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It's ironic that even the most obscure things we hope for can come true. I can't tell you how many times I've thought to myself how much easier it would be to lose weight (or manage my blood sugar) if I could just completely lose the desire to eat or if I could feel just a bit queesy all the time to discourage my mindless eating habits.
In contrast, I can't tell you how many times yesterday I said, "I'm not taking that damn medicine anymore." (READ MORE)

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Even though I started hating Byetta toward the end, it still offered me at least one redeeming benefit. I held on to Byetta a lot longer than I should have mainly because it zapped my appetite. From roughly a week in I was hardly ever hungry. In fact, I found myself routinely having rabbit food several meals a day and feeling just fine about it.
I feared the hunger almost immediately, and within days of giving up on Byetta for a number of reasons, I started to experience that dreaded hunger once again. I even did some Google research on appetite suppressants hoping that I could try to have the best of Byetta and Novolog with some herbal or OTC remedy. (READ MORE)

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The TV is always on at our house, which can be a good thing and a bad thing. Sometimes it's merely on for background noise. What can often catch my attention, though, are commercials for new medicines. You know, the ones with people walking and laughing on a beach or buying fresh produce at an outdoor market-always with a smile on their face and looking as if life had never been better. What gets me is the list of side effects, which, of course, are rambled off so quickly you can hardly catch them all.
"The side effects are worse than the disease," my husband and I often joke. "Why would you take something that's going to make you feel worse?" (READ MORE)

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I don't usually see a lot of symptoms with high blood sugars. There are stages to the highs for me. Anything between goal and 200, I feel fairly normal. Above 200, I start seeing a few symptoms but nothing noticeable. When I hit above 260, I start seeing a lot more. The nausea sometimes sets in. I get headaches. I'll get antsy in the pit of my stomach. And above 400, the nausea almost always leads to throwing up (luckily I've only experienced this a few times in my history of diabetes).

 

My Accutane dosage was increased last week, which sent my blood sugars into another tailspin. Where I was seeing quite a few lows and lower need for insulin, I'm back to bumping up the boluses and shifting the basal levels of Lantus. It's frustrating. But worse, I believe I'm seeing a different kind of high symptom that I absolutely despise.

 

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Last night, Marvin called to meet for dinner spontaneously. He was craving Mexican food. I'd only eaten a snack after I got home from work so I made the half hour drive to the restaurant. I had two beef tacos with rice and beans and passed on the chips and salsa. I took my usual insulin, unsure whether I'd counted the tacos correctly with the mix of fat and protein.

 

Marvin and I went from dinner to his house to get some work done together. I've spent a lot of time lately helping him remodel the house. I think we are both very ready to have him move in. So I painted the closet doors and filled holes along the base boards and trim. It was late by the time I finished just the one bedroom, but Marvin still had work so I stuck around to read and chat.

 

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I had my follow up appointment with my gynecologist today, following the laparascopy that I had back in the middle of November. He showed me the pictures of every lower abdominal organ...apparently quite pleased with my overall anatomy and "beautiful" blood vessels. Talk about a man who loves his job!

 

Dr. B (who I simply will not quit raving about) found and removed a small spot of endometriosis (or what he assumes is that considering it was actually quite microscopic) in the cul-de-sac between my uterus and cervix. I'm really pleased to hear this because that's the precise spot that I felt the pain most and the spot that I knew there had to be something weird about. He also removed some scar tissue on or near my colon (this was less exciting so I stopped paying as much attention). He wasn't sure if this was from a virus, endometriosis, or some random body oddity.

 

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I sat on the bathroom floor. A world of cold, white surrounded me. My hands gripped the edge of the toilet. My stomach turned. My body ached. Chills ripped through me. I moved closer to the toilet and he stood a little closer behind me. Standing, ready and waiting. To hold my hair back. To do whatever I needed him to do.

 

This is what dating looks like. A pinpoint moment in an array of events. The responsibility of caring. The desperation of having chronic health issues. The pain of having your body so enveloped by its own detrimental mechanisms.

 

Wednesday, I found out some bad news. I didn't want to be alone. So I called the guy I'm seeing (recall, we call him Marvin for no good reason). Marvin told me to come over and greeted me with a hug. Just the kind of thing a broken heart needs.

 

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I'm kind of amazed at how such a small dose of Metformin can help my blood sugars in such a great way. I increased my dose to 500 mg on February 14th, but after a few days of pretty severe nausea, I decided to give myself a break to focus on a research paper and work. Yesterday, the 23rd, I started back on the Metformin at 250 mg.

 

But in those short five days off, my blood sugars started skyrocketing again. I was quickly seeing numbers in the 400 range and running consistently above 200. Nothing else changed except the Metformin.

 

I expect lower numbers by tomorrow even with the small 250 mg dose. I'm not sure how long I plan to keep it at the 250 mg since I do want to get to the max dose quickly, but I also can't deal with the side effects of this drug. I do not do well with nausea. It stops me cold in my tracks and prevents me from doing anything more than curling on the sofa and wanting to die.

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I'm battling pretty severe nausea again this evening. I decided to stop the Metformin and just stay on the Wellbutrin until my body adjusted. But at this moment, I'm greatly reconsidering that decision and thinking that I might stop the Wellbutrin altogether. I'm not sure that it's the right choice for me or for the people who love me.

 

I didn't exactly plan to tell my mom this evening that I'd started the antidepressant, but it came up and I got exactly what I expected. A lot of shock and a lack of encouragement about being on them. She doesn't believe that my life is bad enough to warrant antidepressants (because in her mind, they are only to be used for extremely bad situations like the death of a child or a sick spouse or some other catastrophe).

 

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Today, I was supposed to raise my Symlin from 30 mcg to 45 mcg. Instead, I'm keeping it at 30 mcg for now. Since I've raised it, I've had some severe nausea and that lightheaded feeling that I hate so much. Especially after dinner.

 

From what I've read, it's best to stay at the lower dose if you're experiencing nausea and give it a few days to subside. I suppose I will just stay at 30 mcg until I'm not experiencing such intense bouts of stomach pain. I don't want to delay the results of the higher dose, but I also don't want to end up worse for the wear because I'm unable to finish meals, keep meals down, etc.

 

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