The Joy of Ozempic
From a Type 2 Diabetic
You have seen the articles, the commercials, the celebrities gushing, and the warnings. Here is my experience. Perhaps different from what you know so far.
Why Ozempic?
I am a Type 2 Diabetic. It snuck up on me, because of my own denials. Doctors warned me of “pre-diabetes”. No worries, I’ll just eat better, exercise more. Then I forgot about it. Finally, years later I was forcefully told, “ You are T2D… and this can kill you!”
I began taking metformin, maxed out the dosage. Exercised, ate better. My A1C dropped nicely from 10 to 6.5. Weight remained an issue. I rode my bike every other day, hitting my target heart rate and keeping it there for an hour at a time.
Yet I did not lose much weight. Then Covid, a very bad booster reaction, pulmonary embolisms, detached retina that took many surgeries, kidney stones… all in one year. 2022 was the only time I ever hit my out of pocket maximums. Hospital visits were slightly nicer knowing every trip was completely “free”.
Hmm, should I?
Late in 2022 I heard about Ozempic. My A1C had trended back up to 7.3. As I researched, I read how this drug should bring your A1C down fast, substantially, and sustainably… as long as you continued taking it.
