Shemed January Starters - Thread 4

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Hello everyone! I completely missed the other thread was full (haven't been too well this week) so I've started this one and will tag as many people as I can think of from recent pages. Do tag anyone else you think of that might miss the new thread!

I hope everyone is okay. It's been unsettling times hasn't it with all the news about the price increases and very little from Shemed as to what they are planning. I am hopeful that of all people we will be shielded the most due to being on the Study (fingers crossed).

I weighed in this morning and took second dose of the 10mg. I seemed to put on this morning but if I take the weight I've been most of this week...

I am exactly half way to my target! And I've lost 25% of my bodyweight!

10mg - so far no burps or nausea but I am wondering if this extreme tiredness is in part due to the drug. Was eating just as I was before the last couple of days but today don't want to eat so who knows!

I'll read up and tag people if I can.

Good luck @JBJhow do you feel on it? Suppression?
Have you gone back to your old supplier or using up old stashes?

Currently feel fine, not had a mad urge to have breakfast yet, so it seems to be working! I ordered 2.5mg from Pharmulous to start myself back off, as my “stash” is 7.5mg and 10mg, plus I was already registered with them in anticipation of maintenance, so thought I ought to order occasionally! Fingers crossed it works as well as it did before.

Well done @JBJ
Glad it is helping to make you feel in control again.

Morning all. Second jab (again!) of 2.5mg. No loss this week. I found I had suppression for about 24 hours then just back to nothing, so I suspect my body is not going to do much until I move to a higher dose again. Not been craving sweet stuff as much though, just generally hungry. Swelling in my knees has gone down though, which is brilliant.

Hello!

I'm v aware I'm not online so much - so just catching up with everyone.

@Shmallow Wow size 10!!! That's amazing. And completely agreee about the first few stone not being noticable. I starts at 21st11 and it really didn't show much the first 4-6months! I've not lost anywhere near as much the last 3 months but I'm at a size where people notice. Its so strange isn't it and absolutely huge credit to anyone who has had to go through those first few months without really "seeing" the results in the way others get to. It's all been worth it :)

Sorry to hear wegovy hasn't really worked @Mazd323 it seems a real mixed bag doesn't it as it works for some and not others and I guess until you build up the dose you don't know which you will be at the start.

Wow @Kaggi9 - another size 10 and you hardly weigh anything! What a transformation. How do you think maintenance will work for you? Reducing the dose or just staying where you are?

@Reginaphalangeeeee Am so impressed you're doing Couch to 5k. I'd love to do that one day but so need to actually get walking again. I've become v inactive since starting this job.

@JBJ Grrr for the weight gain but SO Pleased you can go back on the jabs and I hope it helps.

@tinyemmy Grr for the weight gain and great teh coach is working -are you still within healthylbmi at the moment? Just trying to get down to where you want to be? You've done so well :)

Gosh so sorry to hear @Reginaphalangeeeee That must be frightening. 💐and hugs and things. I had't read ahead when I posted my last post. I really hope its all sorted for you soon.

@JBJ That must be a relief your surgeon said that -so def not the MJ. Some doctors seem to be so scathing. It's crap being female sometimes isn't it - stuff blamed on anxeity, then weight, then hormones, and not being listened to - and all the time blamed for things that aren't our fault, and then treated as if its a moral judgement rather than medically.

Great to hear you're back on it - and I'm still fascinated by the inflammation effect as I definitely noticed that/ was able to walk again before I lost weight. I am hoping when i get to reducing I can still get that affect on a low dose. Hope it goes okay building it back up .

@tinyemmy wow 4 months!!!! How has the ADHD meds been?

My life has been so so busy but every now and then I get a photo from this time last year on my phone or think about something that happened this time last year and can see how much my life has changed. The new job is HUGE for me - its been so rewarding and fulfilling and so not something I could have done at my old size. Similarly not having to worry about parking and walking etc.

But day to day I forget these huge things and am just aware that I am still overweight and its all sittinig on my stomach!

I'm bmi just over 27 now. I have upped from 8.33 to 8.9 as was in a bit of a stall and craving thigns again.

I am ordering from pharmulous and kept hoping it wouldn't be long to get to goal and be able to afford to reduce... but I think it will trail slower and slower.

The main bulk of the work is done but...

I am also goign to see the GP about HRT in a week. I want to see if it will help sleep in particular and anxiety too.

But I've not had a period in 6 months and it could be the big weight loss or the mounjaro.

And having started ADHD meds and mounjaro Im worried I'll get seen as fussy fat 40+ just wanting more meds.

I don't really know enough about HRT.

I'm feeling a bit fed up with it all today which is irrational given how far I've come (which is what I often think about when I get around to looking at MN) I just want it done!

