do & when I do it. Against my nature, but it’s what I have to do. I’ve got baggies of jelly beans in my purse, desk, car & night table. Don’t like jelly beans, but they’re portable & I’m not tempted to overeat them. One jelly bean raises me 10 pts, so easy to know how much to eat when I’m low & unable to think clearly. Same thing with testing & eating breakfast. I never ate breakfast before being diagnosed. Just not hungry in the morning & didn’t have time as I was rushing out the door. I had to make time to eat breakfast & wasn’t easy at first. Testing became routine & I don’t hesitate to test wherever I happen to be.
J.ust wanted to share a cute story with you, not funny, but I thought is was sweet and cute. My friend has had diabetes for years and she was in church the other day and passed out. There were several of her friend aroung her when she woke up. She said" Am I in Heaven?" People just laughed and told her no she was at church. She said “oh shoot”, I thought I was in heaven." I thought this was a cute story, Just thought I would share.
I know I am posting this rather late in this discussion, but I have gone through this spinning wheel of Byetta, Glipiside and Metformin prescription process very recently and it might answer some questions about why Aprylsky’s Dr prescribed the combination of meds the way she did. Here is the short story:
Dr prescribed Byetta.
Result: Insurance denied coverage on Byetta as it “has to be prescribed in combination with an oral medication” (didn’t matter which one).
Next day…
Dr prescribed Glipiside. in addition to the Byetta
Result: Insurance denied coverage on Byetta as I have to have "been on oral medications for 3 months prior"
Conclusion: I purchase Glipiside, Dr gave me 3 free sample pens of Byetta to hold me over until my insurance would cover it.
I misunderstood and was taking the Byetta and the Glipiside. It kept making me go hypo. Dr said "I prescribed them for your insurance criteria, just buy Glipiside for the next 3 months and throw them away. I want you on Byetta only."
Important Note: I don’t think she could legally say that to a patient, but she has been my Dr for over 28 years and we are more like old friends. We are very candid in our conversations.
3 months later…
Dr prescribed Byetta in addition to the Glipiside that I have been buying and throwing away.
Result: Insurance denied coverage on Byetta. They now say I have to have tried a combination of 2 oral meds for 3 months each, in addition to 3 months of combining the meds, i.e., 3 mos Glipiside PLUS 3 mos Glipiside and Metformin PLUS 3 mos of another oral med, then combining it with Metformin again for another 3 mos. AND THEN, there is still NO GUARANTEE that they will cover the Byetta, until I exhaust all oral meds 3 mos at a time and show that they don’t work for me or that I can’t tolerate the side effects. (talk about feeling like a rat having to finish the maze to get the cheese!!)
Result: I am purchasing the Byetta out of pocket ($236 a month) because it it working very smoothly for me, no high / low bs spikes AND has gotten my A1c down from 7.5 to 6.2 and I am losing weight (22 lbs since 9/08).
BTW: I argued with the BC/BS about coverage, even going through 2 higher levels of management than the initial contact at customer service and the pharmacy department manager. I explained that Byetta has been approved by the FDA as a stand alone medication, but they insist that it has to be taken WITH an oral med. In the meatime, many patients are having horrible reactions. My Dr. says it’s all about the money. Insurance companies don’t want to cover Byetta @ $236 - 280 a month versus oral meds that typically cost about $5-10 a month. Personally, I can’t wait for a national health insurance program that will put the current insurers in their place.
We are all learning, and you will get it…