8th September, 2022.
Did I ever mention I’m diabetic? And trying to lose weight?
I’m diabetic — type two*, so you know — and trying to lose weight.
And … ?
I’m on a plethora of medication for it.
Including an experimental one called semaglutide, one that’s marketed under the brand name, Ozempic.
Well, I say ‘experimental’: it’s works well at lowering blood sugar† levels, and has officially UK approval for that purpose.
Something I know applies in my case.
Ideally, it should be 42 or less.
When first diagnosed, mine was over 100!
My diabetic care team are trying to get mine to around 48 to 57.
At a check, before I started using Semaglutide? It was 68.
And, at my last check? Was 60.
Which my GP was very pleased with.
Before starting the drug? It wasn’t moving much.
The reason I signed up for the drug, though?
Is that — reportedly — Semaglutide can be used as part of a weight management scheme.
It’s supposed to help.
Apparently? Medical authorities in the US have cleared its use for weight control: in the US.
But British medical regulators haven’t.
They are prescribing it to diabetics with weight issues on an experimental basis, though.
To see if can help a person loss weight.
Which is why I checked my weight, this morning: to see if it had gone down.
It hasn’t: it’s at the same sort of live it’s been for the past couple of weeks.
OK: it’s good my blood sugar has gone down.
But my weight hasn’t.
It’s not gone up … but it’s not gone down.
I’m … not worried, per se.
But am a little concerned.
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