I’ve been thinking about Symlin for a while and a visit to their booth at the AADE Convention convinced me to discuss this topic with my CDE. From my research, I learned that Symlin, a hormone, works with insulin to help control BG after meals. In addition, their literature claims that this product slows the movement of food from one’s stomach thus slowing the buildup of sugar. They also say that it provides amylin which is needed by the digestive system and is not generated in many people with diabetes. Finally, and possibly the best benefit, Symlin is advertised as generating that “full” feeling after a meal.

I met with my CDE this week and she agreed that taking Symlin would be a good experiment to work on my after-dinner glucose readings which have been above normal. She gave me samples of the product and instructions on how to inject it into my body about 10 minutes before my evening meal. I was instructed to contact her in a week to check in and report on the results of this experiment.

I started injecting Symlin three days ago and the initial results are positive. I’ve experienced no nausea, the most common side effect and have observed that my post dinner BG readings are lower. As with most changes in my diabetes regimen, I keep detail records and then correlate them with actual results. My gut says this is a great product and my expectation is that this will enable me to move to the next higher level of sugar control mastery. I’ll report in a couple of weeks on my analysis of Symlin working in my body.