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I simply skip my Symlin if I'm going to exercise. My exercise is almost always aerobic. And I try to start with BG at 140 or so. I have to reduce my basal, and skip my bolus anyway. Symlin would, I suspect, end up in a big crash.
Even light exerc...
I have done it once and it made me a little sick. But make sure you dont double up prior to meal, it will really cause problems to your system as in Throwing Up like you never done before.
But may I add to this reply: May I suggest that you talk ...
I've only been on Symlin for 2 weeks now, but I find that it's ALL about the timing - which, of course, is very individual.
I do take a half dose in the afternoons sometimes if I want to have coffee (I drink it with cream which tends to raise my ...
Hi Frances -
Sorry I didn't reply earlier - I forgot to "Follow" the discussion.
When I take the symlin post-meal, I still check my BG in one hour and take my insulin then (much less than before Symlin, anywhere from 30-40% now that I'm on a full...
Before I was on Symlin I would aim for 70-80 before meal,
I take it on any meal over 30 carbs or if I am high at meal time. I never take it when my sugars are low. I miscount carbs too upon occassion, happens to us all. How high did your sugars go? My doc is happy with anything under 180 at 2hrs PP, but ...
Yeah, thats what I thought too. I dropped my symlin to 15 from 45. Now I dont get the lows. Ive had a few highs. Not sure if I miss counted carbs or if I should take my symlin at those meals. Also still playing with the timing of bolus. Square wav...
I'm not a doctor, don't play one on TV and didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express so this is definitely not professional medical advice...
Dinner is usually my largest carb intake of the day. I try to stay around 100 carbs a day.
Reading the patte...
I found I still take the same amount i:cho ratio, but my basals are way lower because my daily total is less ( I dont snack all day between meals anymore). It seems the timing is what is important. Actually, one night I took 45 mcg Symlin, ate a b...
One other thing to watch for is changes in your carb ratios? Did you reduce them when you started? If not, you are probably taking much too large a bolus with meals, leading to the low and then the rebound high. Symlin recommends cutting your bolu...
Thanks Cheri. When you do take the symlin post meal, when do you take your insulin? Do you do an extended bolus? On a low carb diet do you take less symlin than if you would eat more carbs?
Thanks Scott. Im new to Symlin and not totally understanding the dosage. I was told by my NP to increase the dose every few days in 15mcg increments up to 60mcg. I was having lows in the 40s at 45 mcg, then spiking to the 300s. So I cut back to 30...
I did this as well to avoid the low. The problem really was that I was on too much symlin. My usage of it has titrated downward as I have lost weight.
One other thing to think about is that you will lose the appetite suppression effect. For me, i...
Hi Frances -
Yes, I've done this - but only when I was already going low before eating. So I ate a few carbs, then 10-15 min I injected the Symlin. This works fine. But normally, I do it before because first, I'm on a very low carb diet already a...
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- At 12:59pm on September 26, 2009,
Linda Gauvin-Miller said…
Welcome home Frances!
- At 12:38am on September 26, 2009,
patti lopez said… - Welcome to tuD, Frances! Here you will find alot going on as I have for over two years now lots of friends and support.
Feel free to join some groups, also to start a discussion or blog of your own. Glad to have you here.
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