Dano, thanks for your sincere comments and I can understand how your situations...with your son and yourself...would motivate you to eat right. I guess that's my problem....I haven't had any crisis (yet) so I am still in a half-denial state. I've had enough evidence to finally believe I truly have diabetes .....high bs esp when I've forgotten to take my meds (always take them but occasionally I forget and take them later than usual)...recently I have had some bs in the 200-450 range. Never had that high before. I have some tingly, pin pricks, slight numb feelings in my toes. So I know what's going on. But yet at times I fool myself into thinking I can eat whatever I want.
I esp have trouble with my eating in the evening as I have always been a big evening snacker. I know it's not true hunger usually it's just habit.
I've done some reading up on Byetta plus what others say on this site and I don't really want to take it yet. The thing is, it's not just Byetta...I don't think I need ANY other drugs right now...I think I just need to somehow discipline myself to eating less carb because when I eat right (according to my dietician's plan), I get mostly good bs.