I'm not on Byetta anymore. My blood sugar was constantly high when I was on it. We later learned that I'm type 1, which likely explains why Byetta didn't work for me. I'm sorry, but I don't have any suggestions for you.

I'm in! I'll bring the brass knuckles.

Sometimes you just have to do that.

What a smart young lady you have raised, George.

Hey Fatima. It sounds like you're taking orals. For me, it's partly about location. There was a time that I was forgetting to take one of my meds in the mornings and I discovered that if I put the bottle in a more prominent place that it was harder to forget. Also, it just has to become part of your routine. Just like checking your blood sugar. So if you're taking orals when you eat, try putting your pills in a cabinet where you'll see them, say, every time you reach for a glass or a clean plate. And just try to make it part of your daily ritual.

I think it's a great idea, too, but would have no idea where to start either. Maybe start with the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Or, heck, maybe it's something dLife would want to take on.

I think what you're doing is right. When I was growing up anything not deemed "healthy" was banned from the house. If sugar was the first, second or third ingredient in cereal we couldn't buy it. There were never chips, junk food or desserts. So I found those things elsewhere and hoarded them. I still do. I seriously have a hard time "sharing" junk food with my kids and my husband.

"Even if they are the Cubs." Said like a true Cards fan!!

Hi Missy. In theory, all insulin pumps administer insulin while managing blood sugar. You still have to tell the pump what to do, though, you still have to be its brain by telling it how much insulin to give you and when. You may be asking about a continuous glucose monitoring system, which is separate from a pump, but can be integrated into your management plan. MiniMed's pump and CGMS are integrated. There are several separate CGM systems available that you can use in conjunction with your pump to help you more precisely manage your blood sugar. You still have to tell your pump what to do, it won't act based on what a CGMS reads out.

Clearly you didn't get the part where my perspective already changed. Right there in the post! Re-read this clip: I look normal. And I guess that's just it. When I tell people I have diabetes they think, "But you don't look sick." And that's the problem. There is no motivation for a cure. As a representative of this disease who is not walking around missing a leg or half blind the people in my world think I'm living just fine by managing my disease. Because that's what I'm really doing--management.