Wegovy time

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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.

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