Much love to everyone.

Hi all , sorry as I am so on and off with this I may have missed it , been trying to catch up . I am on the founding members SheMed study and wondered if anyone else is ? I am on wegovy to keep on it and affordable but at 2.4 now and not getting much suppression . If I want to go up , the costs go up again . I’m fed up with them to be honest and am meant to be letting them know if I want to carry on or stop . Anyone else started this year on them and stopped ? I just wonder if I’ll still be charged !

@Mortigua I Think this thread is all people from the first trial/ founding people. But a few of us drifted away - I did with the initial price rise (Wanted to stay with mounjaro/ went cheaper) but I've since found how much easier it has been with other companies - so straightforward. I am so grateful to the intial plan though for the £99 month price.

Well, another week on 2.5mg and I’ve gained 2lb! So hungry all the time 😩

I’ve made the decision to move up to 5mg as this dose is doing absolutely zero for me, apart from reducing the inflammation in my knees. Double dosed this morning to use up the remainder of the 2.5mg pen, and I’m going to start using my “stash” of 7.5 and 10 pens from next week.

Wegovy has not worked at all for me. I’ve literally been putting on and taking off the same couple of pounds since moving over in September. I want to leave but can see me having a fight on my hands with SheMed. As we don’t pay by DD (which I’d be able to cancel) does anybody know how you can stop the payments coming out from your bank?

@Mazd323 are you signed on a contract for subscription?
Have you contacted them to ask to stop?
In the app there used to be a button you pressed to place next order rather than auto, if didn’t update weight/log dose it also wouldn’t send next. In September when price hike I just didn’t order any more and no more money came out. I also deleted my card details. Numan are easy to pause or delay orders if interested.
Good luck, let us know what they say.
you could also cancel through banking app.
If you would like money off (£100) first order and subsequent with Numan I can share my deal with you. Just Message me. I left SheMed for Numan.

Sorry to hear this @JBJ
It will take time to build in your system. Have you checked Shotsy app to see levels?
If didn’t want to do double dose, could just increase frequency (5 days) to build up two or split dose the 5mg to avoid any major jumps for you.
great knee inflammation better.

Hi thank you, I wish I’d stopped but I’m tied until next Feb ! I was silly because the 2.4 is doing nothing much but I’m stuck with it . I wasn’t coming off wli any time soon but I just think it would be better for me to be on low dose Mounjaro . I am someone who needed to be on 15 mg for significant loss though . I guess it’s good practice for being on nothing !

Same for me really. I tried to leave last week but was told I’d have to keep paying … I just feel since they haven’t stuck to their end of what I thought I was signing up for (again) that it can’t be right. But I’ve no idea on the legalities . Ugh! Sorry to hear you’ve got the same going on.

@Mortigua It’s so wrong. If the medication isn’t working surely that’s a clinical reason to stop! Meanwhile they’ve not even replied to my message from Saturday. Did you contact them online or via the phone?

Online . I had one message saying did I want to move up a dose and I said I can’t afford it and that I was disappointed that they’ve increased prices again . They said again am I happy to continue and I said ok no I’d like to stop. At which point they said I can’t stop paying anyway because of being on the founding member thing. I never replied to them and next thing I got billed £129 and they issued the prescription for 2.4 mg !

I’m sure you can tell them you no longer want to stay for clinical reasons. Tell the your side effects now too bad to manage then that will release you

That’s a good idea although I wonder if I’d need medical evidence . The side effects genuinely are worse than Mounjaro with much less of the good ones !

Maybe say persisting constipation that’s getting more difficult to manage despite dietary changes and using laxities which you do not want to continue. What evidence can they expect???

So, interestingly, I had a conversation with them yesterday by email about switching back to MJ. Apparently I can do that, but if I do, I automatically come off the founders plan onto the standard one. And with the standard plan I understand you can cancel at any time? If that’s correct, it might be your way out…

That’s really interesting thank you! Maybe I’ll have to do that to leave and save money in the long run.

Worth a try isn’t it! I wondered if they would say I need a doctors note or something but surely not!
interesting about the switching to MJ thing! Good idea !

Morning all! 1st week back on 5mg and I’ve lost a total of 5.3lb 😳😳 Nice to feel it’s working again after the 2.5mg doing absolutely nothing and gaining a couple of lb on it!

Feel brilliant, back in control and my brain fog is clearing.

CW 14st 1.6lb Total loss 7st 6.9lb. 7.1lb to go to get back to where I was in January, and 1st 8.1lb to be able to start riding again!

That’s brilliant JBJ!
im slowly but steadily increasing so need to get a handle on it but lots of stress isn’t helping. Or wegovy it seems !