Wegovy time

Weight loss talk

Prescribing nurse on the phone: so what do you know about Wegovy? Me: well, it's a GLP-1 agonist, and it was originally developed to help diabetes, but it was also discovered to help with weight loss, even in people who don't have diabetes. And it helps with appetite. Nurse: OK yes. :)

The outcome is I have a prescription at the lowest level, which will arrive by post tomorrow. 4 weekly doses in an injector pen, with a sharps box. And I need to watch out for eating too quickly, as it may cause nausea, and keep an eye out for low blood sugar, which is slightly more likely given I'm also taking Metformin. And she'll talk to me again in a few weeks to see how I'm getting on, and whether to increase the dose or not.

Again, having been told it would take 6 months, and not everyone would get Wegovy, I'm a bit startled how quickly this has all happened. Diabetes check up on Thursday this week too, so will make sure I let them know.

I'm still doing my 6 minutes of exercise every day. (5 different exercises, 1 minute each, I cut the rest intervals to 15 seconds). I have decided that in this particular SMART goal the R stands for Resentment. I'm going to try and insist that future goals are actually more Relevant.

House stuff

We have a date for the repairs to the house! Starting on 6th January.

They're going to have to strip out everything in the bathroom, in order to re-tile it completely. This means we'll be without the use of a bath or shower for a fortnight. So I've been on the phone to Nationwide/RSA to discuss options for what we do during that time. For once I actually got straight through to our claim handler, rather than one of her team, which helps.

So far options look like: a hotel for a fortnight. A gym subscription so we can use their facilities. Being paid some money to go round and use our friends or family's bathrooms. Or possibly a "bathroom pod" parked on the drive. I'm not sure how well that works in January! Personally for me, I'd quite like if they can provide a hotel room with a bathroom for us to use, but for us to actually *live* at home, provided we still have water for the loo/kitchen - which I'm confirming with the builders. We shall see if that's possible!

It's all just an extra layer of complication which hadn't occurred to me. But we do get to pick any tiles up to £25 per square metre, so it looks like the bathroom will look lovely when we're done! And we did get the money through for the electricity used powering the dehumidifier too. Progress. Slow, but progress.