Way to go, Picturelady! Good news to see you getting such good numbers. Carbs send my sugar up too, mainly pasta but not candy. Bummer for me, I'd rather eat pasta than candy, but I'm not going to look a gift lizard in the mouth. Here's my Thanksgiving plan, aside from giving thanks for Byetta: my family always makes Thanksgiving dinner a kind of late lunch around 3:00 pm. This year my daughter-in-law is doing the turkey at her house, so I don't have to cook. (I'm the cook in my house, I enjoy the process much more than my wife does, so over 35 years of marriage we've evolved into a male-run kitchen). So, I don't have to get up early to start the turkey. I'll sleep late, take my morning dose and have a late breakfast maybe around 11:00 or noon, then Thanksgiving dinner will be my lunch, and I'll take my evening dose and have a light snack around 9 or 10 pm. You know that snack's going to be a turkey and stuffing sandwich!! I don't know if this plan would be considered politically correct by the nice lady who answers the phone at Amylin but doesn't answer your questions .... but it's the best I can come up with. Anybody have a better idea? Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Damn straight there's light at the end of the tunnel. Read my post by the same name just below. It took me about six weeks then my body got used to the stuff and now I have no nausea. My blood pressure has gone from way too high to a little too low, so happily my doc is cutting back on some of my BP medications. My fasting sugars are nice and normal, around 102, 112, 109, like that, unless I get stupid and eat a big plate of pasta. I've lost about 8 pounds so far. Don't give up! Hang in there. There's a nurse, Lisa, on this blog who says there's a drug zofran which helps quell the nausea, maybe you could ask your doc for some of that to tide you over. But don't give up! Get your husband to take some time off from work to help with your boys, or maybe your mother or mother-in-law could stop in to help ..... do whatcha gotta do to stick with it! Its worth it! Stay in touch, all of us who chat on this blog will encourage you.

Anybody know where I can buy a plushy, stuffed gila monster? I want one for my office! Or even a real one, stuffed by a taxidermist!

Sorry I called you Plant Lady. My memory is fried from years of taking Toprol for blood pressure. Ciao!

Sorry for the absence, lots of work! Selling off the major portion of my business is very distracting. Yeeesh, lawyers! Anyway ......
It was Saturday, November 5th. 36th day on Byetta, 5th day on 10 mcg. The nausea had been getting worse lately, and today it was terrible. I was out in the back yard cutting firewood. During December and January we get a few chilly nights down here in Tampa, and a fire in the fireplace is mighty cozy, so although the temp was 85, I was preparing. My cousin Brian called and suggested I join him down at the local cigar lounge for a cigar and some libations. I'm not one to pass on an invitation like than, but not today. I felt too crappy. Then in the evening my son and daughter-in-law dropped off our three granddaughters aged 6, 7 and 11 so they could catch a movie and have a little adult time. My wife and I love those girls like crazy but instead of playing with them like I usually do, all I could do was lay on the couch and stare at the TV. The nausea was miserable.

Sunday morning we got up, I took my shot, we had breakfast and headed out to church. Hey, no nausea! All through mass my wife kept asking me how I was, and my answer would be, "It feels like it's trying to make me nauseous but somehow I'm not letting it".

That's been it. No more nausea. Here it is a week later and still no nausea. Looks like my body got used to it as promised by Amylin. Hooray!

Bought 1000 shares of Amylin today. With Type 2 diabetes at epidemic proportions in this country, Byetta has got to get as ubiquitous as canned beer. If you're the investing type, I highly recommend it.

Hey Plant Lady, welcome! I hope reading the above post will help you stick with it through the rough spots. My blood pressure and sugar have gone to textbook-normal since moving up to 10 mcg, so hang in there. There's light at the end of the tunnel!