Becca Jane St Clair

I forgot to do an 8 month update, so I’m going to combine months 8 and 9, even though not a whole lot has happened in either month Mounjaro wise, though I did celebrate my birthday, went away to Wales for the weekend, went to one of my best friend’s weddings, saw Tim Peake speak, and finally had the cyst that had been bothering me for a year removed. WHEW!

In the two months since, I lost another 2.5KG and another 4.25 inches overall. It brings my total weigh loss so far to around 9KG and close to 18 inches overall, at least in the places I’m keeping track. Not bad for 9 months if you ask me. It works out to a steady KG per month.

The only oddish thing is that I’ve noticed my morning blood glucose numbers have crept back up, even though I’m not eating worse. So I’ve made the choice to increase my dose to 12.5 and we’ll see where my numbers are in January. This increase from 10 to 12.5 also might cause more weight loss, but like I’ve always said from the beginning, the weight loss is only a happy side effect. I’m more concerned with getting my HBA1c down and being healthier.

Speaking of health though….I had a text from the GP that I needed to have my bloods discussed with the pharmacist about statins, which had me VERY confused as my cholesterol is completely normal. But as it turns out, being over 40 and diabetic puts me at risk of things like strokes that being on a statin will prevent. So….looks like I’ll be trying out a low dose statin sometime in my future and we’ll see how I get on with it.

My side effects ebb and flow like the tide. Sometimes I go weeks with nothing, other times I wind up burping for days. But like I always said, nothing has been truly awful and I’m managing.

I also talked with Stena lines (Ferry) about bringing my mounjaro on the overnight ferry from Harwich to Hoek and they told me it was not a problem at all to put my mounjaro in a fridge for me. This was quite the relief because they also said they cold keep my cold pack in the freezer as the following day we have a long train ride and I need to keep it cold! This will be my second international trip with Mounjaro, but the first one we were in the car so nothing neeed to be said. I am prepared however, with a letter from the GP which I translated into German, and then used Google translate to translate into French and Dutch so I’m covered.

I can’t believe I’ve almost been on Mounjaro for year. Wow. What a year it’s been!

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