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Wegovy | |
June 04th, 2024 | |
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I reached my heaviest weight ever last month and it coincided with | |
some health stuff that led me to a cardiologist. I'm going to | |
a follow-up today, in fact. Good news is that I'm not in danger | |
right now. Bad news is I have heart disease. I've got a family | |
history of it, and I'm overweight with borderline pre-diabetes, | |
high blood pressure, and low fitness level. All not great. | |
I've got some things in the works, though. I bought a desk | |
treadmill about a month back and that's been really good for | |
stepping me up in activity instead of sitting all day. My | |
cardiologist prescribed me regular swimming as well. And finally, | |
thanks to some info from a friend, I started Wegovy. | |
It's one of those weight loss drugs, like Ozempic, but indicated | |
specifically for weight loss, not diabetes. I'm in my fourth week | |
now and I've been shedding weight steadily. The first week was | |
awkward with some GI issues. It was so easy for my habits to have | |
me overeat and then wretch. I've adapted well and will step up in | |
dose size next week. | |
So far so good. I've a long way to go, but shedding the weight | |
will also help me as I increase my activity level again. Wish me | |
luck. |