I posted last in January so let’s see what has been going
on since then. I have found my way to “onederland” I have reached 192.5. I am
super excited about this. It has been long time getting here but since my
highest weight in 13 years was 254 in 2009 since then I have lost 61.5 pounds.
I have done this by watching the amount of food I eat, what
I eat which includes cutting back on carbs and increasing my protein and I also
take ACE which I have been doing since March 24, 2012.
I have had a small setback on my medicine. I was taking
Byetta which is a twice a day shot to help my body deal with the sugar it makes
correctly. They have come out with a new one that has the same medicine in it
as Byetta does but it is once a week. It is called Bydureon. My doctor told me
about the medicine and I jumped on it. The thought of only taking one shot a
week sounded amazing to me. The first four weeks were exactly that amazing.
Week five brought on something that has begun more of a bad dream. I began have
horrible abdomen pain and back pain on Friday. I tried to ride this out but by
Sunday night I was in tears and doubled over in pain. Ray took me to the ER to
find out my pancreatic enzymes were elevated. I was given something for pain
and sent home to ride it out. Since we were not sure at this time if the
Bydureon was related to this for sure I took the shot on Thursday. By the next
day I was in pain again. This time knowing the cause I rode it out. By
Wednesday of the next week I was feeling better. I had a doctor appointment for
that day with my doctor. When I got there we discussed the medicine. It was
decided that I would no longer take the Bydureon and go back to the Byetta. I
waited till Friday morning to begin the Byetta again. I took it every day for 5
days, by Thursday I was in horrible pain again. I went in to see my doctor and
was told that I can no longer take the Byetta. The one thing I found out on
this visit is that the Bydureon has a half-life (which most meds do). This
means that from the last day that I took the last shot of Bydureon it takes 10
weeks, yep 10 weeks to get out of my system, so therefore I suffer still from this
medicine. As of today I am about 6 ½ weeks away from having this out of my
system until then I deal with the abdominal pain, nausea, and back pain.
Please understand me I do not blame my doctor for any of
this. She is amazing. She gave me all of the information, I read it, I spoke to
a pharmacist and I made the decision to take it. For some people this medicine
is works great for some, it just was not for me.
Now I continue my journey on to reach my goal of being
healthier and getting off of my diabetic medicine Janumet. In time it will
happen.
Until next time, please keep me in your thoughts and
prayers. I pray for each of you and thank you in
advance for your prayers.
Take care…Remember your words have creative power. Say it,
believe it, and you’ll see it!
