Megan - thanks for the words of wisdom re the injections - i've heard a couple of real nightmare stories from a few years back, but not so many lately (and very few on here - so maybe that's a good thing!). i guess i should be ok - my next appointment is thursday next week, so i'm guessing i'll start injections either then or on friday - hopefully any bad side effects will be settling down by the end of the weekend (i can only hope...).

Iris - it's good (in a not so good way) that i'm not the only person worried about all the drugs we have to take - it seems so full on, and sometimes i just wonder about what it's doing to me (i suffer IBS pretty badly normally - with the metformin, it's horrible) - i guess i've just taken the approach that the docs know what they're doing, and i'll do whatever i'm told. i'm generally a control freak big time, but have had to take a step back and allow someone else to control this part of my life - i hate it, but i have to do it!