>>"very rare case reports of pancreatitis with complications or with a fatal outcome." The companies added that diabetes patients are already at increased risk of pancreatitis compared with healthy patients. From the story... This is a perfect example of how great the medical system is, a minor chance of death is identified and pounced on by the FDA who take actions to make the medical environment safe again. It would have been better if this had been found out earlier but there is a limit to how much we can discover and its always a guess as to when enough study has been done. Needless to say that with the exception of the few patients who died it is much better to take this drug than live with untreated diabetes (which drastically shortens your lifespan) or taking an untested sham remedy that lightens your wallet and may have dangerous side effects of its own all while doing nothing to treat your problem. Of course the best case scenario would be to focus more on eating well and not have this problem to begin with, one can hope...

yes, but I've opened it three times to see what someone else had to say. So you have probably been read 2000 times. Very good.

devorah, My husband has been using Byetta for about a year. He is Type II and has been for about 10 years. About a year ago, his Dr. wanted him to try the Byetta pen and it has worked so well for him. (Dr. said people seem to either do very well on it or cannot tolerate it, so he is one of the fortunate ones.) He takes a shot (very small needle) before breakfast and before dinner. The good thing is that he has cut out some of the other oral medications he had been taking. For him, it has been a great success in helping to control his diabetes. If you have specific questions, let me know. Jeanie

Hi Everyone! I did not spray any type of fungicide on my roses at all this season. Many of my new roses, ones that were planted last fall, got brutal Black Spot this summer. All the leaves are/were gone. I have never seen such naked plants. These were mainly the modern roses and David Austin roses. Now the surface of the mulch below them is covered with yellow infected leaves. Some of the leaves have already decomposed and some are breaking down. And people are walking over the area going here and there spreading the spores everywhere. Some spores are washing into the soil, I bet. And I can only imagine just how badly the spore count has increased in my garden. I am wondering if I should spray the affected roses and the surface of the mulch at least twice, one week apart. Then cover the whole area with a very thick layer of mulch and re-inoculate the area with beneficial soil microorganisms, Would that be enough to kill off most of the Black Spot? Or would I need more applications? I often see recommendations not to spray the ground. So as to not harm soil fungi or prevent contamination of groundwater? Or both? I have also seen people with fruit trees spray the ground around their trees routinely. Is it a bad idea to spray the surface of the mulch on a dry day? I just want to mitigate this BS crisis but not do further harm. Covering with more mulch will help, I think, and with a rich population of soil organisms the spores will get eaten. For the above spraying I would use Bayer and Mancozeb. I also have Infuse. Do I need to alternate this late in the season? I also got tomato early blight this season. It has never ever happened to us. My husband bought a tomato plant somewhere and I noticed the funky leaves but before I could think the fungus was on all the plants. Some plants died and most are holding on by a thread. I have heard Daconil can work. Do any of you know if Daconil is at all effective if the plants already have been infected? Is there any other fungicide that can be used on tomatoes? Thanks a bunch! PS. Bonide's Infuse which is Propiconazole 1.55% is not being sold by Amazon anymore. That is where I got it. Some say it is killing there roses. The instructions on the label say to use 2 Tbs per gallon for BS. @BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14) suggests 1/4 tsp. What is the effective concentration of Propiconazole in water to treat BS in roses? It could also be there is some problem with Bonide's production or formulation.