Hi everyone long time no post.
So a couple of updates (long post please read the 2nd section even if you ignore my first section whining!)-
I’ve also had the email re founding member prices and tbh i’m unsure if I’m going to continue, I don’t really see the value in Wegovey so even if it’s a cheaper/ lazy option to continue with SheMed I’m might just drop them.
for me WG hasn’t done anything, it’s not working as a suppressant, I’m getting massive cravings, and if I give in to the cravings I just end up with the sh*ts or feeling nauseous/rubbish. So I’m taking the punishment but don’t get any gain. I had no side effects with MJ, just coldness easily solved by layers. Now I’ve got cravings back and have to stress out about what stomach upset I’m going to get when I cave. Also the hair loss has been unreal.
The only thing it’s probably successful with is not gaining weight. I’m not gaining, but also no loosing. Im debating honestly to just pack it all in, gain weight again, then go back to MJ in a couple of months temporarily. To drop again. Basically yo-yo.
pretty sure it’ll cost the same as maintaining on WG and I wouldn’t feel like shit.
I paused taking any for a while and I’m back but I’m currently on 1.7 WG and the only reason I haven’t already packed it in was because I don’t know if it will suddenly be effective again at 2.4mg. I have 2 doses of 1.7 left then 2 x full pens of 2.4mg in the fridge. I’m hoping their’d be some sort of improvement at 2.4 and ive just been plodding along waiting for it to get better, but unsure whether to just pack it in now at the 12 month line. (It’s fine getting a pen that’s rubbish at £99, do I want to continue getting a rubbish pen at £139/£159…probably not)
secondly- the reason I’m still on a low-ish dose moving up again (and why I have spare pens in the fridge) is because I had to pause for a while.
I had a not great biopsy back in September and needed to have surgery in October. It should have been minor, but there were a few hiccups.
Firstly- minor but poor from SheMed- in the monthly review/ prescription email I gave the heads up about the biopsy/ surgery and SheMed sent the pen, then AFTER got in touch and were like wait stop taking it. So they charged me, sent out the medication and were like shit you can’t take this right now. Poor. Because they shouldn’t be giving it if it’s not safe, and poor because they charged me and kept saying they would arrange to get it back and give a refund… then nothing. Super annoying.
secondly the actual hiccup- the surgery-
So I wasn’t taking any other medication at the time and for the pre-op (week before) I made sure to disclose- “ I’m on GLP-1s, here’s the details, and I’ve lost shit loads of weight, here’s the details” (again and again and again!) . “Please be aware XYZ, in case it makes any difference”
(id read that pre general anaesthetic they might want you to stop GLP-1’s so I wanted to check/make sure)
they said no it’s fine. (Apparently new guidelines say it’s ok)
so day of the surgery- I’m saying the same, “I’m on GLP’s, I’ve lost loads of weight, please be aware, my bmi has changed massively over the last year”
Same again, to literally every medical person coming to do the pre surgery check. The anaesthesia consultant was like, “its ok, we need to know to tweak, but it will be fine”
It was not fine. So basically I had the surgery ok, but they couldn’t wake me up afterwards. I got stuck in some sort of paralysis where I woke up consciousness, but didn’t wake up the body. Ie paralysed/ a vegetable. And I had to go to ICU.
and while lying there stuck in a paralysis state I could hear everything around me (including the drs having no f*cking clue what to do, not comforting). Additionally I couldn’t move but I could feel so every time a new dr came over they would ‘check’ I was paralysed by doing some sort of pain/reaction test, which massively hurt but I couldn’t do anything about it.
But I could hear the Dr’s saying “oh wait this is the one on GLP’1’s, didn’t she loose like half her body recently” “oh yeah that’s probably something we should check”
There was only one Dr who was helpful/ had a clue, it was obvious the others hadn’t seen anything like it before, so my heads up before you need to go to surgery is it make sure you have extra prep. It should have been a day surgery and I was super thankful afterwards that I had arranged for someone to stay in my apartment with me for that night because I obviously didn’t come home and it meant my dog was looked after (I live alone).
they said it was a reaction and super rare, but I literally was taking no other meds and otherwise generally healthy (apart from the shitty cells that needed to come out!)
be aware surgery might be shit, take extra precautions, and literally tell everyone under the sun you’re on GLP’1’s and how much the bmi has changed so that afterwards the oblivious drs can pass on the info to the dr that can actually help.
im obviously fine now, it was pretty grim for a few months but I’m back at work etc now, and SheMed cleared me to start back on WG but since it’s been pretty meh since restarting, I’ve kind of been debating whether I want to continue.
sorry for the super long update (and probably millions of typos) just figured I’d share.