smiley1437
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A few weeks of lurking have gone by while I checked out the forums, and how helpful everyone is has been a pleasant surprise.
Canadian, middle-aged, and overweight since university days. A sedentary job only added to it.
The old-school doctor I had - modern therapies weren't something he believed in - simply said eat less and work out more. Staying on track always left me feeling I wasn't good enough at it. Yo-yoing happened many, many times without any long-term success.
Retirement took that old doctor, so a new one had to be found - someone more recently graduated, doggedly evidence-based and well-versed on new therapies.
The labs that came back were pretty bad - prediabetic, insulin resistance, kidney failure, fatty liver, cholesterol issues, etc - the usual metabolic syndrome stuff.
Mounjaro was prescribed by the new doc right away, and despite the cost it has worked like magic. Hope that this is a genuinely durable way to lose weight and keep it off is something I'm feeling for the first time.
Learning more here and getting healthier is what I'm looking forward to!
Canadian, middle-aged, and overweight since university days. A sedentary job only added to it.
The old-school doctor I had - modern therapies weren't something he believed in - simply said eat less and work out more. Staying on track always left me feeling I wasn't good enough at it. Yo-yoing happened many, many times without any long-term success.
Retirement took that old doctor, so a new one had to be found - someone more recently graduated, doggedly evidence-based and well-versed on new therapies.
The labs that came back were pretty bad - prediabetic, insulin resistance, kidney failure, fatty liver, cholesterol issues, etc - the usual metabolic syndrome stuff.
Mounjaro was prescribed by the new doc right away, and despite the cost it has worked like magic. Hope that this is a genuinely durable way to lose weight and keep it off is something I'm feeling for the first time.
Learning more here and getting healthier is what I'm looking forward to!