Based on the comments I’ve received on using Symlin, there seems to be a lot of questions and interest in it.  I’ll post a little bit about it periodically, just hoping to keep the posts somewhat short and digestible.

I’ve done a few posts on Symlin already, and I’ll round them up here so you [...]

My good buddy and I were recently talking about the greatest lines we’ve heard from our doctors.

He was telling me about a visit some time ago, when he was struggling with his control.  The doctor was looking through his downloaded reports and lab records, and being a bit of a smart ass, shook his [...]

A small breakthrough just happened for me. 

I’m sitting here, low (64 mg/dl, for the record), and feeling every bit of it.  I’m shaky, panicked, jittery, hungry, unsettled, and a bit scared. 

I have treated, with a few of those bite sized candy bars (Snickers and Milky Way) from my neighbors cube (yes, [...]

I am still using Symlin, and most of the time I am absolutely amazed at how well it works for me. 

It can be quite complicated, and sometimes downright scary, but when all of the circumstances line up such that I feel safe using it, my jaw just simply drops at how well it [...]