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From: Barbara H on 6 Aug 2008 15:19
Hello - don't post very often but I do read every day. Think I'll start
asking a few more questions since I seem to be sliding the wrong way. Just
got my lab results back and while I know what caused my A1c to jump I'm not
sure how the other things improved .... except tryglycerides which are much
worse.

Just started Byetta so maybe 3 mos. from now all of this will be better.
I've cut my carbs (total day) and am enjoying the appetite suppression
Byetta seems to cause. I've gained back about 15 lbs. from the 40 I lost
last year and I also seem to have lost some of my drive to be diligent.
You've all taught me enough to mostly know the right things to say. It's
just doing the right things that has been harder the past few months. I
guess a good kick in the seat of the pants is really what I need! (Not too
hard though) :-)

Labs 12/07 7/08
FBG 122 122
A1c 5.9 6.4
Trygly... 136 181
Choles.. 209 198
HDL 39 49
LDL 148 113

Barbara H Type 2, Metformin 1500, Byetta 2x5, dx 7/06


From: nobody on 6 Aug 2008 16:19
On 2008-08-06, Barbara H <bhenderson26(a)cox.net> wrote:
> Hello - don't post very often but I do read every day. Think I'll start
> asking a few more questions since I seem to be sliding the wrong way. Just
> got my lab results back and while I know what caused my A1c to jump I'm not
> sure how the other things improved .... except tryglycerides which are much
> worse.
>
> Just started Byetta so maybe 3 mos. from now all of this will be better.
> I've cut my carbs (total day) and am enjoying the appetite suppression
> Byetta seems to cause. I've gained back about 15 lbs. from the 40 I lost
> last year and I also seem to have lost some of my drive to be diligent.
> You've all taught me enough to mostly know the right things to say. It's
> just doing the right things that has been harder the past few months. I
> guess a good kick in the seat of the pants is really what I need! (Not too
> hard though) :-)
>
> Labs 12/07 7/08
> FBG 122 122
> A1c 5.9 6.4
> Trygly... 136 181
> Choles.. 209 198
> HDL 39 49
> LDL 148 113
>
> Barbara H Type 2, Metformin 1500, Byetta 2x5, dx 7/06
>
>
Don't think there is too much meaning in my theory, but when my HDL
go up my Tri also go up; when the HDL go down, the Tri go down a bit;
this is looking at my past lab results.
From: Susan on 6 Aug 2008 16:40
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Barbara H wrote:
> Hello - don't post very often but I do read every day. Think I'll start
> asking a few more questions since I seem to be sliding the wrong way. Just
> got my lab results back and while I know what caused my A1c to jump I'm not
> sure how the other things improved .... except tryglycerides which are much
> worse.
>
> Just started Byetta so maybe 3 mos. from now all of this will be better.
> I've cut my carbs (total day) and am enjoying the appetite suppression
> Byetta seems to cause. I've gained back about 15 lbs. from the 40 I lost
> last year and I also seem to have lost some of my drive to be diligent.
> You've all taught me enough to mostly know the right things to say. It's
> just doing the right things that has been harder the past few months. I
> guess a good kick in the seat of the pants is really what I need! (Not too
> hard though) :-)
>
> Labs 12/07 7/08
> FBG 122 122
> A1c 5.9 6.4
> Trygly... 136 181
> Choles.. 209 198
> HDL 39 49
> LDL 148 113
>


It's not all bad news, Barbara. Your TGLs indicate either too many
carbs or too many calories (and the weight gain reinforces this). But
the good news is that your HDL went up. I'd say LDL going down is good
news, but with high TGLs and still relatively low HDL, your LDL is
likely the small, dense, atherogenic type.

Once you give yourself that kick daily, you should see better TGLs and
HDL and A1c, too. That 6.4 indicates that your average may still be way
too high.

But good on you for recognizing it!

Susan
From: Nicky on 6 Aug 2008 17:54
On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:19:17 -0500, "Barbara H" <bhenderson26(a)cox.net>
wrote:

>You've all taught me enough to mostly know the right things to say. It's
>just doing the right things that has been harder the past few months. I
>guess a good kick in the seat of the pants is really what I need! (Not too
>hard though) :-)

Well, those trigs tell the story - plus I've just read a post of yours
above that says you're taking 15 - 45g carbs with every meal,
including toast and a peach for breakfast :P

But getting the HDL up is cool.

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.4% BMI 25
From: Barbara H on 6 Aug 2008 18:33

"Nicky" <ukc802466929(a)btconnect.com> wrote in message
news:s97k94hb2aab06b2k4s5sdh4ih5jnri10f(a)4ax.com...
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:19:17 -0500, "Barbara H" <bhenderson26(a)cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>>You've all taught me enough to mostly know the right things to say. It's
>>just doing the right things that has been harder the past few months. I
>>guess a good kick in the seat of the pants is really what I need! (Not too
>>hard though) :-)
>
> Well, those trigs tell the story - plus I've just read a post of yours
> above that says you're taking 15 - 45g carbs with every meal,
> including toast and a peach for breakfast :P
>
> But getting the HDL up is cool.
>
> Nicky.
> T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
> D&E, 100ug thyroxine
> Last A1c 5.4% BMI 25


Oops - sorry about sending that on a regular reply - I forgot to do a "group
reply". Anyway it was someone else who said they were taking 15 - 45 carbs
with every meal. But, yes it was me eating the peach and toast. :-)

I know, I know. The peach was small ... 10 carbs and the toast was high
fiber whole wheat at 9. Yes, I am having more carbs at breakfast and my bg
has not been higher than 99 after eating. So, even with good bg reading I
should reduce my carbs even more to lower trigs? I can do that, I think.
My noon and evening meal are seldom over 30-35. Other than my fasting all
of my bg readings have been between 90 and 102 for 5 days now. I'm doing
about 80 to 85 carbs per day. Yesterday was 77 total. Not doing any
between meal snacks either. All this "reform" since going on Byetta.

Is there an easy way to calculate the number of carbs one should consume?
Other than testing? Be nice if there was a formula.

Barbara H T2, dx 7/06, metormin 1500, Byetta 5x2, Current A1c 6.4 (eeewww!)


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